The European Commission will launch a public consultation on its revised circular economy package tomorrow, according to Defra’s Colin Church.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including PHS Wastemangement, PAWRS, MGB Plastics, and Cromwell Polythene.

French supermarkets will no longer be able to destroy or dispose of unused food, after the French National Assembly passes new amendments to a green energy law.

A bus running on biomethane gas (CNG) recovered from cow manure has set a new land speed record for a service bus after recording speeds of over 75 miles per hour.

Novelis UK has won a Circular Economy Success award in recognition of its work in closed loop recycling.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Keep Britain Tidy, Biogen, EPRO, and ReFood.

The joint conference between CIWM, ESA and the Resource Association is to consider the gap between the waste sector’s circular economy ambitions and the reality influenced by austerity.

The Welsh Government has introduced a new Environment (Wales) Bill, which includes a ban on incinerating recyclable materials.

The Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart, has replaced Dan Rogerson as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Friends of the Earth has reiterated its call for government to review resource use, after evaluating the embodied land and water use in products.