A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including sustainable coffins, an award for the Winnow food waste meter, new bioplastic bags and an ocean waste-themed recycling forum.

A Nantwich recycling company has been fined £93,000 after a 24-year-old worker lost his arm when he was dragged into machinery.

Waste management company Shanks has confirmed that it is considering the purchase of the Van Gansewinkel Groep, one of the largest waste collection and recycling businesses operating in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Viridor has signed a £700 million contract with the Clyde Valley Residual Waste Project, the first shared services contract for Scottish Councils, to divert the waste of five local authorities from landfill.

Around 100 Environment Agency (EA) roles are to be cut by the end of September, according to the GMB union.

Exeter-based Devon Contract Waste has acquired the commercial arm of  Somerset-based Wellington Waste in a deal that sees it gain around £220,000-worth of contracts.

Euro Closed Loop Recycling has been placed into administration just a year after its predecessor Closed Loop was rescued in a pre-pack administration agreement.

The Director General of the Confederation of Paper Industries, David Workman, is to step down later this year after six years in the role.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including investment at Ward Recycling, a reuse campaign in Devon and new fly-tipping FPNs.

Construction firm Interserve estimates that it will have to pay £70 million after design, procurement and installation issues led to ‘deterioration’ in the construction contract for Viridor’s planned gasification plant in Glasgow.