Two Northern Irish AD plants have received government-backed funds for pioneering work using poultry litter.

The European Commission is to take Slovakia to the EU Court of Justice over failures to act over an illegal landfill.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new contract for Casepak, Huhtamaki investment and Bristol’s Big Green Week.

Tesco Chief Dave Lewis has called on other companies to be more transparent about their food waste, after the store recorded significant increases in its own figures.

European environment ministers are to meet on Monday to approve a document setting out changes and points of emphasis in the Circular Economy Action Plan.

Investors in the New Earth Solutions waste management group are ‘unlikely’ to recover any funds from the sale of the company after three investment funds were provisionally liquidated last week.

Keep Britain Tidy has developed a new award to recognise the creation of clean environments after a survey found that many are unhappy with the cleanliness of their neighbourhood.

Better alignment of EU waste and energy policies is needed to allow energy from waste to have a ‘complementary role’ in the circular economy, according to FEAD.

This week saw members of the waste and resources industry from across the country descend on London for two days of discussion on the sector's hot topics. The EU referendum, the future of food waste, the Circular Economy Package and producer responsibility were all on the agenda. Here are some of the things that we learned.

The UK government looks set to finally take action on the polluting microbeads that are damaging our marine environment.