Waste management company Biffa has been ordered to pay £599,812 for sending contaminated household waste to China, breaching waste export regulations.

A former Northumberland-based recycling business and its director have been ordered to pay £54,365 in fines after being found guilty of breaching waste regulations.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Lakeside EfW, Bunting Group, NLWA, Geminor and FCC Environment.

The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) has called on the Netherlands Government to rethink its decision to introduce a tax on the import of refuse derived fuel (RDF).

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched a sustainable design tool, PackScore, to help brands, retailers and designers to assess the recyclability of their plastic packaging.

Pembrokeshire County Council has announced its switch to a multi-stream recycling system via an Elvis parody music video.

The Welsh Government has announced that it will be launching a consultation on how to increase business recycling in Wales, with a view to implementing regulatory changes in October 2021.

One million items of clothing have been donated to textile reuse charity TRAID since the start of its London campaign one year ago.

WRAP report estimates 62 per cent of Londoners recycle more items and more frequently than they did last year due to growing environmental concern.

With a report published today (24 September) suggesting that insufficient data will cause the UK to miss the goal of halving food waste by 2030, Tesco has called for the government to introduce mandatory food waste reporting.