The London Waste and Recycling Board is calling on those wishing to build waste projects in London to apply to its £20-million infrastructure fund.

Plans to build an 11-megawatt biomass plant in Avonmouth have been rejected by Bristol City Council, following public concerns over air quality.

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 Welsh Government has launched a consultation on whether it should review its policy on radioactive waste management and disposal.

The Aldersgate Group has released a report urging the next government to raise ambition for the Green Investment Bank.

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

Defra pulls £115.3 million from Veolia’s New Barnfield incinerator after finding existing infrastructure is sufficient to meet landfill diversion targets.

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