The six finalists of the Bio-based Material of the Year award have been named by the nova-Institute for Ecology and Innovation.

Plastic film reprocessing company PlasRecycle has become a full member of the Resource Association.

The Material Security Working Group has introduced a parliamentary paper reiterating calls for the establishment of a central Office for Resource Management.

Materials recovery facility operators in Scotland will need to begin sampling incoming and outgoing material from 1 October 2015, it has been revealed.

Remanufacturing in Scotland could provide an extra £620 million to the economy and 5,700 extra jobs by 2020 if certain challenges are met, says Zero Waste Scotland.

UK Green Investment Bank and Foresight Group have provided half of the investment needed to build a £60-million energy-from-waste gasification plant in Hertfordshire.

The Circular Economy Task Force is calling on the UK government to establish a national resources council to respond to resource supply threats.

Corrugated packaging recycler DS Smith has announced its intentions to acquire rival Duropack.

WRAP Cymru’s ARID programme has helped create new jobs in Wales, as well as a more efficient reprocessing and collection infrastructure, say the organisation.

The UK’s first landfill site to produce electricity, the 385-acre Packington landfill site in Birmingham, has officially closed after nearly 50 years of operation.