London Mayor Sadiq Khan says that Veolia’s acquisition of the plastic recycling facility left mothballed by Euro Closed Loop is “good news for London and good news for the environment”.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Tamar AD facility, cyclist safety with Grundon and foot-pedal operated street bins.

A Wakefield waste management company with a history of disobeying environmental regulations has had its environmental permit revoked by the Environment Agency.

A bill has been introduced to the US Congress to stop the export of electronic waste to China in order to clamp down on operations that ‘undermine national security’ by selling counterfeit goods back to American supply chains.

In what is being billed as ‘an excellent example of circular economy in practice’, enzymes will be used to convert unsorted household waste into biogas at a ‘bio plant’ in Cheshire.

Pollution caused by anaerobic digestion plants in Bedfordshire and Devon have seen the Environment Agency secure fines for negligent mismanagement.

Manchester City Council has approved a move to slimline its residual collections in order to save on increasing disposal costs to councils working under the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority.

Consultancy Oakdene Hollins is to move to Ireland and expand its Brussels office to mitigate risks of Brexit.

Improving the monitoring and data collection of food waste and loss is key to providing better insight into the scale and causes of the problem, according to the European Council.

Angus Evers, expert in waste law, reflects on the potential legal consequences for the waste and resource industry of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.