The University of Exeter
By
Emma Love
| 11 November 2020 |
The government has announced the funding of five new research centres, which will explore how major UK industries can become more circular.
Clothing in a shop
By
Lidia Creech
| 10 November 2020 |
With over half of the UK public agreeing that sustainability is a key factor in choosing the clothes they wear, WRAP has urged UK businesses to demonstrate their commitment to tackling the carbon footprint of producing clothes by joining Textiles 2030.
WEEE
By Resource |
6 November 2020 |
Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
Front cover of 'Circular economy and the Covid-19 recovery' report
By
Lidia Creech
| 2 November 2020 |
A new report by The Ellen MacArthur Foundation advises on how to pave the way for a low-carbon recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Unilever's refill machines in ASDA's Middleton store
By
Emma Love
| 21 October 2020 |
Unilever yesterday (20 October) announced the launch of a refill trial, as part of the opening of Asda’s first ‘sustainability store’.
British, Scottish and EU flags outside Parliament
By
Lidia Creech
| 13 October 2020 |
The Scottish Government’s public consultation on single-use plastics, which opened yesterday (12 October), aims to ban the sale of single-use plastics.
CIWM to promote Circular Economy Club certificate
By
| 11 September 2020 |
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has announced that it will be partnering with the Circular Economy Club (CEC) to promote its circular economy certificate. 
European Green Deal to include new circular economy plan
By
Lidia Creech
| 19 August 2020 |
The UK’s municipal recycling rate continues to sit well below those of leading European recycling nations such as Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, according to municipal waste data from Eurostat, although its recycling rate has improved slightly.
By
Lidia Creech
| 5 August 2020 |
The European Suppliers of Waste-To-Energy Technology (ESWET) has released a policy briefing highlighting the need for any revision to the EU Waste Shipment Regulation to continue to allow the shipment of waste for energy recovery.
The front cover of WRAP's roadmap
By
Lidia Creech
| 14 July 2020 |
With only four per cent of soft flexible plastic packaging currently recycled, a new roadmap has been released by WRAP to create a circular economy for these materials.

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