Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a form of bioconversion that could be used to convert waste gases to biodiesel for transportation.

The Scottish Institute for Remanufacture has awarded a total of £238,360 to nine companies, with the aim of furthering a circular economy.

The recycling rate of textiles in the UK fell by four per cent in 2014/15, due to rising consumption and a falling market for used textiles, according to a new analysis of the recovered UK textiles market.

In 2015, 521,609 tonnes of household WEEE was collected for recycling by Producer Compliance Schemes and their members, a six per cent increase from 2014, according to Environment Agency data.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Veolia HWRC contract, CDEnviro and a reuse shop in Suffolk.

A task force will be established to raise awareness of the benefits of the circular economy throughout the Welsh supply chain, says Welsh Minister for Natural Resources Carl Sargeant.

Biscuit producer Bahlsen LLP will donate £39,800 to environmental charities after breaching packaging compliance for 15 years.

Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead has pledged to cut food waste in Scotland by a third by 2025, as part of Scotland’s new circular economy strategy, ‘Making Things Last’.

A plant that developers say can process unsorted household waste, creating biogas and separated plastic and metals for recycling, is to be built by in Cheshire.

The number of facilities reporting their figures under the Materials Facilities Regulations sampling requirements has reduced from a low baseline figure, while validation queries raised by regulators has also reduced.