A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Axion Polymer investment, the Scottish Resources Conference, and a new HWRC.

Around 100 refuse collection staff employed by Veolia will strike over three days after ‘years of below-inflation pay’.

Viridor has begun operations on a short-term residual waste contract with the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority, while construction of the SITA Sembcorp incinerator continues.

Plastics recycler Jayplas has announced a £2.5-million investment in machinery to help it create more printed bags-for-life from its plastic waste.

The sampling requirements for the Materials Facility Regulations have been in force for the best part of a year now, but what exactly have they achieved? Resource investigates

Just how green is the Green Investment Bank? Eunomia Chairman Dominic Hogg evaluates the institution’s performance when it comes to waste

If you can be sure of anything in this world, it’s that we will always have a steady supply of, ahem, human waste. Annie Kane considers whether Bristol’s Bio-Bus could be the future of sewage, or whether it’s a load of… hot air

OnePlastics Group has announced that it has made a seven-figure investment in two new injection moulding machines for bin-making subsidiary Straight Ltd.

With the current turmoil in commodity prices, Resource asked industry commentators to answer the question: To what extent can recycled material replace virgin counterparts?

An alternative treatment project for Gloucestershire’s residual waste, Community R4C, has officially launched in the hopes of undermining the Javelin Park incinerator.