The Liberal Democrats would set a 70 per cent recycling target for England, and introduce an incineration tax, if they were voted into power.

The Conservative Party makes no mention of waste, resource or sustainability policy in its new manifesto, despite claiming to have been the ‘greenest government ever’.

The Green Party has released its election manifesto for 2015, outlining that it would spend an extra £4 billion a year on recycling to ‘do away with damaging incineration and landfill’.

The Material Security Working Group has written an open letter to party leaders calling on them to ‘publicly commit’ to establishing an Office for Resource Management.

New legislation gives central government the ultimate responsibility for siting radioactive waste repositories in England.

A round-up of news from the waste and resource sector, including ERP, Foresight Group, DWP, and Clean Britain.

Landfill tax has risen to £82.60 and loss-on-ignition testing is now in effect, as the UK enters a new tax year.

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.

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.