Around 40 firefighters are tackling a blaze at JWS Waste’s recycling site in Salford, in the latest fire incident to hit the waste and resources industry.

Members of the resource and energy industries welcome the Liberal Democrat Party’s green pledges, and commend its track record on the environment.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Viridor landfill fire, Jayplas appointments, and Ed Davey cardboard cutouts.

Angus Evers from King & Wood Mallesons explains Defra’s latest proposals on waste crime

Northern Ireland’s Department of the Environment has said it will commit £2 million from the carrier bag levy to help fund environmental groups.

Jonathan Essex, Chair of South East Green Party and a councillor at Surrey County Council, is calling on the council to halt its incineration plans and invest in recycling.

FCC Environment has been awarded a seven-year contract to operate Torfaen’s household waste recycling centre and waste transfer station.

Resource interviews John Redmayne, General Manager of ERP UK, for his thoughts on the cost of compliance.

The EC will launch the roadmap for its Circular Economy Package ‘within the next few weeks’, and consult on the topic ‘before summer’, according to Director-General for Environment Karl Falkenberg.

Metal Processing Limited has been fined £35,000 for safety breaches after a worker severed his hands while cutting metal strips on an industrial baler.