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Ferrybridge Carbon Capture and Storage facility

Waste Management

Carbon budget allocates £58m for waste sector decarbonisation research

The government has outlined its approach to reducing waste sector emissions as part of its Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan, published this week, with waste and F-gas (fluorinated gases used in refrigeration and air conditioning) emissions accounting for 27 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, representing six per cent of total UK net greenhouse gas emissions.

Andrew Gomarsall MBE

Waste Management

Dealing with our Critical Raw Materials dependency – A Strategic Moment for UK and Europe

Andrew Gomarsall on measures to encourage bio-based refining and address a key issue in our economic security

Site of new Endolys chemical recycling plant

Endolys plans 120,000-tonne plastic film pyrolysis facility in Darlington

£120m facility aims to process film waste into pyrolysis oil for petrochemical markets

Paul Synnott, MD of Seda UK

Packaging Reform Must Support – Not Stifle – Fibre-Based Innovation

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Paul Synnott

| 25 July 2025 |

Paul Synnott, co-chair for the Alliance for Fibre-Based Packaging on the contradiction of current EPR base fees

Iain Gulland to step down as Zero Waste Scotland CEO

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| 24 July 2025 |

Founding chief executive will leave after 11 years leading Scotland's circular economy transition

Three-quarters of waste crimes going unreported

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Olivia Loughran

| 24 July 2025 |

National Waste Crime Survey finds low confidence in ability of the EA to prosecute, with concerns highest about about fly tipping

UK makes interim waste ETS monitoring voluntary while seeking LA cost solutions

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| 22 July 2025 |

Carbon allowance obligations delayed as government hints at postponing EfW inclusion beyond 2028

Close-up of coffee machine being repaired

Consumer appetite for repair means businesses are 'leaving money on the table'

By

Maisie Stephens

| 18 July 2025 |

According to WRAP research consumers are willing to pay around 20 per cent of a product's original price for a repair

Blast Furnace

Birmingham University partnership to improve carbon-recycling technology

By

Olivia Loughran

| 16 July 2025 |

The partnerships aims to scale up production to support closed-loop carbon technology

Pile of waste tyres

Government plans waste exemptions overhaul to tackle criminal abuse

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| 16 July 2025 |

Defra restricts and removes 10 most abused exemptions used by criminals

Major grocery retailers collectively commit to introducing reusable packaging

By

Olivia Loughran

| 15 July 2025 |

WRAP and Governments facilitating the pledge to develop interoperable system for replacing single-use plastics

Reverse vending machine for deposit return

Wales brings forward deposit return scheme to 2027

By Resource |

11 July 2025 |

Government announces alignment with UK timetable whilst maintaining glass and reuse provisions

European Commission flags in from of EC building

EC opens consultation on chemical recycling rules for plastic bottles

By Resource |

10 July 2025 |

Commission seeks feedback on methodology to calculate recycled content including advanced technologies

Plastic flakes falling down a conveyor belt

Veolia invests £70 million in UK's first closed-loop PET tray recycling facility

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| 10 July 2025 |

Investment aims to tackle major recycling gap by processing 80,000 tonnes of plastic annually at Shropshire site

Woman's hands picking up plastic pollution on a beach

EFRA Committee hears concerns over "last chance" Global Plastics Treaty talks

By

Olivia Loughran

| 10 July 2025 |

Witnesses outline UK priorities ahead of critical INC-5.2 negotiations in Geneva next mont

Older person looking at refurbished bicycles

Older consumers outpace millennials in circular economy adoption

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| 8 July 2025 |

BSI findings contradict industry assumptions about sustainability demographics

Packaging labels drive 89 per cent of consumer recycling decisions

By Resource |

4 July 2025 |

OPRL research reveals significant improvements in recycling confidence and understanding since 2018

Scientists review biodegradable products

Regulatory standards favour fossil-fuel materials over bio-based alternatives

By Resource |

3 July 2025 |

Research exposes systematic regulatory bias favouring fossil materials over those made from biogenic carbon

Food waste caddy

Food waste figures a "wakeup call" for sector’s carbon ambitions

By Resource |

2 July 2025 |

Latest data shows six million tonnes wasted annually despite nine per cent reduction from 2021

Blue 240l bins on a street

Scotland's Recycling Improvement Fund delivers 4,668 tonnes additional recycling in 2023

By Resource |

1 July 2025 |

Zero Waste Scotland evaluation finds fund projects achieved 61 per cent of annual targets in first year

Operative at a Renewi glass recycling plant

UK circular economy investment hits £2.2bn in 2024

By Resource |

27 June 2025 |

Venture capital and private equity drive 64 per cent funding increase despite flat transaction volumes

Repolywise's Bryan Ng

Production trials announced for 'atomic scissors' approach to plastic recycling

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| 27 June 2025 |

Oxford-based company announces partnership with Taiwanese companies to demonstrate novel recycling technology processing unsorted plastic waste into virgin-grade polypropylene

Energy from Waste Incinerator

Waste incineration under EU ETS could cut CO2 emissions by 32M tonnes

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| 25 June 2025 |

ZWE and Reloop back bringing energy-to-waste plants under the 2028 European Emissions Trading System

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