The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed Rory Stewart MP as minister responsible for ‘resource and environmental management’.

Food waste recycling company ReFood has completed a £6-million expansion project at its anaerobic digestion facility in Doncaster.

Members of the public are being invited to attend public exhibitions about the new Edmonton EcoPark in Enfield, which will burn up to 700,000 tonnes of waste a year.

DS Smith Group has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Duropack.

Hereford-based recycling company Eastside 2000 Limited, part of the Wye Valley Group, has been fined £18,000 for illegally storing waste.

Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead is meeting with his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, to discuss the potential of bringing in a deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including tyre recycling, EWWR Awards, LitterARTI, and fly-tipping prosecutions.

Resources & Waste UK has released a manifesto for 2015, which calls for the new UK government to be ‘proactively engaged’ in circular economy policy making.

Gwynedd Council is extending its three-weekly waste collection service to residents in Meirionnydd next week, and to those in Arfon in November.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the measures it should implement in its revised Circular Economy Package to bring about sustainability.