A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including WasteAid UK’s annual fundraising walk, an award for Biffa’s RCV road safety campaign and a £115,000 fund for community waste prevention schemes in Merseyside and Halton.

Derbyshire-based waste management specialist Ward has invested close to £1 million in environmental improvements at its recycling facility in Chesterfield.

More than 100 MPs have committed to substantially reducing their consumption of single-use plastics as part of Sky Ocean Rescue’s #PassOnPlastic campaign.

Our annual power list of movers and shakers in the waste and resources industry attracted a record number of votes this year. Here, you’ll find the winners from 100 to one, each accompanied by a voter’s glowing review. Read on to discover who has played their cards right and proved to be our Top Trump for 2018

Teignbridge District Council in Devon has awarded a contract to recycling machinery specialists Middleton Engineering [http://www.middletonengineering.co.uk/] in response to increased recycling volumes at its Newton Abbot waste transfer and bulking station.

Croydon Borough Council and Veolia have been jointly fined £350,000 after a worker suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ after being crushed by a refuse collection vehicle.

Beverley Upton, 45, was killed almost instantly when she was crushed between two vehicles during a routine loading operation at Leicestershire skip hire company MAC Skip Hire, a hearing has found.

A new plastic recycling facility has been given the go-ahead in Warwickshire after Beauparc Utilities chose the UK site instead of Dublin, reportedly due to permit delays in Ireland and the urgent need for capacity.

Resources Minister Therese Coffey says that she ‘challenges the view’ that the Chinese ban on waste imports presents a crisis for the UK, but suggested that dramatic rules on packaging could be on the way.

The Factor10 initiative from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, aiming to implement the circular economy across the world, has been launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, with signatories from over 30 international companies.