A large fire engulfed a warehouse containing paper, rubber, plastic and cardboard at a materials recovery facility run by Weir Waste Services near Birmingham last night.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including awards for Vegware, a BPF event and new recycling artwork.

Plastic recycling company MBA Polymers has started commercial production of a new recycled polymer produced from shredded end-of-life waste electronic and electronic equipment.

A collection scheme to recycle clean PVC medical waste is being implemented at seven different NHS hospitals across Britain

Biffa Polymers is set to double the output of its Redcar plastics recycling facility with a £6.5-million investment in a new recycling line.

A ban on single-use plastic bags in France will create around 6,000 jobs in the country’s bio-based industries, says Minister of Ecology Ségolène Royal.

The former owner of a recycling company has been ordered to pay nearly £10,000 for his part in a stolen bread baskets scam worth £500,000.

Around 70 firefighters remain on the site of a ‘severe’ fire that contained approximately 800 tonnes of metal and mixed plastic and rubber at European Metal Recycling’s facility in the Saltey area of Birmingham.

Post-mortems of a number of sperm whales stranded on the North Sea coast this winter have found that their stomachs contained large quantities of plastic, including a 70 centimetre-long engine cover and the remains of a plastic bucket.

Firefighters in Shropshire spent yesterday attending a waste fire engulfing 100 tonnes of plastic waste that was waiting to be recycled.