A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including fly-tipping punishments, departures at Viridor and a new food waste strategy in Peterborough.

The Recycling Association believes newly-released guidelines on the quality of paper for recycling are ‘a start’ but do not go far enough to highlight that everyone across the supply chain can impact paper quality.

Northern Irish businesses are now required to separate and recycle food waste after a new law came into effect last week.

Construction has started on food waste recycler ReFood’s new £32-million anaerobic digestion plant in Dagenham, East London.

SUEZ’s Recycling and Recovery UK division has selected Bulk Handling Systems to design, engineer, manufacture and install two materials recovery facilities in Aberdeen.

Residents of the European Union generated 475 kilogrammes per person in 2014, 44 per cent of which was recycled or composted, according to a report published yesterday (30 March) by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU.

England’s household recycling rate dropped 0.7 per cent last year, the first recorded fall in England’s annual rate since records began in 2000/2001.

An independent review of the Welsh Government’s guidance on waste and recycling collections has found it is still the best model for Welsh local authorities to follow.

Steve Burdis has been dismissed as Director of the Dorset Waste Partnership following the waste authority’s £2.8 million overspend in 2014/15.

Significant progress has been made by local authorities, the recycling industry and other parts of the supply chain towards achieving a circular economy for plastics, according to a new WRAP report.