A £70-million incinerator planned for Nottinghamshire has been given the go-ahead following delays caused by concerns over the experimental technology used in the facility.

National anti-litter charity Keep Britain Tidy says that England should ‘hang its head in shame’, after Wales announced this week [http://resource.co/article/wales-eclipses-national-recycling-target-11138] that its recycling rate had reached 59 per cent.

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has today set out its desired amendments to the Circular Economy Package, including increased recycling targets, the removal of TEEP exemptions to the separate collection of materials and mandatory separate food waste collection.

The Welsh recycling rate for local authority collected municipal waste rose to 59 per cent for the 12 months to December 2015, meeting its target of 58 per cent for the end of the 2015/16 financial year.

Resource Association Chief Executive Ray Georgeson has called for clarity in recycling measurement to repair the current ‘worthless’ European league tables.

Two-thirds of ‘green professionals’ believe that the way that environmental issues’ role in infrastructure decision-making would be reduced following a ‘Brexit’, according to an IEMA poll.

Carl Sargeant, the former Welsh Minister for Natural Resources, has been moved to a ministerial role with the Department of Communities and Children in a reshuffle of the Welsh Government.

Separate food waste collections can provide a cost-effective service for local authorities and businesses, according to new modelling published by the Renewable Energy Association.

Dr Jane Beasley, Director of consultancy Beasley Associates, argues that the waste and resources industry would fare better in the long run if we remain in the EU.

Richard Lochhead has stepped down from his role as Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment ahead of a ministerial reshuffle.