A round up of recent news from the waste and resources sector, including Geminor, Bunting, Tetra Pak, ADBA and Birmingham University.

Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers expressed her desire to see the Environment Bill continue its passage through Parliament despite the forthcoming general election.

A trial to test Polytag’s new ‘tag and trace’ recycling technology has been launched today in Wirral.

The Environment Agency (EA) has published its annual Regulating for People, Environment and Growth (RPEG) report.

The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has become a guarantor for the On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme.

The Environmental Audit Committee has written to Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers stating that some aspects of the government’s Environment Bill are ‘not fit for purpose’.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Winnow, Collard Group, Novamont, ACE and WasteCare.

Anthesis and Topolytics are set to each receive £500,000 of funding as part of the government’s GovTech Catalyst fund, which supports the development of innovative solutions for public sector challenges.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is holding a series of workshops to help import and export waste business prepare for Brexit.

The government’s Environment Bill has been introduced to Parliament today (15 October), amid prevailing scepticism over the likelihood of the Bill being passed.