Dundee City Council and Angus Council are jointly tendering for a 20-year residual waste contract.

The Welsh Government has published statutory guidance on the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass.

A new WRAP survey has revealed ‘significant growth’ within the UK’s anaerobic digestion sector, with overall operating capacity up 55 per cent.

Resource Minister Dan Rogerson has been appointed joint Ministerial Champion for the Bioeconomy, alongside Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Energy, Matthew Hancock MP.

A round-up of business news from the resource sector, including Recolight, FCC Environment, Viridor, and Remondis.

FCC Medio Ambiente SA has been chosen as the preferred bidder for Edinburgh and Midlothian councils’ residual waste contract.

SITA UK’s incinerator in Great Blakenham has begun exporting power to the National Grid.

Defra is to investigate the possibility of introducing a regulatory treatment standard for refuse-derived fuel after consultation reveals ‘market failures’.

The Organics Recycling Group has published a best practice guide for the organics sector to improve the quality of composting feedstock.

Viridor’s plans to build a 300,000-tonne incinerator in East Lothian are to progress after receiving funding approval from parent company Pennon Group.