An English Waste Strategy has been suggested ahead of MPs meeting today to grill stakeholders on the Treasury’s impact on sustainability, and waste targets in particular.
The Wood Recyclers Association is urging the Environment Agency to reconsider elements of its revised fire protection plan guidance, which it says does not put enough emphasis on preventative measures.
Kerry McCarthy has quit as Shadow Environment Secretary, stating that weak party leadership has put critical issues like the UK’s part in the Circular Economy Package at risk.
A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Mick George’s contract with Cambridge University and WRL Glass Media’s increasing exports.
Figures from around the waste and resource sindustry have had their say on the impacts of Brexit and what must now be done to take the industry forward.
Research into converting waste potatoes into gels that could be used in pharmaceutical, beauty and home products is seeking to turn the millions of tonnes of vegetables thrown away each year into a manufacturing resource.
A prototype barrier designed by The Ocean Cleanup to catch marine litter in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is to be deployed in the North Sea this week.
Oldham Council is likely to follow several of its neighbouring authorities in implementing three-weekly residual waste collections to reduce the impacts of rapidly rising waste disposal costs in Greater Manchester.