Car manufacturer DeLorean is calling for Kickstarter donations to help fund the development of a waste-powered car.

Simon Weston, the Director of Raw Materials at the Confederation of Paper Industries, has been appointed to Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging.

The founder of plastics reprocessing company ECOPlastics Recycling, Jonathan Short, has left the company, just three months after it was bought out.

The Resource Association is calling on the next government to implement a new Resource Management and Circular Economy Act to improve resource efficiency and waste policy.

Enforcement bodies have visited unlicensed scrap metal operators in Lincolnshire in a move to address illegal activity and bring about compliance.

DCLG has released a report stating that local authorities could cumulatively save £70 million every year through more efficient bin procurement.

Stakeholders are being asked to respond to a consultation on changes to the producer responsibility schemes for batteries and packaging, and submit evidence relating to a review of recycling targets.

Chris Dow, Chief Executive of plastics reprocessing company Closed Loop Recycling, has said that the company will “inevitably go into administration” without government or industry support.

From June, all of Wiltshire Council’s 11 household waste recycling centres will operate five days a week on reduced hours, in a bid to save money.

The Business Secretary Vince Cable has officially opened Ward Recycling Ltd’s new glass clean-up extension at its Middlesbrough recycling facility.