A fleet of biogas-fuelled buses could be running in Bristol as early as next year as part of an initiative to improve air quality in the city.

A ‘significant proportion’ of the 340 staff employed by Global Renewables will face compulsory redundancy should cuts to Lancashire County Council’s waste operations be agreed.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Novelis plant, recycling benefitting London Zoo and a new glass recycling contract in Scotland.

Ignoring renewable electricity as a replacement for coal could create ‘real risks’ for the future, according to the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including FoodCycle’s Breadline Challenge, meat in cardboard bins and a profit warning for Sims.

Waste management company Shanks Group plc is set to pay £5 million in extra costs after a four-month delay to its £750-million South Kirkby waste plant.

The worldwide production capacity of bio-based polymers will triple from 5.7 million tonnes in 2014 to nearly 17 million tonnes in 2020, according to a new market study by the nova-Institute.

Karen Cannard, co-founder of The Rubbish Diet [http://www.therubbishdiet.org.uk], shares her experience of working behind the scenes on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s new BBC programme.

Human waste could provide enough energy to power Indonesia, Brazil and Ethopia combined, according to a UN University report released this week.

The UK’s food system will face increasing challenges over the next decade if we don’t embrace a ‘business unusual’ approach to the way we manufacture, sell and consume food, a new Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) report suggests.