A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new contract for Casepak, Huhtamaki investment and Bristol’s Big Green Week.

European environment ministers are to meet on Monday to approve a document setting out changes and points of emphasis in the Circular Economy Action Plan.

Investors in the New Earth Solutions waste management group are ‘unlikely’ to recover any funds from the sale of the company after three investment funds were provisionally liquidated last week.

Better alignment of EU waste and energy policies is needed to allow energy from waste to have a ‘complementary role’ in the circular economy, according to FEAD.

This week saw members of the waste and resources industry from across the country descend on London for two days of discussion on the sector's hot topics. The EU referendum, the future of food waste, the Circular Economy Package and producer responsibility were all on the agenda. Here are some of the things that we learned.

Rory Stewart’s speech at Resourcing the Future 2016 hinted at scaled back ambitions.

The waste and recycling service in the London Borough of Hounslow will be ‘in jeopardy’ unless an unexpected £16.6 million investment into the council’s in-house waste company is immediately approved, according to a council report.

A food waste disposal and recycling firm has been fined £250,000 for breaches that saw three employees overcome by toxic gases, less than a year after paying £660,000 following the death of another worker.

Veolia Environmental Services Sheffield has been fined £750k after a worker was killed by a tailgate with a faulty safety switch.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including an award for edoc, a retirement at WRAP, Cromwell Polythene, MetalMatters and Recolight.