A pedestrian has been killed in a collision with a heavy goods vehicle at the paper mill of UPM Shotton in Deeside, North Wales.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is auctioning off a repossessed waste treatment facility that has lain unused for the past two years.

The WEEE compliance fee methodology proposed by compliance scheme Valpak has been selected to determine the 2016 fee, the government has revealed.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Veolia community fund for London, a change of name for ACR+ and a new MRF in Leeds.

The government confirmed through its Brexit White Paper that it plans to transpose all current European environmental regulation into UK law after Brexit.

Novel materials like bioplastics and carbon fibre could be key to a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy envisioned in the government’s industrial strategy, according to environmental think tank Green Alliance.

Recycling information on packaging is to be trimmed to make it simpler for consumers to understand and easier for retailers to use, the On-Pack Recycling Label scheme has announced.

Construction businesses in Scotland are being offered free waste prevention support from Resource Efficient Scotland’s advice and support programme.

Environmental charities across England are to receive over £1.5 million after 26 businesses agreed to make donations in response to pollution charges brought by the Environment Agency.

The Renewable Energy Association says that EU figures revealing that the UK is lagging behind the rest of the EU on commitments to meet 2020 renewable energy targets should be a ‘wake-up call’ to the government on renewable policy.