Recycling equipment manufacturer BHS has appointed Thomas Brooks as Director of Technology & Product Development.

The Resource Association is to partner with CIWM and the ESA to host their joint conference next year.

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games diverted 86 per cent of waste from landfill, with more than half recycled.

The Green Investment Bank has invested £33 million in the Allerton Waste Recovery Park, despite government pulling PFI funding from it last year.

The number of injuries and fatalities in the waste and recycling sector has fallen from last year, according to the Health & Safety Executive.

Peel Environmental and Babcock & Wilcox Volund sign a memorandum of understanding to progress the development of Ince Resource Recovery Park in Cheshire.

Members of the waste and resources industry have voiced disappointment and frustration with the government’s lack of action on the circular economy.

Eric Pickles has called in the planning application for Teal Energy’s energy recovery facility in Kent over its potential impact on ‘wider policy initiatives in the area’.

Defra has released a Voluntary Code of Practice designed to help businesses reduce fast food litter.

Greg Clemenston has become the new Managing Director of G & P Batteries.