A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Ultra Biofuel lorries, franchising of recycling centre shops and Scottish funding for convenient stores.

Following the publication of Quarter 3 data showing a drop in recycling figures from last year, plastic recycling organisation RECOUP has called for changes to the PRN system.

The Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) has launched a new Product Weight Protocol (PWP) for reuse organisations.

The government’s Environmental Audit Committee is holding a public inquiry to assess EU environmental objectives ahead of the referendum on EU membership.

Baby food company HiPP UK Ltd will pay almost £415,000 to charity after failing to meet producer responsibility obligations.

Most product waste in Europe is not covered by extended producer responsibility schemes, Zero Waste Europe has found.

The National Federation of Retail Newsagents have asked Rory Stewart to consider including small businesses in the carrier bag charge.

The European Commission’s Circular Economy Package will be released on 2 December, according to a senior official.

The new international environmental management standard ISO 14001:2015 has been launched to address the change in environmental practices and ensure that the management system is future proof.

Environmental consultancy Resource Futures has been awarded a two-year contract to administer the edoc online waste transfer reporting system across the UK.