Morrisons has become the latest supermarket to implement a scheme redistributing unsold food from stores to local community organisations.

Egbert Taylor Group, which owns bin manufacturer Taylor and skip producer Sellers, has announced a ‘strategic partnership’ with cloud-connected waste and recycling system creator Bigbelly Inc.

Waste management company F & R Cawley has been made to pay over £120,000 after an employee suffered serious fractures to his arm that have left him unable to work.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Ultra Biofuel lorries, franchising of recycling centre shops and Scottish funding for convenient stores.

Following the publication of Quarter 3 data showing a drop in recycling figures from last year, plastic recycling organisation RECOUP has called for changes to the PRN system.

The Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) has launched a new Product Weight Protocol (PWP) for reuse organisations.

East Lothian Council has partnered with Cromwell Polythene and Coral products for its weekly kerbside food waste collections.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has granted an environmental permit for a controversial £800-million incinerator in Deeside, Flintshire.

Manufacturing and retail waste has reduced by 3.2 per cent since 2012, though packaging weight has increased by 0.7 per cent, according to interim results for Courtauld 3.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including clothing reuse, Novelis appointment and car clubs.