Zero Waste Scotland has awarded Scottish Borders Council with a £250,000 funding package to assist with the launch of its new food waste collection service.

Leicestershire County Council has become the latest local authority to consider reducing some of its waste offerings to save money.

A round-up of business news, including WEEE Europe, Biogen, Shanks, and Reconomy.

Kent County Council has awarded New Earth Solutions with a five-year contract to process around 17,000 tonnes of food waste a year.

Forum for the Future has developed an online platform to help decision makers prepare business models for a ‘radically different world’.

The Court of Milan has banned Italian company KromaBatch from claiming that the plastic additive ‘d2w’ can ‘give biodegradability’ to traditional plastics.

The European Commission should do more to promote the bioeconomy, the European Bioeconomy Alliance has announced at its official launch.

The waste and resources sector, including repair, reuse and leasing activities, contributes £41 billion to the UK economy, Defra has found.

WRAP has launched a new online ‘Recycling Locator’ that enables householders to find out what materials they can recycle and where they can recycle them.

Lincolnshire recycling firm Environcom has been fined £100,000 for safety failings after an employee was struck by a falling washing machine.