A round up of this week's business news, including Bryson Recycling, Biffa, Taylor, Love Food Hate Waste and FCC.

North Lincolnshire Council has introduced free house clearance permits to allow residents to dispose of two van-loads of waste a year.

Anaerobic digestion plants processing certain crop residues will no longer need an environmental permit, says the Environment Agency.

Communities and organisations in Northern Ireland are being urged to apply for funding raised from the carrier bag levy for environmental projects.

Local authorities are being asked to complete a survey about the impact of budget cuts on waste, recycling and street cleansing services.

Keep Britain Tidy and SITA UK release 10-point plan to increase recycling in urban environments, following public inquiry.

RWM Ambassadors panel has released a report outlining steps that could be taken to achieve a circular economy.

Plastics 2020 partners announce plans to further develop the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan to ‘help industry move toward’ 2017 recycling targets.

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is in search of a UK plastic reprocessor to collect and recycle mixed plastics from its new recycling banks.

The Recycling Quality Information Point has been updated to include details of what the maximum levels of cross contamination are for ‘high-quality recycling’.