A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a food waste communications trial, a Veolia employment project and the removal of street bins in Dorset to encourage recycling.

Welsh local authorities have recorded an average municipal waste recycling rate of 57 per cent in the 12 months to September 2015, six months before they must meet a government target of 58 per cent.

A man has been fined £1,150 after being identified by the public as part of Rhondda Cynon Taf council’s ‘Who Done It?’ anti-litter campaign.

Wrexham Borough Council has implemented a new Every Can Counts on-street drink can recycling programme at key public and leisure locations throughout the county.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Eunomia department, bio-based sacks for Grundon and a new CEO at Amey.

Conwy County Borough Council could be close to a four-weekly residual waste collection after its Customers Overview and Scrutiny Committee recommended altering the system.

Assessment of the possibility of creating greater consistency in household waste and recycling collections in England has entered its second phase, WRAP announced today.

WRAP has unveiled an interactive online tool [http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/new-circular-economy-jobs-created-2030] to highlight the number of jobs that could be created by a circular economy in each Parliamentary constituency.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including service station recycling, circular economy for kids and an estates recycling challenge.

Falkirk Council has become the first local authority to sign up to the Scottish Household Recycling Charter, designed to increase consistency in recycling collections.