The Material Security Working Group has written an open letter to party leaders calling on them to ‘publicly commit’ to establishing an Office for Resource Management.

East Lothian Council is to introduce a new food waste service and switch from weekly to fortnightly waste collections in a bid to raise recycling rates.

New legislation gives central government the ultimate responsibility for siting radioactive waste repositories in England.

A round-up of news from the waste and resource sector, including ERP, Foresight Group, DWP, and Clean Britain.

Manchester City Council has awarded Biffa an eight-year contract to deliver waste collection and street cleaning services.

Eighteen projects have made the finals of the European Week For Waste Reductions Awards 2015, which recognise waste-reduction projects carried out across Europe.

Landfill tax has risen to £82.60 and loss-on-ignition testing is now in effect, as the UK enters a new tax year.

LWARB and LEDNET issue new planning guidance for ‘effective’ waste storage design in residential flats.

Simon Weston, the Director of Raw Materials at the Confederation of Paper Industries, has been appointed to Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging.

The Resource Association is calling on the next government to implement a new Resource Management and Circular Economy Act to improve resource efficiency and waste policy.