Resource interviews John Redmayne, General Manager of ERP UK, for his thoughts on the cost of compliance.

The EC will launch the roadmap for its Circular Economy Package ‘within the next few weeks’, and consult on the topic ‘before summer’, according to Director-General for Environment Karl Falkenberg.

The Labour Party unveils its Green Plan for 2015, which reiterates its commitment to undertake a review of resource security and make the UK the ‘most resource-efficient economy in the world’.

Aggregate businesses are set to receive several million pounds in tax rebates, after the European Commission finds levy exemptions for most secondary aggregates to be lawful.

Four retailers have raised more than £1 million for charity via Scotland’s single-use carrier bag charge, which was introduced six months ago.

A round-up of news from the waste and resource industry, including Bryson Recycling, CDEnviro, and CEPI.

Bayer Material Science AG has been named as the winner of nova-Institute’s ‘Bio-Based Material of the Year’ award.

Members of the dairy industry did not turn up to a WRAP-brokered meeting that aimed to support the plastic reprocessing industry this week, claiming that competition law prevented their attendance.

A week of events encouraging the use of reusable cloth nappies starts on Monday (20 April).

The incoming government must take actions to improve planning if it is to transition to a sustainable economy, says an industry poll.