Britain could create up to 517,000 jobs by achieving its circular economy ambitions, a new study by WRAP and Green Alliance has found.

Averies Recycling (Swindon) Ltd has entered administration, but is still liable to clean up its fire-struck site at Marshgate.

Ownership of the electronic duty of care system has transferred from the Environment Agency to the devolved governments.

New appointments have been made at the European Recovered Paper Council, Ricardo-AEA, and Cromwell Polythene.

Zero Waste Scotland has released a report highlighting how Scotland can ‘capitalise on the industrial and economic opportunities of a more circular economy’.

Rachelle Strauss, blogger at MyZeroWaste.com, comes top of Resource’s Hot 100 list after being voted as the ‘brightest spark’ of the waste and resources industry.

There needs to be more heated debate on the circular economy to ‘move things forward’, Iain Gulland tells the Kit Strange Memorial Lecture.

SITA UK has been fined £110,000 for breaching its environmental permit and failing to comply with an enforcement notice.

The Centre for Process Innovation is leading a European project that aims to turn food waste into graphene and renewable hydrogen.

Waste management company Viridor has signed a one-year, interim contract to process and sell co-mingled recyclables for Bournemouth Borough Council.