Councillors at Gloucestershire County Council have narrowly voted against a motion to call on the cabinet to cancel its waste contract with Urbaser Balfour Beatty.

The London Assembly Environment Committee is calling on the Mayor of London to ensure greater funding for food waste collections and lobby for the Landfill Tax to be devolved to the capital.

A new ‘Environment Data Exchange’ is being launched to help businesses prepare for climate change.

Stroud District Council is submitting a legal challenge to Eric Pickles regarding his decision to approve plans for the Javelin Park incinerator, as councillors at Gloucestershire County Council call for the contract to be cancelled.

The UK Green Investment Bank and Strathclyde Pension Fund have invested £60 million in community-scale renewable energy projects.

The Peel Group is delaying the construction of its new biomass incineration plant in Manchester to assess whether combined heat and power would be more energy efficient.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Shanks plc, SITA UK, Tamar Energy and SLR Consulting.

Norfolk County Council calls on Eric Pickles to reimburse the taxpayer £34 million following the revelation that the Planning Inspector had approved plans for the Kings Lynn incinerator in September 2013.

GDF SUEZ Energy UK (GSE) commits to buy all the power output from AmeyCespa's Allerton Waste Recovery Park in North Yorkshire.

New figures from Defra show that, between April and June 2014, local authorities in England recycled more organic waste than dry recyclables for the first time.