A round-up of waste and resources news, including a food waste Visionary, litter action, and whales swimming in plastic bottles.

The Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has appointed Iris Anderson as its first Ambassador for the Bioeconomy.

Tristram Stuart, Founder of anti-food waste campaigning body Feedback, outlines why there should be an authoritative body that investigates how supermarkets treat their suppliers.

George Osborne's Summer Budget removal of a Climate Change Levy exemption for renewable electricity sources will cost the anaerobic digestion industry £11m a year, says the ADBA.

MEP Angélique Delahaye is to bring forward an amendment at tomorrow’s plenary session on the circular economy that backs a pan-European petition to make supermarkets donate unsold edible food to charities.

New WRAP report finds local authorities paid a median fee of £6 for every tonne of waste sent to material recovery facilities in 2014/15, but that some councils pay MRFs to take material, while others are paid for it.

Rochdale council agrees to switch from alternate weekly collections of residual waste and recycling to three-weekly collections, in a bid to increase recycling and save money.

A group of councils has written an open letter to central government calling for the standardisation of reporting of process losses from composting and mechanical biological treatment facilities.

A new report by the Green Alliance identifies the advantages of switching to circular business models to deliver risk-adjusted returns.

Waste and by-products from fish, beer, and whisky businesses could boost the Scottish economy by up to £800 million a year if better utilised, finds Zero Waste Scotland.