The Department of Energy & Climate Change has stripped Nuclear Management Partners of its £9-billion contract to clean up the Sellafield nuclear site.

Julian Gaylor, Sales and Marketing Director of bin manufacturer Taylor, is to leave the company in March to launch a waste management consultancy.

Resource Association Chairman and Board member Jonathan Short steps down to ‘focus on existing business interests’.

Plastics recycling company Jayplas has created a new plastic film packaging division after installing a new extrusion and printing plant in Worksop.

Organic waste recycling company TEG Group plc has entered into administration after failing to secure funding.

Plastics reprocessing company ECO Plastics announces it is looking for a buyer, following ‘operational challenges and unfavourable market conditions’.

Container manufacturer Taylor has appointed Brendan Murphy as its new CEO, following David Williams’s departure.

Biomass fuel supplier LC Energy has acquired wood fuel boiler installation company Ecolyf, for an undisclosed sum.

Labour Leader Ed Miliband commends Tetronics International and Advanced Plasma Power for ‘helping the UK become a global leader in green technology’.

Paper manufacturer UPM will permanently close paper machines in the UK, France and Finland next year in response to paper ‘overcapacity’.