Co-op will be the first UK retailer to roll out 100 per cent biodegradable, plastic-free tea bags in its own-brand Fairtrade 99 range of tea.

Waste and resources firm Veolia has launched a new service disposing of compressed gas cylinders, investing in a dedicated facility in the Midlands.

Skippy Waste Services Ltd, based in Stockton-on-Tees, has been fined £35,000 following a workplace accident in 2016 that left an employee seriously injured.

Food waste management company Biogen has added its first Scottish site to its network of anaerobic digestion plants across the UK, bringing its total up to eight.

Environmental consultancy firm Eunomia Research & Consulting has hired senior consultant Duncan Oswald from Ecodyn Ltd for its resource efficiency team in Scotland, as 2018 looks set to be another busy year for the company.

With the release of the Global Circularity Report claiming only nine per cent of the world’s resources are cycled back into the economy after use, the circular economy is front and centre at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

Resource recovery company Axion Recycling will develop new sorting techniques for Jaguar Land Rover’s REALITY project, its ongoing scheme to increase the amount of recycled aluminium used in its new cars.

Granville Ecopark, an enhanced anaerobic digestion facility in Northern Ireland, has become the first facility to be certified under the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association’s new AD Certification Scheme (ADCS), launched in December [https://resource.co/article/adba-launches-new-ad-certification-scheme-annual-conference-12295].

The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has called for clarity on the future of UK waste policy and the protection of barrier-free trade with Europe.

Leicester-based recycling and waste management firm Casepak has been awarded a 20,000 tonne recycling contract by Cherwell District and South Northamptonshire Council