The Green Investment Bank is investing £30m in a new combined heat and power biomass plant in Merseyside.

Peter Gerstrom, Chief Executive of Cory Environmental, has become the new ESA Chairman, replacing David Palmer-Jones.

Central government is calling on stakeholders to submit their thoughts on how the definition of waste for reuse and repair activities could be clarified.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme is focusing on resource security as part of its annual conference.

A round-up of short news stories from the waste and resources industry, including SARIA, Every Can Counts, and Make Noise.

Recycling company TerraCycle has launched a new recycling programme for air and homecare products.

Paper manufacturer UPM will permanently close paper machines in the UK, France and Finland next year in response to paper ‘overcapacity’.

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and the Environmental Services Association will launch a new joint entity, Resources & Waste UK.

The London Waste and Recycling Board is calling on those wishing to build waste projects in London to apply to its £20-million infrastructure fund.

Novelis income rose by 65 per cent in one year to $38 million.