Hertfordshire County Council has approved plans for a controversial incinerator in Hoddesdon, which would be used for all of the county’s waste.

Aberdeenshire Council is formally calling for Scottish local authorities to be involved in the design of a deposit-return system.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a refit at UPM Shotton, ‘Love Your Clothes Bangor’ and Bigbelly in Leeds.

The latest update on recycling trials carried out in Fife, including the first monthly residual waste collection in Great Britain, shows higher recycling rates in trial areas.

A guide explaining the operation of the UK packaging recovery note system, explaining the system and how it is used, has been published by the Advisory Committee on Packaging.

An international voluntary agreement that aims to make better use of secondary resources was signed by representatives from France, Flanders, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom last week

The London Assembly’s Environment Committee has joined calls for the next Mayor of London to standardise municipal waste collections, outlining it as a key measure in mitigating the city’s rapid growth.

The Scottish Institute for Remanufacture has awarded a total of £238,360 to nine companies, with the aim of furthering a circular economy.

Resource Minister Rory Stewart voiced has concerns over the new targets set by the European Commission’s Circular Economy Package last year, suggesting that they could be ‘overly complex’.

A second reading to Parliament of the Food Waste (Reduction) Bill has again been postponed after the Friday sitting of the House of Commons failed to reach it on the agenda.