A round-up of some of the more unusual stories coming out of the waste and resources world...

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK has been made to pay over £500,000 in fines and costs after contaminated water from a landfill in Cornwall left two local waterways ‘smothered’ in sewage fungus.

Members of the waste industry have expressed disappointment with Defra’s decision to not withdraw a derogation that allows air pollution control residues to be disposed of as hazardous waste landfill.

Waste management firm Biffa has announced the expansion of its hazardous waste offerings after its acquisition of Enviroco and PHS Group.

Environmental charities across England are to receive over £1.5 million after 26 businesses agreed to make donations in response to pollution charges brought by the Environment Agency.

A new city-wide cigarette recycling programme has been launched in Davos to coincide with the World Economic Forum this week.

Two North Sea oil platforms are on their way to Great Yarmouth for recycling after a partnership between Veolia and oil industry logistics firm Peterson was awarded two contracts to recycle rigs at its facility in Norfolk.

Police in the Chinese province of Jiangsu have arrested three men after an illegal operation recycling medical waste into children’s toys and tableware was uncovered.

A man has been fined after he punched an Environment Agency officer checking on the progress of an order to remove illegal waste from his farm.

Mistra Future Fashion, a Swedish fashion research programme, has launched an investigation into polyester fabrics shedding microplastics that pose a threat to the marine environment.