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

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

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’.

The Paper Cup Recovery & Recycling Group has appointed its executive board members and announced two initial projects.

A circular economy and zero waste can be achieved through ‘supply chain collaboration’, finds DS Smith report.

The Scottish Government is to fund a new remanufacturing centre and a brokerage service for recyclates.

The European Commission has launched a €143-million call for research projects that investigate reuse and remanufacturing.

New figures show that Northern Ireland has sent more waste for recycling and composting than to landfill for the first time.

Members of the waste and resources industry have welcomed the recommendations of EFRA’s report into waste management in England.

Viridor’s new £45-million energy recovery facility has been officially opened in Exeter.