The European Commission’s European Green Deal includes proposals to introduce an EU-wide model for the separate collection of waste and rules on minimum recycled content, promising a step change in the EU’s approach to resources and waste.

Herman van der Meij, Managing Director RCP Export (Global) for DS Smith, gives an update on the market for recovered fibre market for PRNs.

David Palmer-Jones has been promoted to SUEZ Group Senior Executive VP for Northern Europe, as part of the company’s ‘Shaping SUEZ 2030’ restructuring plan.

Trade association Carpet Recycling UK’s members oversee the incineration of almost 130,000 tonnes of carpet annually, 73 per cent of all carpets they divert from landfill, according to a new investigation.

ADBA has confirmed that Chris Stark, CEO of the UK Committee on Climate Change, will join the line-up of keynote speakers at the ADBA National Conference.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Reconomy, Geminor, DS Smith, Focus Games and Greenredeem.

Viridor invests £2 million in an innovation project to create low-carbon transport fuels from landfill gas.

An UNTHA XR3000C mobil-e shredder is helping a new waste plant to transform AD and blood plastics into a clean secondary material for remanufacturing.

Provisional packaging data for the third quarter of 2019 shows that all packaging materials remain on track to meet their 2019 recycling targets, with plastics and aluminium staging recoveries.

Analysis suggests that failure to replace Edmonton EcoPark incinerator with a new energy recovery facility could lead to the release of an additional 215,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.