Waste management company Biffa’s financial results for 2019/20 have revealed an increase in its underlying operating profits of 10.8 per cent, putting it in a “strong position” to withstand the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

UK infrastructure group Pennon has posted solid financial results for 2019/20, though its profit after tax has fallen by 7.3 per cent.

BBIA Managing Director David Newman looks at how Italy’s new EPR scheme for compostable packaging will work and what lessons it can provide the UK as it revises its packaging EPR system.

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has announced a new project to create the first specification for the management of plastic pellets, flakes and powders to prevent pollution caused by this form of plastic.

A coalition of global environment experts has today (4 June) called on governments worldwide to back the transition to a real circular economy as a key part of Covid-19 economy recovery plans.

Environmental NGO Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) has called for the introduction of a Material Recovery and Biological Treatment (MRBT) system as a ‘bridge strategy’ for managing residual waste in a circular economy.

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN) are working with packaging compliance company Valpak to update the PackFlow material reports in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

London Circular Economy Week begins this week to share knowledge on how circularity can assist in tackling the climate emergency.

Collection figures for household waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) released today (1 June) by the Environment Agency (EA) for the first quarter of 2020 are slightly ahead of 2020 targets.

International waste management charity Wasteaid has announced a two-year partnership worth €900,000 (£800,000) with sustainable food packaging company Huhtamaki to drive community-level circular economy innovation in Vietnam, India and South Africa.