A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new bio-bean product, Veolia’s latest EfW development and the ‘Endless Lives of Glass’.

A poll of environment and sustainability professionals has revealed that 82 per cent believe European Union membership has been positive for businesses and the environment in the UK.

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management has partnered with legal firm Dentons to launch a new guide on the impacts of illegal waste activities, as part of its year-long campaign to ‘Fight Waste Crime’.

SEPA is to lead three days of action aimed at tackling cross-border criminal waste activity between England and Scotland next week.

The Director General of the Confederation of Paper Industries, David Workman, is to step down later this year after six years in the role.

The ESA has recommended a new system of producer responsibility that transfers resource ownership from local authorities to product supply chains, which it says will improve the quality, recyclability and use of recycled content.

Local authorities can now issue on-the-spot fines of up to £400 to those caught taking part in small-scale fly-tipping, Defra has confirmed.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including investment at Ward Recycling, a reuse campaign in Devon and new fly-tipping FPNs.

Construction firm Interserve estimates that it will have to pay £70 million after design, procurement and installation issues led to ‘deterioration’ in the construction contract for Viridor’s planned gasification plant in Glasgow.

Biffa Municipal has installed hi-tech recording equipment in its refuse collection vehicles to increase the health and safety of workers and other road users.