The Resource Association has named a new Chair and Vice-Chair following its AGM last week.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including a new reprocessing contract for Casepak, new packaging made from eggshells, RCVs for students and HSBC funding for a waste start-up.

Paris is to begin delivery of its separate food waste service in partnership with Novamont, it was announced last week.

A 26-year-old man has been taken to hospital following an explosion at a battery recycling plant near Walsall.

McDonald’s has come under fire from Zero Waste France for its recycling and waste management methods, with the group also calling for a transformation in how fast food chains manage and report their waste.

Bristol Waste Company has announced it is launching a citywide commercial waste service to help boost recycling among businesses.

Waste software firm AMCS has completed the acquisition of developer Senddr, creators of a digital engagement platform to enable better customer service in the waste industry.

Twenty people were forced from their homes following damage caused by a blaze that started in an industrial container of recycled computer parts yesterday.

Veolia is to invest £5 million into new waste collection vehicles over two years to improve the safety of other road users, pedestrians, and cyclists.

Hull City Council has approved plans to procure a new long-term waste disposal contract worth around £56 million after the collapse of its contract with Impetus Waste Management last year.