A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including an extended contract for Biffa, new offerings from suppliers Mick George, an update on the Midlothian EfW plant and a new acquisition by Enva Group.

A record 67 anaerobic digestion plant operators are now active participants in the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme, now at the end of its tenth year.

With the NHS under strain, could a more effective waste management strategy provide some relief?

England’s ‘waste from households’ recycling rate has increased to 45.1 per cent for the financial year 2016/17, up 0.7 per cent on the rate for 2015/16, according to the latest figures.

The argument over the future of the UK’s residual waste treatment capacity has reopened today, after the ESA published a review of previous reports and reiterated the prediction that six million tonnes of residual waste will have nowhere to go in the UK by 2030.

Nigel Lee, General Manager at Amur, says that anaerobic digestion plants need to work harder to improve gas yields if they are to achieve their budgeted income.

A new collaboration between bio-bean and Shell is producing biofuel from coffee waste to help power London’s bus network.

The UK Without Incineration Network has launched a campaign to place a moratorium on new incineration projects in the UK, with an Early Day Motion being prepared to be put forward in Parliament.

The world’s first fully-electric, rear-loading refuse collection vehicle – Geesinknorba’s Li-On Power Pro – is set to be unveiled at London’s Future Fleet Forum in January.

The European Parliament’s ENVI Committee has this week voted through a proposal for EU renewable energy policy to be brought in line with the waste hierarchy.