Nick Watts discovers how HMP Huntercombe is setting a positive example when it comes to managing food waste at the same time as saving money and having a positive effect on the rehabilitation of prisoners

A round-up of some of the more unusual stories coming out of the waste and resources world...

Charlie Flounders, Commercial Manager, Feedstocks at Tamar Energy gives us an update on how the organics/AD market is faring.

Dr. Philip Morton, CEO of REPIC, outlines why we should be targeting waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Wales’s Natural Resources Minister and Scotland’s Energy Minister have written a joint letter to UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd warning her that her renewables strategy ‘will significantly damage’ the renewables sector.

Landowners are being urged by the Environment Agency to be mindful of their responsibilities regarding illegal waste storage after 100,000 tyres and 3,000 cubic metres of plastic bales were removed from sites.

A Director of former compost recycling company Wormtech Limited could be liable to pay £1.6 million to cover the cost of clearing illegally-stored waste.

Provocative posters are being used by Kingston Council in an attempt to encourage residents and visitors to help turn the borough from ‘clean to pristine’.

New appointments have been made at Novelis, VEKA Recycling, Viridor and Casepak.

Glasgow City Council is to provide food waste recycling bins to 300,000 local homes over the next two years in order to comply with Scottish waste regulations.