A new project addressing the carbon, waste and water footprints of clothing in the EU has been launched by WRAP today.

The operational assets of a landfill waste recycling centre will be sold in an online auction after a High Court judgment on debt owed by its owners.

A report released today by the RSA’s Great Recovery project calls for manufacturers to use design to boost reuse, suggesting ‘seven practical scenarios for redesigning our furniture systems’.

RWM, the exhibition for recycling and waste management, takes place in Birmingham next week, and will this year focus on innovation and insight on circular economy ambitions.

A funding pot of £775,000 has been established to help local authorities increase the collection, reuse and recycling of unwanted electrical items.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Axion Polymer investment, the Scottish Resources Conference, and a new HWRC.

OnePlastics Group has announced that it has made a seven-figure investment in two new injection moulding machines for bin-making subsidiary Straight Ltd.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Taylor bins fire-retardant lid, Grundon/Viridor contract, and London Borough of Newham fly-tipping app.

The London Waste and Recycling Board has announced that it is to invest up to £3 million into a private equity fund to help ‘accelerate the move to a circular economy in London’.

Nine companies have received a share of £6-million funding from the Department of Energy & Climate Change to test heat network projects across the UK.