A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Renewi, Eunomia, PowerHouse Energy, Agrimax and J&B Recycling.

With fly-tipping reaching epidemic proportions in England, Nick Oettinger, Managing Director of The Furniture Recycling Group, looks at the issue, the underlying causes and what can be done to buck this socially and environmentally unacceptable trend.

New figures from the Environment Agency (EA) have revealed that the UK has missed its battery collection target by 258 tonnes.

Packaging company TEQ is promoting its thermoformed packaging material Fibrepak in response to companies seeking more sustainable packaging solutions.

Recycling Technologies is to receive a €10-million investment from renewable diesel and jet fuel company Neste and sustainable investment manager Mirova.

Imogen Benson spoke to Emma Elston MBE, founder and CEO of UK Container Maintenance (UKCM) about gender equality in the waste and resources sector.

The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has called on Tesco to change its approach to compostables after the supermarket chain included all compostable materials in its list of packaging that should not be used.

A series of polls have found significant public support in Nordic countries for the ‘variable’ deposit return scheme (DRS) model, where the deposit fee is determined by the container’s size and material.

INCPEN will be delivering the 2020 Resourcing the Future conference with CIWM, ESA and WRAP.

A ‘Repair Café Carbon Calculator’ is set to be previewed at the UK’s first Repair Café Conference on 12 March in Farnham, Surrey.