A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a festive food bank campaign, ID checks at HWRCs and a new CEO for Cory Environmental.

Hadfield Wood Recyclers has begun accepting waste wood at its Manchester and Middlesbrough sites after closing its gates to customers four months ago to avoid Environment Agency enforcement.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including rugby hoarding recycling, zero landfill restaurants and can recycling in forecourts.

Reports have emerged that waste management group Biffa is seeking takeover bids, as the company announces a 19.4 per cent increase in pre-tax earnings.

London-based community scheme Teddington & Ham Hydro (T&HH) is offering a chance to invest in a new hydropower project before tax relief for community energy schemes is removed next week.

Arsenal and France midfielder Mathieu Flamini has revealed that he is one of the people behind a bio-based company that has developed a process to produce levulinic acid on an industrial scale.

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment UK is to become joint owner of OPRL Ltd, which runs the UK’s on-pack recycling label scheme.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Ultra Biofuel lorries, franchising of recycling centre shops and Scottish funding for convenient stores.

The Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) has launched a new Product Weight Protocol (PWP) for reuse organisations.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including clothing reuse, Novelis appointment and car clubs.