Bryson Recycling has been awarded a contract worth up to £15 million to continue processing household recycling from over 250,000 homes in Northern Ireland.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Ealing’s pursuit of fly-tippers, investment in recycling in Aldershot and new bins in Dundee.

Cuts to the Landfill Communities Fund have been confirmed as part of the Budget 2016 today (16 March), though a proposed measure to prohibit third-party contribution has been dropped.

Researchers in Japan have found a species of bacteria that can break down PET into ‘basic building blocks’ for creating new plastic products.

Hertfordshire County Council has approved plans for a controversial incinerator in Hoddesdon, which would be used for all of the county’s waste.

The national Recycle Now campaign has postponed its annual Recycle Week until September after its original date clashed with that of the EU referendum.

Celebrity TV chef, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has criticised top coffee companies Costa and Starbucks for misleading claims surrounding the sustainability of their single-use coffee cups.

Aberdeenshire Council is formally calling for Scottish local authorities to be involved in the design of a deposit-return system.

Heathrow Airport has set targets, including a 70 per cent food waste recycling rate, for all its food and beverage retailers as part of a new sustainable restaurant guide.

The latest update on recycling trials carried out in Fife, including the first monthly residual waste collection in Great Britain, shows higher recycling rates in trial areas.