A round-up of short news stories from the waste and resources industry, including SARIA, Every Can Counts, and Make Noise.

Welsh recycling rates rise by two per cent, with the country recycling, reusing, or composting 54.3 per cent in 2013/14.

Natural Resources Wales has opened a consultation on Clean Power (UK) Limited’s application to operate a pyrolysis plant in Carmarthenshire.

The London Waste and Recycling Board is calling on those wishing to build waste projects in London to apply to its £20-million infrastructure fund.

Plans to build an 11-megawatt biomass plant in Avonmouth have been rejected by Bristol City Council, following public concerns over air quality.

The Green Investment Bank has invested £33 million in the Allerton Waste Recovery Park, despite government pulling PFI funding from it last year.

Peel Environmental and Babcock & Wilcox Volund sign a memorandum of understanding to progress the development of Ince Resource Recovery Park in Cheshire.

Members of the waste and resources industry have voiced disappointment and frustration with the government’s lack of action on the circular economy.

Eric Pickles has called in the planning application for Teal Energy’s energy recovery facility in Kent over its potential impact on ‘wider policy initiatives in the area’.

WRAP Cymru and Carbon Trust are to deliver free efficiency advice under Resource Efficient Wales, after winning £1m framework contracts.