WRAP has announced that Marcus Gover will take over as Chief Executive when Liz Goodwin steps down at the end of the month.

The waste and recycling service in the London Borough of Hounslow will be ‘in jeopardy’ unless an unexpected £16.6 million investment into the council’s in-house waste company is immediately approved, according to a council report.

A food waste disposal and recycling firm has been fined £250,000 for breaches that saw three employees overcome by toxic gases, less than a year after paying £660,000 following the death of another worker.

Veolia Environmental Services Sheffield has been fined £750k after a worker was killed by a tailgate with a faulty safety switch.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including an award for edoc, a retirement at WRAP, Cromwell Polythene, MetalMatters and Recolight.

Resource management company Cory Environmental Group has sold its waste collection business to Biffa, transferring a number of local authority contracts.

Nearly 150 jobs have been saved after troubled waste management company New Earth Solutions Group was purchased yesterday just two days after entering administration.

Waste management company New Earth Solutions Group has entered administration after takeover negotiations with an unnamed developer of large combined heat and power plants in Europe broke down.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a charity recycling scheme in Northern Ireland, new waste-derived fuels and work on a landfill nature reserve.

A £70-million incinerator planned for Nottinghamshire has been given the go-ahead following delays caused by concerns over the experimental technology used in the facility.