A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including reprocessed coffee beans, appointments and a bioeconomy workshop.

An action plan to improve the performance of the Dorset Waste Partnership is almost complete, the partnership’s joint committee will hear on Monday, though a second consecutive overspend is likely.

The Neat Streets campaign has turned its attentions to cigarette litter and outlined a range of initiatives to be tested in central London.

Middlesbrough Council has become the latest local authority to bring waste services in house, after it moved to end its recycling collection contract with waste management company Biffa.

The Isle of Bute will receive £200,000 in support after being named Scotland’s second Zero Waste Town by Zero Waste Scotland.

A report released today by the RSA’s Great Recovery project calls for manufacturers to use design to boost reuse, suggesting ‘seven practical scenarios for redesigning our furniture systems’.

An ‘urgent response’ is needed to the 10 billion tonnes of urban waste that is produced globally each year, says the United Nations Environment Programme.

Seven local authorities will this week launch a new Keep Britain Tidy scheme that will see local charities make more money the more litter is thrown away in residual waste bins.

Expansion of the circular economy could create three million extra jobs and reduce unemployment by 520,000 across EU member states by 2030, according to a study released by WRAP.

A new report from the International Solid Waste Association says that open dumpsites are harming the lives of tens of millions in the developing world.