A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Keep Britain Tidy, Biogen, EPRO, and ReFood.

Forty people were evacuated from buildings near a biomass company in North Wales yesterday, after a fire broke out at the site.

The Welsh Government has introduced a new Environment (Wales) Bill, which includes a ban on incinerating recyclable materials.

The Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart, has replaced Dan Rogerson as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Amber Rudd as Energy Secretary, removed Eric Pickles from his role at DCLG, and retained Liz Truss and Environment Secretary at Defra.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including European Recycling Platform, J&B Recycling, Viridor and E.ON.

The waste and resources industry calls on the incoming Conservative government to provide greater leadership on waste and resource policy.

The next government should introduce new waste and recycling targets if it is to achieve a ‘green Britain’ by 2030, says renewable electricity firm Ecotricity.

Veolia ES Staffordshire has been fined £16,000 after a worker suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ after falling from a conveyor last year.

'Waste as a resource’ is one of the defining mantras of our sector, but what about extending that to ‘greenhouse gas as a resource’? Libby Peake catches up with a man with exactly that vision