A round-up of business news from the resource sector, including Recolight, FCC Environment, Viridor, and Remondis.

Nestlé and Unilever are amongst a number of companies working with the resource industry in a new project to ‘create a circular economy for flexible packaging’.

FCC Medio Ambiente SA has been chosen as the preferred bidder for Edinburgh and Midlothian councils’ residual waste contract.

SITA UK’s incinerator in Great Blakenham has begun exporting power to the National Grid.

Defra is to investigate the possibility of introducing a regulatory treatment standard for refuse-derived fuel after consultation reveals ‘market failures’.

The Autumn Statement reveals little on waste, but confirms that government is seeking to reform the Landfill Communities Fund and will introduce a loss on ignition testing regime for MBT waste from 1 April 2015.

A Viridor-owned company has been fined £165,000 for safety failings after a worker was blinded at its Bargeddie MRF.

The Organics Recycling Group has published a best practice guide for the organics sector to improve the quality of composting feedstock.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has held a conference looking at the extent of waste crime in Scotland, and how to tackle it.

Viridor’s plans to build a 300,000-tonne incinerator in East Lothian are to progress after receiving funding approval from parent company Pennon Group.