Exports of refuse-derived fuel from England and Wales grew by over half a million tonnes in 2015, according to the RDF Industry Group.

A switch to four-weekly collections will not go ahead in the North Wales county of Conwy after its council’s cabinet voted against the proposal, calling monthly collection ‘a bridge too far’.

The Resource Association is amongst the organisations warning that progress made on environmental issues would be lost should the UK decide to leave the European Union.

Defra has been roundly criticised after its newly-published five-year plan virtually ignored the waste and resources sector.

Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead has pledged to cut food waste in Scotland by a third by 2025, as part of Scotland’s new circular economy strategy, ‘Making Things Last’.

More than 250 jobs are set to be lost in a ‘major transformation’ of Lancashire County’s Council’s waste operations that will see two six-year-old sites run by Global Renewables mothballed.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a food waste communications trial, a Veolia employment project and the removal of street bins in Dorset to encourage recycling.

Welsh local authorities have recorded an average municipal waste recycling rate of 57 per cent in the 12 months to September 2015, six months before they must meet a government target of 58 per cent.

A man has been fined £1,150 after being identified by the public as part of Rhondda Cynon Taf council’s ‘Who Done It?’ anti-litter campaign.

Michal Len, Director of RREUSE, an organisation representing European social enterprises promoting reuse, repair and recycling, assesses the Circular Economy Package’s reuse credentials.