Tesco has extended the choice of produce offered by its recently launched ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ range, while also relaxing standards to save 135 tonnes of edible fine bean crop going to waste.

Resource industry heads have welcomed the EAC’s report into the EU’s effect on environmental policy in the UK, emphasising that Brexit would threaten investment in the industry.

The European glass manufacturers’ trade association has called for mandatory separate collection schemes in order to realise circular economy ambitions, but says that reuse targets are ‘counter-productive’.

Recycling, resource and energy recovery business Viridor has invested £2 million in a further four advanced optical sorters for its glass recycling facility in Sheffield.

European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella says that the implementation of the Circular Economy Package’s action plan is ‘on track’, but has warned that a progress report will not be carried out for another five years.

The UK’s membership of the EU has been a ‘crucial factor’ in the shaping of its environmental policy, an Environmental Audit Committee inquiry has found.

A Birmingham waste company has been made to pay £96,250 for breaching its environmental permit and failing to comply with an enforcement notice.

Biffa Polymers is set to double the output of its Redcar plastics recycling facility with a £6.5-million investment in a new recycling line.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including fly-tipping punishments, departures at Viridor and a new food waste strategy in Peterborough.

The newly-formed National Resource Consortium plans to challenge the ‘monopoly’ of large waste corporations by distributing work amongst local businesses.