An international voluntary agreement that aims to make better use of secondary resources was signed by representatives from France, Flanders, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom last week

The London Assembly’s Environment Committee has joined calls for the next Mayor of London to standardise municipal waste collections, outlining it as a key measure in mitigating the city’s rapid growth.

The manager of a Cambridgeshire recycling company who forged invoices to claim over £1.1 million in VAT repayments has been jailed for four years.

The recycling rate of textiles in the UK fell by four per cent in 2014/15, due to rising consumption and a falling market for used textiles, according to a new analysis of the recovered UK textiles market.

In 2015, 521,609 tonnes of household WEEE was collected for recycling by Producer Compliance Schemes and their members, a six per cent increase from 2014, according to Environment Agency data.

A second reading to Parliament of the Food Waste (Reduction) Bill has again been postponed after the Friday sitting of the House of Commons failed to reach it on the agenda.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Veolia HWRC contract, CDEnviro and a reuse shop in Suffolk.

A task force will be established to raise awareness of the benefits of the circular economy throughout the Welsh supply chain, says Welsh Minister for Natural Resources Carl Sargeant.

The government will work to simplify and improve the definition of waste, as well as permitting for different types of waste and Environment Agency inspections, after a Cutting Red Tape review.

The government has launched the controversial sale process for the Green Investment Bank, inviting investors to purchase existing government shares and provide additional capital.