Waste management company Viridor has signed a one-year, interim contract to process and sell co-mingled recyclables for Bournemouth Borough Council.

Biffa has secured a 10-year extension on its waste management and street cleansing contract with Wirral Council, taking the contract to 2027.

SITA UK is to hold public consultations on its proposed MRF, RDF facility and waste depot in Aberdeen.

Central government responds to the EFRA Committee's inquiry on waste management, and says it currently has ‘no plans to reintroduce statutory recycling targets for local authorities’

Resource Association Chairman and Board member Jonathan Short steps down to ‘focus on existing business interests’.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including the European Recycling Platform, PCRRG, Biffa, and Luxus.

Businesses are being urged to apply to the £3.8-million Scottish Recycling Fund to further reprocessing, repair, and remanufacturing work.

A new law has come into effect in New York making it illegal for residents to put some electronic equipment in kerbside waste collections.

Plastics recycling company Jayplas has created a new plastic film packaging division after installing a new extrusion and printing plant in Worksop.

Members of the environment, sustainability and manufacturing sectors, including Peter Madden and Emma Elston, have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list for 2015.