UK manufacturers are calling for bolder government action on cutting environmental red tape, according to a new report from EEF.

The public consultation on the European Commission’s Circular Economy package ended on Thursday, with some groups publishing their responses.

Delta Packaging Ltd and Huhtamaki Ltd, two Northern Irish suppliers of McDonald’s packaging, have partnered to reuse and recycle off-cuts from production.

Green Alliance says the EU’s Circular Economy Package must improve design and promote demand for reused and recycled products.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Axion Polymer investment, the Scottish Resources Conference, and a new HWRC.

Paper manufacturer DS Smith Paper Ltd has been fined £400,000 for safety failings after its Operations Manager was crushed to death at one of its mills.

The United Nations has agreed a draft for its 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which seeks to halve global food waste, ‘substantially reduce waste generation’ and curb climate change.

The London Waste and Recycling Board has announced that it is to invest up to £3 million into a private equity fund to help ‘accelerate the move to a circular economy in London’.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Make Noise, Every Can Counts, Grundon, and William Tracey Group.

Zero Waste Scotland is offering commercial and third-sector organisations awards of up to £100,000 to trial collections for remanufacture and reuse.