Four Welsh councils have been spared fines imposed by the Welsh Government for failing to hit recycling targets, after successfully demonstrating that they intend to improve their performance.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Croydon Council, ERP UK, DS Envrionmental, EMR, and enitial.

Construction has begun on a new aggregate manufacturing facility near Bristol that claims to produce the ‘world’s first carbon negative aggregate’.

Financial services corporation ING calls on the financial sector to change its approach to financing circular economy business models, which ‘challenge standard banking solutions’.

Authorities visit businesses in Boston, Lincolnshire to clamp down on illegal vehicle and scrap metal dealers in the area.

A Rotherham-based metal recycling firm, CF Booth Ltd, has been fined £15,000 for safety failings after a young worker was seriously injured by unguarded machinery.

Fife Council has become the fifth local authority to sign up to Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed Rory Stewart MP as minister responsible for ‘resource and environmental management’.

Food waste recycling company ReFood has completed a £6-million expansion project at its anaerobic digestion facility in Doncaster.

Members of the public are being invited to attend public exhibitions about the new Edmonton EcoPark in Enfield, which will burn up to 700,000 tonnes of waste a year.