The UK Without Incineration Network has launched a campaign to place a moratorium on new incineration projects in the UK, with an Early Day Motion being prepared to be put forward in Parliament.

The world’s first fully-electric, rear-loading refuse collection vehicle – Geesinknorba’s Li-On Power Pro – is set to be unveiled at London’s Future Fleet Forum in January.

The UK is heading for a residual waste treatment capacity gap by 2030 unless significant new investment in infrastructure and policy frameworks are put in place, according to SUEZ’s new report.

The North London Waste Authority has been granted permission to build a replacement energy recovery facility at the Edmonton EcoPark.

Members of the waste and resources industry have welcomed the mention of the industry in the government’s new industrial strategy, unveiled today by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has written to Business Secretary Greg Clark to call for added scrutiny over the sale of the Green Investment Bank to Macquarie.

A round up of news from the waste and resources sector including new bins for Croydon, global growth in the AD industry, investment in the European paper industry and more.

Interserve has been served a notice of termination to its contract with Viridor after ‘continually and repeatedly’ failing to meet milestones on its Glasgow gasification plant.

Impetus Waste Management has gone in to administration, forcing its two waste transfer sites to close, following the withdrawal of Air Products from the gasification market.

The UK Without Incineration Network has warned investors of the risk that gasification projects present with a briefing paper highlighting more than a dozen failed projects.