Packaging group INCPEN has appointed former Kent Resource Partnership manager Paul Vanston as its new CEO.

Simply Cups, the UK’s only paper cup recycling scheme, has partnered with a company that claims to have made a takeaway cup that is recyclable at traditional paper mills.

Greater producer responsibility, more consistent recycling systems and the revisitation of pay as you throw should all be considered to make English recycling more efficient, says the Green Alliance.

The Resource Association has called on government to recognise the importance of high-quality recycling collection as it considers new business packaging recycling targets.

Sometimes there are bioplastics where you least expect them. Here are a few examples of plant-based materials bringing sustainability to the mass market.

The German city of Freiburg is pioneering the new ‘Freiburg Cup’, a reusable coffee cup, to reduce single-use takeaway waste.

Fifteen US companies have pledged to reduce their food loss and waste by 50 per cent by 2030.

Voting for this year’s Resource Hot 100 is now open. This is your chance to vote for the waste and resources industry’s biggest influencers.

A round up of news from the waste and resources sector including a creative writing initiative with REPIC, a recycling trial at Lord’s, reuse in Wrexham and a new appointment at Ecosurety.

Co-Leader of the Green Party has tabled an early day motion calling for the introduction of a bottle deposit return scheme (DRS) as part of the National Litter Strategy.