The government has completed the sale of the UK Green Investment Bank to controversial Australian investment firm Macquarie Group in a £2.3 billion deal.

European Metal Recycling’s Swindon site has reopened after the third fire at one of its UK sites this year broke out over the weekend.

Leading UK anaerobic digestion operator Biogen’s portfolio of AD plants has been acquired by Ancala Bioenergy, after joint venture partners Bedfordia Group and Kier Group confirmed its sale.

Protests regarding the alleged ‘exploitation’ of construction staff at two major UK energy-from waste developments overseen by Danish companies took place yesterday, as unions petitioned the Danish government to investigate.

MEPs have called on the EU to step up its actions on fighting food waste, unanimously agreeing proposals around making redistribution of surplus food easier and imposing labelling improvements on products.

London could look into a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles for the capital, after a report found that the troublesome products make up 10 per cent of all litter in the Thames.

Introducing a deposit-return scheme for plastic bottles in the UK would damage the efficiency of council collections and require a new collection infrastructure to be introduced, according to LARAC.

The UK’s planning authorities must be more flexible towards the waste sector if the benefits of a circular economy are to be realised, according to the ESA.

Recycling rates in East Devon have immediately increased by as much as 15 per cent, following the introduction of a three-weekly bin collection, findings suggest.

Devon Contract Waste, which suffered a ‘devastating fire’ at its headquarters last month, has been forced to make eight members of staff redundant following the incident.