An independent review of Birmingham City Council’s waste services recommends that the council introduce a weekly separate food waste collection, while criticising the council’s poor communication with residents and insufficient operational oversight of its waste depots.

Unite, the trade union, has balloted its members working as refuse workers in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for strike action over unpaid holiday pay arrears, warning that bin collections and street cleaning services could stop “imminently”.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including CEPI, Go Plant Fleet Services, Geminor, Bunting and Recycling Technologies.

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published new guidance to address confusion around compostable packaging.

The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has launched the first-ever ‘Low Plastic Zone’ in Cowcross Street in Islington today (5 February).

A group of seven environmental NGOs have sent an open letter to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) raising concern over the use of the term ‘single-use’ in a Coca-Cola advertising campaign.

A South African Plastics Pact was launched on Thursday (30 January) in Cape Town, with support from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP).

The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) will be once again holding its annual conference in London to discuss the future of the resources and waste industry.

Italian compostable bioplastics manufacturer Novamont has launched the ReSoil Foundation to promote soil health and land conservation.

The government has announced a £1.15-million fund to help businesses and not-for-profits develop innovative ways to tackle food waste.