The Department for Communities and Local Government has upheld its rejection of Veolia’s New Barnfield incinerator following High Courts’ reassessment ruling.

Business Secretary Sajid Javid has announced plans to cut £10 billion of ‘unnecessary’ regulation, including that for the waste sector, over the next five years.

A round-up of waste and resources news, including a food waste Visionary, litter action, and whales swimming in plastic bottles.

Glasgow Airport has increased its recycling rate to over 90 per cent after implementing Zero Waste Scotland’s Resource Efficiency Pledge.

Resource and waste management company FCC Environment has become a member of the Resource Association, a trade association for the reprocessing and recycling industries and their supply chain.

Data measuring the input and output of material recovery facilities across England and Wales has been published for the first time today by WRAP.

Plans for the Tees Renewable Energy Plant, said to be the largest biomass power station in the UK, are close to being finalised after the project secured international investment.

A former Director of Dalkeith Demolition Limited has been fined £700 after being found guilty of breaching the conditions of a waste management licence.

A scrutiny report into the roll out of Dorset Waste Partnership’s county-wide ‘Recycle for Dorset’ scheme has found that no major problems persist with the service.

The Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has appointed Iris Anderson as its first Ambassador for the Bioeconomy.