Zero Waste Scotland has announced funding for projects to encourage innovative solutions to tackle litter in Scotland.

GIB has announced a £6.5-million investment into two projects to build anaerobic digestion plants in Northern Ireland.

HMRC sets out Loss on Ignition rules and launches consultation on Landfill Tax, which runs until 19 September.

Eunomia forecasts a shortfall in feedstock available to AD facilities and says we have reached a ‘tipping point’.

EA announces ‘risk-based regime for regulation’ of the revised Waste Framework Directive’s separate collection requirements.

The WISH (Waste Industry Safety and Health) Forum has released draft Fire Control Guidance for waste management sites.

The Institute of Civil Engineers calls for a coherent waste management body in BIS to deliver a circular economy and improve infrastructure.

Environmental groups staged a protest against the GIB’s ‘dirty’ investments at its first annual review in London.

The UK Green Investment Bank has released its financial performance report for 2013-14.

For the first time, a defendant has received a 16-month jail sentence for illegally exporting waste from the UK.