In what is being billed as ‘an excellent example of circular economy in practice’, enzymes will be used to convert unsorted household waste into biogas at a ‘bio plant’ in Cheshire.

New appointments have been made at WRAP, S Norton & Co and the Confederation of European Paper Industries.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including an award for edoc, a retirement at WRAP, Cromwell Polythene, MetalMatters and Recolight.

The median cost of sending waste to MRFs has increased by 316 per cent in the past year, according to the WRAP.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Resource Efficient Scotland programme, unexploded World War II artefacts, Smurfit Kappa's redeveloped recycling depot network and a Resource Futures environmental workshop.

Construction of the controversial Javelin Park incinerator is due to begin this summer, after a lengthy delay caused by planning protests.

The latest materials facilities reporting data shows a consistent level of target input and output, with the number of facilities taking part remaining lower than originally anticipated.

Recycle Now is using street magic to demonstrate how recycling metal and glass packaging items can be transformed into new containers.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including new trustees for Keep Britain Tidy, a new partnership for Egbert Taylor and a recycling award for Cambridge.

A large fire engulfed a warehouse containing paper, rubber, plastic and cardboard at a materials recovery facility run by Weir Waste Services near Birmingham last night.