A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including: the ESA; London Re-use Network; Love Food Hate Waste; and J&B Recycling.

A new WRAP survey has revealed ‘significant growth’ within the UK’s anaerobic digestion sector, with overall operating capacity up 55 per cent.

Resource Minister Dan Rogerson has been appointed joint Ministerial Champion for the Bioeconomy, alongside Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Energy, Matthew Hancock MP.

Supermarket chain Asda is to extend its food redistribution network initiative to include surplus food created by its manufacturers.

Veolia has developed a new technology that can process the contaminated paper element of residual waste into pulp material for new products.

The BBC is to run a new, three-part series on waste next year, with campaigner and chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall presenting the programme.

The Organics Recycling Group has published a best practice guide for the organics sector to improve the quality of composting feedstock.

Signatories of the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement have saved more than £10 million by reducing food waste in one year, finds WRAP.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including REPIC, WRAP Cymru, and Casepak.

Denbighshire County Council Chair Brian Blakeley officially opens Biogen’s 22,500 tonne per annum anaerobic digester in North Wales.