Video from Resource's 'Taking Waste Underground' webinar from May 2016.

The Director General of the Confederation of Paper Industries, David Workman, is to step down later this year after six years in the role.

The ESA has recommended a new system of producer responsibility that transfers resource ownership from local authorities to product supply chains, which it says will improve the quality, recyclability and use of recycled content.

Local authorities can now issue on-the-spot fines of up to £400 to those caught taking part in small-scale fly-tipping, Defra has confirmed.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including investment at Ward Recycling, a reuse campaign in Devon and new fly-tipping FPNs.

Construction firm Interserve estimates that it will have to pay £70 million after design, procurement and installation issues led to ‘deterioration’ in the construction contract for Viridor’s planned gasification plant in Glasgow.

Biffa Municipal has installed hi-tech recording equipment in its refuse collection vehicles to increase the health and safety of workers and other road users.

More than 30 businesses across New York City have pledged to divert at least half of their waste from landfill and incineration this year as part of the city’s Zero Waste Challenge.

An ESA report aiming to aid local authorities in obtaining ‘best value’ when securing waste management service provision, says greater transparency is needed.

A global network of composting organisations has joined to highlight the benefits of viewing organic residuals as resources rather than waste as part of International Compost Awareness Week.