The Resource Association has issued an open call to Prime Minister David Cameron to turn his ideas for ‘blue-collar Conservatism’ into ‘green-collar Conservatism for the green economy’.

The North London Waste Authority has launched a public consultation on its plans to develop a combined heat and power incinerator at Edmonton EcoPark in Enfield, London.

Lord de Mauley is no longer a minister at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, after failing to be reappointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Science.

South Lanarkshire Council has begun delivering new food waste and recycling bins to residents ahead of a recycling service overhaul, which will see paper collected separately for the first time.

Waste management company Biffa has reportedly appointed financial advisory group Rothschild to prepare its listing for a public stock floatation next year.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Keep Britain Tidy, Biogen, EPRO, and ReFood.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has launched a new £300,000 fund for London boroughs wishing to create ‘social supermarkets’ to reduce food waste and support those in food poverty.

The joint conference between CIWM, ESA and the Resource Association is to consider the gap between the waste sector’s circular economy ambitions and the reality influenced by austerity.

Zero Waste Scotland is calling for evidence on how a deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging could work in Scotland, following on from the release of a report into the subject.

Up to 90 per cent of the world’s waste electronic and electrical equipment is illegally traded or dumped, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.