DECC is to launch a new £20-million fund to reduce energy demand and improve energy efficiency in businesses.

Plastics reprocessing company Closed Loop Recycling has appointed James Stapeley as its new Commercial Manager.

SITA UK and Forth Ports Ltd announce plans to create a ‘major recycling and resource management hub’ at the Port of Tilbury.

The removal of 3,000 tonnes of waste from an illegal waste site in the Midlands could cost £1 million, says Environment Agency.

Wales’s Minister for Natural Resources, John Griffiths, urges businesses to respond to collection guidance consultation.

The amount of single-use plastic bags used by UK supermarket customers in 2013 rose by 3.2 per cent, finds WRAP.

A 72-year-old man has been sent to prison for six months for running an illegal waste site in Essex.

WRAP has launched the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan in a bid to improve the efficiency of electrical products.

A round-up of this week’s business news including Tamar Energy, Biffa, PDM, PyroPure and DHL Envirosolutions.

Firefighters tackling a blaze at a Scottish tyre recycling plant are likely to remain onsite for ‘a considerable length of time’.