Zero Waste Scotland is to fund a new Volunteer and Community Advocate Programme to recruit 1,000 ‘zero waste’ volunteers in Scotland.

FCC Environment has been awarded a seven-year contract to operate Torfaen’s household waste recycling centre and waste transfer station.

Resource interviews John Redmayne, General Manager of ERP UK, for his thoughts on the cost of compliance.

The EC will launch the roadmap for its Circular Economy Package ‘within the next few weeks’, and consult on the topic ‘before summer’, according to Director-General for Environment Karl Falkenberg.

Metal Processing Limited has been fined £35,000 for safety breaches after a worker severed his hands while cutting metal strips on an industrial baler.

Philip Martens, President and Chief Executive of Novelis steps down, with Senior Vice President Steve Fisher taking the helm as Interim President.

The Labour Party unveils its Green Plan for 2015, which reiterates its commitment to undertake a review of resource security and make the UK the ‘most resource-efficient economy in the world’.

Four retailers have raised more than £1 million for charity via Scotland’s single-use carrier bag charge, which was introduced six months ago.

A round-up of news from the waste and resource industry, including Bryson Recycling, CDEnviro, and CEPI.

Worcestershire County Council will survey district councils as part of the potential creation of a joint waste authority with Herefordshire County Council.