The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has exceeded its targets for reducing waste and improved its levels of recycling according to its annual sustainability report for 2014-15 [http://www.sepa.org.uk/media/163498/sustainability_report_2014_2015.pdf].

Waste vehicles in Essex, South London and Hertfordshire have been checked in the latest day of Environment Agency action designed to cut down on illegal waste traders yesterday.

A new waste incinerator on former dockyard land in Plymouth is now fully operational after a €250-million building project.

A builder has been fined £800 after dumping 250 tonnes of soil contaminated with waste onto council land in Salford, which the council estimates will cost £97,000 to clear.

A recycling plant turning carpet waste into a horse-friendly carpet fibre for the equestrian sector has been opened by Potters Recycling in Wales.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a plastics recycling educational programme, treecycling and thousands of plastic bottles washing up on the Cornish coast.

Industry bodies have given their views on altered business packaging targets for plastic and glass after a Defra consultation closed last month.

Luton Borough Council is considering implementing a compulsory recycling system that would see officers visit and potentially fine residents who fail to recycle their household waste.

The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association has called on government to take more action to support AD, after it emerged that parliament uses the treatment method to dispose of all of its food waste.

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management has launched a year-long campaign against waste crime by announcing that it will be contributing almost £50,000 to an initiative raising business awareness of the Duty of Care.