Hadfield Wood Recyclers has been awarded a contract to supply biomass fuel to a new Green Investment Bank-backed £25-million plant in North Wales that could generate enough energy to power 2,400 homes.

A new food waste campaign has been launched to ‘put pressure’ on London councils to reduce the amount of waste sent for landfill disposal by increasing and improving food waste recycling services across the city..

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including plastic recycling at a national football tournament, Resource Efficient Scotland’s profit monsters and used cars raising money for charity.

A new food waste action plan aims to smash through the barriers holding back food waste recycling and help the UK meet its targets.

Local government leaders must have a leading role in the negotiation of the UK’s exit from the European Union, says the Local Government Association.

Kier Group is setting aside £35 million to cover future expenses to its council collection services caused by the falling price of recyclable materials.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says that Veolia’s acquisition of the plastic recycling facility left mothballed by Euro Closed Loop is “good news for London and good news for the environment”.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Tamar AD facility, cyclist safety with Grundon and foot-pedal operated street bins.

A bill has been introduced to the US Congress to stop the export of electronic waste to China in order to clamp down on operations that ‘undermine national security’ by selling counterfeit goods back to American supply chains.

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.