Recycle Week 2020 will be celebrating the UK’s commitment to recycling during Covid-19 lockdown, says Recycle Now.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Ecosurety, Renewi, Carbios, SUEZ and the BMRA.

A new campaign has been launched by Bristol Waste Company to encourage Bristol residents to put food waste into their designated food waste bin and reduce the amount of food they throw out.

The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has expressed concerns over a lack of permitting capacity at the Environment Agency (EA) in response to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a significant infrastructure investment in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Resource management company Geminor has signed a contract with Danish energy-from-waste company ARC to provide low-carbon refuse-derived fuel to the Copenhagen region.

38 of the UK’s largest meat producers and retailers have signed a pledge to halve the amount of meat that goes to waste in the UK each year by 2030.

Waste management company Biffa has announced the extension of its partnership with  packaging company Nampak Plastics Europe.

The arc21 residual waste project is an ‘essential’ part of Northern Ireland’s waste management plans, according to a report by consultancy Grant Thornton.

A circular economy will help the UK build back better, bolstering the economy by £75 billion and creating half a million jobs, as the UK looks set to face its biggest recession in 300 years.

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a consultation on the future of recycling in the country as it seeks to reach a 65 per cent recycling rate by 2035.