A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including REPIC, WRAP Cymru, and Casepak.

The Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable MP, has officially opened FCC Environment’s incineration facility in Lincoln.

Local authorities in Wales reach their highest reuse, recycling and composting level yet – achieving 58 per cent between April and June 2014.

Eunomia warns that waste recovery infrastructure could limit UK recycling rates to 66 per cent in 2030, and calls for a halt to funding for incineration.

WRAP Northern Ireland conference tackles the ‘urgent need’ for greater collaboration within Northern Ireland’s waste agenda.

Local authorities in Northern Ireland sent less than half of municipal waste to landfill in the last financial year, a record low for the country.

The UK government should do more to support a ‘sharing economy’ and boost collaborative consumption, says new BIS-commissioned report.

The Resource Association has released a new video highlighting the challenge of contamination in recycling and what can be done to overcome it.

Denbighshire County Council Chair Brian Blakeley officially opens Biogen’s 22,500 tonne per annum anaerobic digester in North Wales.

Resource Efficient Scotland’s Green Retail application, which provides advice to retailers on becoming more sustainable, launches for Apple iOS systems.