Representatives of various sectors of the resource industry met in London today (3 July) to discuss the issue of mixed plastics at the Resource Recovery Forum (RRF) summer conference.

The first UK roundtable bringing together retailers and charities meets to discuss how to cut food waste is taking place at Defra today (3 July).

Cornish haulage and waste management company, RK Transport, have been ordered by courts to pay over £100,000 in fines and costs for illegally disposing of waste in two Cornish waste sites.

Sainsbury’s and the Institute for Sustainability have launched a competition looking for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with innovative market ready, or close-to-market, solutions for low-carbon lighting and water saving.

The government is not realising the full potential of biogas, the independent thinktank, CentreForum, has said in a report due to be published tomorrow (4 July).

Hackney Council have announced that 64 per cent of all waste at the Radio 1 festival in June was recycled, surpassing earlier targets of 40 per cent.

Norfolk County Council have voted in favour of plans which could see the building of a new £500 million power and recycling facility in Saddlebow, Kings Lynn.

Environmental products and services group, Straight plc, has won a three-year contract to provide recycling and refuse services to all properties in Dorset County.

At the end of May, Defra will publish its new Waste Strategy. It aims to offer a clearer, longer-term vision for waste and resource management.

Trading Manager Dany Drummond isn’t the sort of person you’d expect would work in a scrap yard. A sparky 20-something who joined SITA as a graduate four years ago, she’s about as far removed from the clichéd image of a metal merchant as you can get.