A round-up of equipment and business news from the waste and resources sector, including CD Enviro, Balcan Engineering, Bulk Handling Systems, and BCMY.

The United Kingdom is the world’s fifth largest producer of waste electrical and electronic devices, according to a new United Nations University report.

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

Stakeholders are being asked to respond to a consultation on changes to the producer responsibility schemes for batteries and packaging, and submit evidence relating to a review of recycling targets.

The owner of a waste tyre business has been handed a suspended prison sentence after illegally disposing of almost 85,000 tyres in Devon.

The director of electrical goods shipping firm Bakour Limited has been given a suspended prison sentence for attempting to illegal export WEEE.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Resource Futures, Allerton Waste Recovery Park, Welland Bio Power Plant, and more…

The EC must make better use of its Ecodesign Directive if it is to address unsustainable resource consumption and bring about a circular economy, says the European Environmental Bureau.

Bedfordshire waste management firm Monoworld Limited has been ordered to pay more than £23,000 for the illegal shipment of waste.

Friends of the Earth Europe has released a new report calling on the European Commission to make resource efficiency central to policymaking decisions.