Construction is due to start on the 200,000 tonne EnviRecover incineration facility near Kidderminster.

The UK Green Investment Bank is investing £5 million in Scottish whisky distilleries to improve their sustainability.

A new industry association, the Wood Heat Association, has been formed to represent the wood biomass industry.

AmeyCespa is to begin work on its Milton Keynes Recovery Park next month, in the hopes of processing residual waste from 2016.

HRH the Duke of Gloucester has officially opened Veolia’s new Four Ashes incinerator in Staffordshire.

The CMS Innovation Hub, an all-purpose commercial centre that showcases energy-efficient design for buildings, has opened in North Lanarkshire.

Green Investment Bank to invest £7.5 million in a new £15 million anaerobic digestion and composting plant in Enfield, London.

A round-up of news from the waste and recycling sector, including SITA UK, Envirosol, Tamar Energy, and Premier Sustain.

Port Clarence Energy Ltd is seeking permission from Stockton Borough Council to build and operate a 45MW biomass plant in Teesside.

From June 2014, householders will be able to claim back more money for energy-efficiency improvements under the Green Deal.