A round-up of news from the waste and resource industry, including frozen billboards and hydrogen cars.

A new trade association for the UK bioeconomy, the Biobased and Biodegradable Industries Association, will officially launch next month.

Unite union members working at Smurfit Kappa in Northampton begin 48-hour strike after two members were allegedly fired for confronting the company about contract issues.

Car manufacturer DeLorean is calling for Kickstarter donations to help fund the development of a waste-powered car.

Catia Bastioli, Novamont CEO, argues that we must take more of a systematic approach to industrial policy, and take better care of our soil, the forgotten non-renewable resource.

Defra has welcomed the EFRA Committee’s report into food security, but reiterates that WRAP and industry are ‘best placed to act’.

Frozen food company Iglo Group and WRAP have launched a new campaign to reduce food waste levels across Europe by increasing uptake of frozen food.

Love Food Hate Waste has appointed five celebrities as ‘ambassadors’ to support the nationwide campaign in halving avoidable household food waste by 2025.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Novelis, ACE UK, Pledge4Plastics, and O2 Recycle.

The EC must make better use of its Ecodesign Directive if it is to address unsustainable resource consumption and bring about a circular economy, says the European Environmental Bureau.