A bill that could ban the incineration of recyclable material is to become law after being passed by the National Assembly for Wales yesterday (2 February).

The regional stage of a national enterprise competition run by beverage giant Coca-Cola Enterprises, challenging secondary school students to design a litter awareness campaign, has begun this week in the lead-up to a national final in March.

One man and his dog have set off on litter-picking journey today, that will take in a 7,000 mile walk around the entire coast of Britain.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has been awarded £500,000 by the People’s Postcode Lottery to support the mobilisation of its New Plastics Economy initiative [http://resource.co/article/new-plastics-economy-could-revolutionise-industry-10776], launched last month.

A Sainsbury’s survey has found that many British families believe that they waste no more than £30 worth of food a month, but in fact throw away an estimated 44 meals per month, worth £58.30 per household.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a change at the top of the EAC, a new WISH website and Environment Agency landfill training.

A second reading to Parliament of the Food Waste (Reduction) Bill has been postponed until 4 March after urgent questions took precedence in the House of Commons agenda.

A new guide to help manufacturers avoid unintentional product residue, or the ‘bit at the bottom’, of many consumer products was published by Incpen yesterday.

The amount of household waste sent to landfill in Northern Ireland has dropped below 100,000 tonnes despite an increase in the total waste collected and a slight drop in recycling.

Cannock Chase District Council has removed food waste collection from its recycling system, instead asking residents to include it with residual waste.