A 57-year-old Viridor collections services driver has died after his vehicle rolled into a building in the grounds of a Plymouth hospital.

Arash Derambarsh, whose campaign led to legislation ensuring French supermarkets donate unwanted food, tells us about the law and his plans to take on European food waste.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Croydon Council, ERP UK, DS Envrionmental, EMR, and enitial.

World Child Cancer CEO will take on the same role at environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy in August.

Viridor acquires Commercial Recycling Ltd’s waste collection division for an undisclosed sum.

Financial services corporation ING calls on the financial sector to change its approach to financing circular economy business models, which ‘challenge standard banking solutions’.

Environmental taxes provided £44.6 billion to the UK economy in 2014, with landfill tax contributing £1.1 billion, according to a report by the Office of National Statistics.

A new pilot scheme announced by Tesco, in partnership with charity FareShare and social enterprise FoodCloud, will see the supermarket’s surplus food sent to charities instead of landfill.

Authorities visit businesses in Boston, Lincolnshire to clamp down on illegal vehicle and scrap metal dealers in the area.

A Rotherham-based metal recycling firm, CF Booth Ltd, has been fined £15,000 for safety failings after a young worker was seriously injured by unguarded machinery.