Nearly 80 per cent of the Scottish public support the introduction of a deposit return scheme, the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS) has revealed.

As incineration becomes increasingly popular, Geert Cuperus from the European Recovered Fuel Organisation (ERFO) outlines the difference between SRF and RDF and the need for standardisation.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including PHS Wastemangement, PAWRS, MGB Plastics, and Cromwell Polythene.

French supermarkets will no longer be able to destroy or dispose of unused food, after the French National Assembly passes new amendments to a green energy law.

A bus running on biomethane gas (CNG) recovered from cow manure has set a new land speed record for a service bus after recording speeds of over 75 miles per hour.

The Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland has recommended the Northern Ireland Environment Agency develop a ‘more rigorous’ approach to dealing with environmental crime.

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited has begun storing low-level radioactive waste from Dounreay Power Plant in new vaults at Caithness, Scotland.

Waste management company Alex Smiles Ltd has entered into administration after having its environmental permit suspended, with 50 staff being made redundant.

Nestlé UK & Ireland’s Fawdon factory in Newcastle upon Tyne achieves zero waste to landfill.

Novelis UK has won a Circular Economy Success award in recognition of its work in closed loop recycling.