Anders Wijkman, Chairman of Climate-KIC, and Novamont CEO Catia Bastioli say standards and separate collections rather than simply ‘recyclable’ materials will create a circular plastics economy.

Defra has opened up a consultation for WEEE stakeholders to give their feedback on proposals for this year’s compliance fee, with two mechanisms from the JTA and Valpak up for discussion.

A response to the ‘urgent problem’ of Chinese restrictions on imports of paper and plastic wastes will need to focus on quality and markets, WRAP CEO Marcus Gover has told trade associations and Defra in an open letter.

Community-based waste management projects are the key to tackling the global waste crisis, new CIWM President Professor David Wilson said at his inauguration.

The government has responded to EFRA’s ‘Food Waste in England’ report and acknowledges that while more needs to be done to tackle food waste, a mandatory approach is not currently being considered for England.

A new code of practice for the refuse derived fuel (RDF) [http://resource.co/article/difference-between-rdf-and-srf-10156] market has been published today to set out a framework that shares good practice across the industry in an attempt to increase the confidence of customers and regulators in RDF processes and products.

Local waste management company Casepak has been awarded a contract to handle 64,000 tonnes of Leicestershire County Council’s dry mixed recyclables.

Cory Riverside Energy has dismissed reports in the national press that its East London Belvedere incinerator has been put up for sale by the company's owners for more than £1 billion, a decision that some outlets have suggested could start a bidding war among Chinese suitors.

The UK government has targeted zero avoidable waste going to landfill by 2050 and confirmed plans for a Waste and Resources Strategy in its long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy yesterday, detailing its plans for a low-carbon future for the UK.

The award recognises innovation in tackling consumer waste and ocean plastic through the partnership of consumer giant Proctor & Gamble and recycling and waste companies TerraCycle and SUEZ.