A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Zero Waste Scotland, Recolight, Europêche, and Casepak.

Fines to individuals and organisations who illegally dump waste will treble if the Liberal Democrats are voted into power, the party says.

Mekatek Ltd has been fined £55,000 for health and safety failings at its Carmarthen recycling site.

The Director of the Dorset Waste Partnership, Steve Burdis, has been temporarily suspended from his role as the partnership reviews how the body overspent on its budget by £2.8 million last year.

UK Green Investment Bank and Foresight Group have provided half of the investment needed to build a £60-million energy-from-waste gasification plant in Hertfordshire.

The Circular Economy Task Force is calling on the UK government to establish a national resources council to respond to resource supply threats.

The Welsh Government and Defra have launched a consultation on proposals to ‘enhance’ waste crime enforcement powers in England and Wales.

WRAP Cymru’s ARID programme has helped create new jobs in Wales, as well as a more efficient reprocessing and collection infrastructure, say the organisation.

The UK’s first landfill site to produce electricity, the 385-acre Packington landfill site in Birmingham, has officially closed after nearly 50 years of operation.

The Welsh Government has launched its third and final consultation on its devolved landfill disposals tax, which is set to come into force in April 2018.