The Conservative Party has reiterated plans for a 25-year environment plan and pledged to support better packaging and rubbish collection in a pre-election manifesto lacking any depth on resources or their management.

Associated Waste Management has been named as the preferred bidder for Bradford Council’s new 12-year waste treatment contract, with a ‘significant portion’ of the waste collected annually going to SSE’s Ferrybridge facility.

The government has completed the sale of the UK Green Investment Bank to controversial Australian investment firm Macquarie Group in a £2.3 billion deal.

Leading UK anaerobic digestion operator Biogen’s portfolio of AD plants has been acquired by Ancala Bioenergy, after joint venture partners Bedfordia Group and Kier Group confirmed its sale.

Independent think thank Green Alliance has published a collection of short essays from business and policy professionals saying the government must go ‘much further’ to embed resource efficiency in the UK economy.

As part of a new focus on incineration, Cory Riverside Energy has announced a £520 million debt-refinancing package for its Riverside incinerator in Belvedere, East London.

Local environmental group Community R4C has lodged a complaint with the Competition and Markets Authority regarding Gloucestershire County Council’s incinerator contract with Urbaser Balfour Beatty.

Plans for a new £100-million incinerator capable of processing 110,000 tonnes of waste a year have been approved unanimously by Dundee City Council.

Planning applications for ‘environmentally-friendly’ waste management sites have dropped by 20 per cent in the past year as local authorities feel the squeeze from continuing budget cuts, according to commercial law firm EMW.

Coffee ground reprocessor bio-bean has set up a partnership with Caffè Nero and recycling company First Mile to transform used coffee grounds into fuel.