German researchers say that greenhouse gas emissions produced as a result of food surplus have increased by over 300 per cent in the last 50 years.

The Recycling Association believes newly-released guidelines on the quality of paper for recycling are ‘a start’ but do not go far enough to highlight that everyone across the supply chain can impact paper quality.

Coffee waste filled bio-based resins, a new biosurfactant and bio-based dispersions for textile coatings have been named the winners of the nova-Insitute’s Bio-based Material of the Year.

Independent sustainability consultancy Resource Futures has celebrated its 10-year anniversary by announcing its new executive team.

The European Commission is working on an energy-from-waste communication that will address how the process can be optimised without compromising higher reuse and recycling rates, says European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella.

Northern Irish businesses are now required to separate and recycle food waste after a new law came into effect last week.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Egbert Taylor’s partnership with Smartbin, an award for a zero waste blogger and Ward Recycling investment.

Construction has started on food waste recycler ReFood’s new £32-million anaerobic digestion plant in Dagenham, East London.

SUEZ’s Recycling and Recovery UK division has selected Bulk Handling Systems to design, engineer, manufacture and install two materials recovery facilities in Aberdeen.

The European Investment Bank has been criticised by anti-incineration groups for its financial support of a Viridor-owned incinerator in Cardiff.