Food waste should be a ‘top priority’ in the European Commission’s revised Circular Economy Package, WRAP CEO Liz Goodwin tells Resourcing the Future 2015 Conference.

Newly-appointed Resource Minister Rory Stewart has promised delegates at Resourcing the Future that he will listen to and support the industry.

The UK Green Investment Bank has made its 50th investment by committing £2 million in a new sewage heat recovery system in Scotland.

Eunomia warns that the UK could reach residual waste treatment overcapacity by 2019 and calls on government to manage ‘potential conflicts’ with EU recycling targets.

Neil Parish, Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton and former farmer, has been elected as Chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee for the 2015 Parliament.

Central government will end new public subsidies for onshore wind farms from 1 April 2016, but Scotland's Energy Minister warns the move could be subject to judicial review.

Plastics 2020 and WRAP have launched the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan at the Plastics Recycling Expo in Telford.

Liz Goodwin has been recognised with an OBE ‘for services to Business Resource Efficiency and the Environment’ in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2015.

Global paints and chemicals company AkzoNobel has called on the UK government to standardise waste management infrastructure to facilitate the creation of a ‘closed-loop’ system for recycling unused paints.

Seven waste and resource sector organisations have written to new Resource Minister Rory Stewart, highlighting ways to improve resource management in England.