California based Green EnviroTech Holdings has had oil samples produced through the conversion of waste plastics and tyres accepted by a major oil company as a quality that it would purchase.

Engineering and contract manufacturing company, Tharsus Engineering has won a new five year contract with glass crushing and collection specialist, Ekko Glass Crush and Collect.

SITA UK has selected Oregon-based recycling systems manufacturer, Bulk Handling Systems to design, manufacture and install four material recovery facilities (MRFs) in the UK.

Tesco is to trial innovative new packaging that could save shoppers millions of pounds a year by doubling the amount of time fruit and vegetables stay fresh and significantly reducing food waste.

Over 26,000 tonnes of concrete has been poured and more than 2500 tonnes of steel used in the first year of construction at SITA UK's 20 MW waste to energy facility at Haverton Hill on Teesside.

Approximately 165 million cups of tea are drunk every day in the UK creating some 370,000 tonnes of waste every year. To tackle this Unilever has launched a partnership with two Essex councils and WRAP.

Manchester, UK based clean energy and biogas specialist, ENER-G has expanded its Romanian business with a move into new offices in Bucharest.

Following last year's switch to a Dual Stream recycling system the borough of Hinckley & Bosworth in Leicestershire has distributed new recycling wheeled bins with inner caddies to its residents.

Oregon based industrial storm water treatment and filtration specialist, StormwateRx has installed a two-stage treatment system at a four acre waste and recycling facility in Bellingham, Washington.

Leuven, Belgium based sorting equipment manufacturer BEST has launched its latest Slidex sorter that inspects products in free fall.