Central government has committed to buy resource-efficient food from 2017 through the new ‘Plan for Public Procurement’.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including: GPS Group, Isys Interactive Systems and Simply Cups.

Hitting 70 per cent recycling in Wales with current single-stream systems will be ‘very difficult’, says WRAP’s Marcus Gover.

Norfolk County Council is to send some of its waste to SITA UK’s incinerator in Suffolk, after abandoning its own incinerator plans.

Bury Council has become the first council in England to commit to adopting three-weekly collections of household residual waste.

A new report from the EEA suggests that fundamental changes and 'innovation' are needed to develop the EU green economy.

Government should create a £250m ‘challenge fund’ to bring about circular infrastructure, says Circular Economy Task Force.

Guernsey recycling rates have risen by 10 per cent since the introduction of kerbside recycling collections in March 2014.

WRAP has launched the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan in a bid to improve the efficiency of electrical products.

A round-up of this week’s business news including Tamar Energy, Biffa, PDM, PyroPure and DHL Envirosolutions.