A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Amey’s new Environmental Services business, Gloucestershire waste, recycled plane products and sustainable visionaries.

Starbucks is to carry out testing on a new paper cup that aims to provide a solution to the almost 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups that go unrecycled in the UK every year.

Collection consistency is still a priority for the government, despite signs that investigations into the possibility of limiting the number of different kerbside waste collection systems have not gone as planned.

Administrators are seeking an early sale of plastic film reprocessing company PlasRecycle Ltd to ensure that operations can continue.

A Dorset waste operator has been hit with a suspended jail sentence and a £20,000 fine after running a ‘haphazard’ illegal waste oil storage and processing plant in the Dorset countryside for over a decade.

Car manufacturer Ford is partnering with Jose Cuervo to turn tequila waste into new bioplastics to make car parts.

WRAP has set out its achievements in addressing food waste, the fashion industry’s resource efficiency and resource management in its 2015-16 annual review.

A charity walk to the peak of Mount Snowdon has helped raise £6,400 for communities in developing countries to utilise simple and practical recycling processes.

It’s hot outside, but you don’t necessarily have to feel guilty about eating that ice cream, as the by-products from its production could be being used to produce ‘green’ energy instead of going to landfill.

News of appointments at the Environment Agency, Ricardo Energy and Environment and REPIC.