The sportswear brand has launched a new trainer made from bio-based materials as part of its Cotton + Corn initiative to develop more sustainable products.

Resource talks to Aeropowder co-founder Elena Dieckmann about ‘pluumo’, a sustainable alternative to polystyrene packaging made from an unlikely waste source.

FCC Environment are promoting the benefits of electric refuse collection vehicles, which include energy savings of up to 60 per cent over conventional vehicles.

Waitrose and John Lewis will be running trucks on renewable fuels this autumn as part of an OLEV-funded trial to see how using biomethane compressed natural gas can help to cut the UK’s transport emissions.

A new rapid inhibition test for anaerobic digestion feedstocks has been unveiled by AD services provider Amur.

Critics have panned the BBC’s coverage of the controversial material, which the EU is in the process of restricting, with naturalist Chris Packham failing to declare his paid position as adviser with an oxo-plastics company during a televised discussion on the material.

The 24-acre site has the capacity to process 50 tonnes of energy crops annually and is the 26th anaerobic digestion plant the company has invested in.

The Quality Recognition Award winners were announced at the association’s Annual Lecture in London.

The seminar will focus on the next steps in Wales’ Towards Zero Waste strategy.

The new hands-on Master’s degree is aimed at those wanting to begin or progress their careers in the waste and resources management industry.