A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including  an appointment at ecosurety, beastly bin lorries and yoga leggings made from plastic bottles.

A project run by Jaguar Land Rover with aluminium producer Novelis to develop a closed-loop on car manufacture reclaimed over 50,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap last year.

Car manufacturer Ford is partnering with Jose Cuervo to turn tequila waste into new bioplastics to make car parts.

News of appointments at the Environment Agency, Ricardo Energy and Environment and REPIC.

Prominent politicians and green groups have called Theresa May’s shutting of DECC ‘plain stupid’ and ‘shocking’, as the decision’s implications on future climate change action are questioned.

Members of the public are being asked to nominate poorly-designed and wasteful products as part of a project to identify and redesign products for a more resource efficient economy.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including plastic recycling at a national football tournament, Resource Efficient Scotland’s profit monsters and used cars raising money for charity.

Consultancy Oakdene Hollins is to move to Ireland and expand its Brussels office to mitigate risks of Brexit.

Liz Goodwin will join the World Resources Institute in September as a Senior Fellow and Director after leaving WRAP this week.

Two Northern Irish AD plants have received government-backed funds for pioneering work using poultry litter.