Dr Liz Goodwin has announced that she is to step down as CEO of WRAP at the end of June.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including service station recycling, circular economy for kids and an estates recycling challenge.

Shanks Group plc has sold almost half of its equity in its £750-million PFI contract with Wakefield Council.

Steve Lee is to step down as CEO of CIWM at the end of the year, the body has announced.

New appointments have been made at ACE UK, WRAP, VEKA Recycling, Viridor and Europen.

Sir Philip Dilley has resigned from his position as Chairman of the Environment Agency, citing the ‘inappropriate’ expectations of the role and ‘unacceptable’ media scrutiny following the recent floods.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a plastics recycling educational programme, treecycling and thousands of plastic bottles washing up on the Cornish coast.

Waste management company Veolia has completed the purchase of Boomeco Limited, a waste wood processor and producer of refuse-derived fuel based in the South West of England.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new MRF, a recycling initiative to help the homeless, a zero waste map and a waste time capsule.

Environmental consultancy Resource Futures has announced that Operations Director Sam Reeve will take the helm in 2016.