The Chief Executive of skills and training organisation WAMITAB, Chris James, has announced he is stepping down.

The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has issued a firm rebuttal to a report by Greenpeace that found Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities are three times more likely to be found in deprived areas, calling for an end to the “demonising” of EfW.

Lidl GB yesterday (30 July) announced the launch of its partnership with Love Food Hate Waste Scotland, providing consumers with food waste-free shopping lists.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Mach-Tech, Chase Plastics, Storm Board, J&B Recycling and Durakerb.

The UK Government will commit to a 65 per cent municipal recycling rate by 2035 after it announced it would be transposing the vast majority of the EU’s Circular Economy Package (CEP) into UK law.

A new study by think-tanks Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ estimates that plastic pollution in the ocean could triple by 2040.

A new app developed by bioplastics company Novamont aims to promote the environmental benefits of food waste recycling among children.

The EU is set to introduce a plastics tax from 1 January 2021, raising concerns among European plastics converters.

A new energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in Kent, Wheelabroator Kemsley, with an annual throughput capacity of 550,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste has entered full commercial operation following a successful commissioning phase in early 2020.

Italian bioplastics company Novamont has received B Corp Certification, part of a global movement which aims to put more emphasis on social and environmental responsibility in business.