The Recycle for Wales website is in contention for Website of the Year, against competition such as Facebook and Amazon.

Ahead of the Waste Regulations, Every Can Counts has released information detailing how the retail sector can separate materials, such as metal cans, for recycling.

Innovate UK, Defra and BBSRC are to provide up to £11 million to improve the resource efficiency of the UK food supply chain.

Organics recycling firm Keenan Recycling Ltd has become the latest Scottish company to sign up to Zero Waste Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment.

Two UK companies, including compostable packaging firm Vegware, have been shortlisted for a European Business Award for the Environment.

Rochford District Council has agreed to extend its waste collection and street cleansing contract with SITA UK by another seven years.

A round up of news from the waste and recycling industry, including FCC Environment, Agrivert, Alpha Resource Management and R4R conference.

The Environment Agency has been fined £5,000 for safety failings after an employee caught his finger in an unguarded circular saw.

The RWM Ambassadors panel has awarded £15,000 of funding to waste management charity Waste Aid.

Government has ‘no current plans’ to make green waste collections mandatory, says Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles.