A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including a new test for anaerobic digestion biomethane potential, food waste funding for Norfolk and an inquiry into the sustainability of the Ministry of Justice.

The Irish government is considering a levy on disposable coffee cups in order to combat the two million sent to landfill in the country every day.

An application for an environmental permit by nuclear energy company Horizon for its £10-billion Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station on Anglesey is to be put before the public by Natural Resources Wales.

Social enterprise recycling company Bryson Recycling has been awarded a contract to continue delivering kerbside recycling services to over 14,500 homes in the Northern Ireland authority of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council.

Firefighters have been working for three days to tackle two separate blazes involving recycled waste – one of which has been confirmed by police as arson.

Signatories of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative have released a statement calling for a ban on the use of oxo-degradable plastic packaging.

Councillors in Brighton and Hove unanimously passed a motion to ban the use of single-use plastics in all council buildings last week.

The world’s first fully-electric, rear-loading refuse collection vehicle – Geesinknorba’s Li-On Power Pro – is set to be unveiled at London’s Future Fleet Forum in January.

Lucozade manufacturers announced the change after growing pressure from members of the recycling industry and a robust questioning in the House of Commons last week.

New figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that an average of 5,000 workers in the UK waste industry have sustained injuries and 6,000 work-related illnesses every year since 2009, with 14 fatal injuries occurring in 2016/17.