A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including REPIC, WRAP Cymru, and Casepak.

The Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable MP, has officially opened FCC Environment’s incineration facility in Lincoln.

The Resource Association has released a new video highlighting the challenge of contamination in recycling and what can be done to overcome it.

Glazewing Ltd has received a fine after supplying ‘significantly contaminated’ soil to a farm in Wretton, Norfolk.

Denbighshire County Council Chair Brian Blakeley officially opens Biogen’s 22,500 tonne per annum anaerobic digester in North Wales.

The director of Lincoln-based waste company SOS Skip Hire and Haulage has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after illegally depositing waste.

The Environment Agency is revoking the operating licence of Swindon-based recycling company Averies Ltd, following a waste fire.

The Green Investment Bank is investing £30m in a new combined heat and power biomass plant in Merseyside.

Peter Gerstrom, Chief Executive of Cory Environmental, has become the new ESA Chairman, replacing David Palmer-Jones.

Central government is calling on stakeholders to submit their thoughts on how the definition of waste for reuse and repair activities could be clarified.