A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including EEF’s sustainability service, a new waste transfer station and a hunt for fly-tippers.

Residents in three districts of Ayrshire are being called upon to boost household recycling of metal packaging across the county as part of Alupro’s MetalMatters campaign.

The operator of an illegal waste site in Darlington has been ordered to pay £350,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act – a figure that could rise to almost £1.2 million should he come into future assets.

Green Alliance says the EU’s Circular Economy Package must improve design and promote demand for reused and recycled products.

Liverpool City Council will set up a new arms-length company to operate its waste collection service in an attempt to bring down costs and improve performance.

Around 100 refuse collection staff employed by Veolia will strike over three days after ‘years of below-inflation pay’.

Viridor has begun operations on a short-term residual waste contract with the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority, while construction of the SITA Sembcorp incinerator continues.

The sampling requirements for the Materials Facility Regulations have been in force for the best part of a year now, but what exactly have they achieved? Resource investigates

If you can be sure of anything in this world, it’s that we will always have a steady supply of, ahem, human waste. Annie Kane considers whether Bristol’s Bio-Bus could be the future of sewage, or whether it’s a load of… hot air

With the current turmoil in commodity prices, Resource asked industry commentators to answer the question: To what extent can recycled material replace virgin counterparts?