A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including new appointments at Biffa and Cromwell Polythene, and the opening of a new EfW facility in Buckinghamshire.

Plans to find an alternative location for Viridor and Grundon’s Lakeside incinerator have begun after the government’s announcement that it has approved a third runway at Heathrow.

The driver of Stirling Council recycling vehicle has been jailed for a year for causing the death of an 80-year-old man during a round in 2014.

Strike action among North Norfolk Council’s refuse and recycling collectors has been called off after last-minute talks between members of the GMB union and Kier Environmental Services.

The potential for a post-Brexit shake-up of the UK’s packaging waste compliance system has been investigated in a report commissioned by the Environmental Services Association.

All five of the waste treatment facilities operated by New Earth Solutions before its sale earlier this year have been acquired by PandaGreen Ltd, Ireland’s largest waste management company, as it seeks to move into the UK market.

The amount of metal packaging being recycled by Warwick’s kerbside collection service rose by 28 per cent in the six months after the council signed up to the MetalMatters communication campaign.

Compliance scheme Recolight has  urged local authorities to save money by taking advantage of new government classifications and including commercial waste lamps in free household collections.

LARAC, the body representing local authority recycling officers, has joined the board of OPRL, the UK’s packaging recycling label scheme – the third industry body to buy into the scheme in the past year.

A new set of guidelines on recycling is hoping to clear up once and for all what materials can and can’t be recycled at the kerbside in an attempt to remove the confusion holding back recycling the UK.