Members of the workers’ union GMB will protest for second time on Saturday (16 May) over ‘discrimination’ against Teesside workers by SITA SEMBCORP UK.

The joint conference between CIWM, ESA and the Resource Association is to consider the gap between the waste sector’s circular economy ambitions and the reality influenced by austerity.

Zero Waste Scotland is calling for evidence on how a deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging could work in Scotland, following on from the release of a report into the subject.

The Environment Agency has published new technical guidance on classifying and assessing waste, ahead of changes to the List of Waste and Hazardous Waste criteria, which will apply from June.

Forty people were evacuated from buildings near a biomass company in North Wales yesterday, after a fire broke out at the site.

Up to 90 per cent of the world’s waste electronic and electrical equipment is illegally traded or dumped, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.

Swindon Borough Council is calling on those impacted by last year’s fire at Averies Recycling to submit details of the experience to a special inquiry so that ‘lessons can be learned for the future’.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including European Recycling Platform, J&B Recycling, Viridor and E.ON.

The waste and resources industry calls on the incoming Conservative government to provide greater leadership on waste and resource policy.

The European Commission’s ‘indicative roadmap’ to its revised Circular Economy Package promises an ‘ambitious’ and ‘effective’ framework that will ‘drive real change’.