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Whole used tyres for recycling

TRA warns domestic tyre processors could follow plastics industry into crisis

The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) has warned that the UK's tyre recycling industry faces a similar collapse to the plastics sector, following recent closures of plastic reprocessing facilities across the country.

The warning comes as market pressures that led to closures including Biffa's £27.5 million Sunderland plant and Viridor's £317 million Avonmouth facility threaten to undermine the UK's significant but underutilised used tyre processing capacity.

Female student putting a plastic bottle into a deposit return machine

Scottish college launches reverse vending machine trial offering 20p per bottle

Four-week pilot at New College Lanarkshire tests financial incentives ahead of 2027 Deposit Return Scheme

Recyclables being emptied out back of waste vehicle

Quarter of councils plan recycling service change with gate fees expected to rise

WRAP's latest annual report of treatment costs finds many councils have delayed decisions until government policies on Simpler Recycling and EPR are implemented.

Aerial view of scrap metal loaded onto a ship

Steel export restrictions pose risk to UK metals recycling industry

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| 26 August 2025 |

BMRA commissioned research by Sheffield Hallam University finding that quotas or bans could cost sector billions in lost value and jeopardise thousands of jobs

Huw Irranca-Davies holding a glass bottle

Wales launches reuse-focused deposit return scheme consultation

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| 19 August 2025 |

Stakeholders asked for views on proposed reuse targets for 2031-2040 and phased glass inclusion with zero deposit transition approach

Blast Furnace

Birmingham University partnership to improve carbon-recycling technology

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Olivia Loughran

| 16 July 2025 |

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

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

Computer screen displays Deepnest performance insights

Greyparrot launches AI platform connecting brands with waste data

By

Maisie Stephens

| 24 June 2025 |

New Deepnest platform provides real-time packaging performance insights to bridge information gap between producers and recyclers

Map of Europe showing steel recycling rates in different countries

European steel packaging recycling rate hits 82 per cent

By

Maisie Stephens

| 13 June 2025 |

Latest figures reinforce steel’s position as the most recyclable packaging material

Andrew Gomarsall MBE, Executive Director of n2s and founding partner of Bioscope Technologies

Unlocking UK resilience through material recovery

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Andrew Gomarsall MBE, Executive Director of n2s and founding partner of Bioscope Technologies

| 12 June 2025 |

Andrew Gomarsall explores strategic investments needed to double UK's circularity rate

Plastic bottle placed in a reverse vending machine

Deposit Return Schemes halve drinks container litter

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| 3 June 2025 |

Analysis of 80 systems around the world finds correlation between schemes and litter reduction

Excavation digger manages construction waste

Scotland to pioneer circular construction hub model targeting £67 million investment

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| 2 June 2025 |

Zero Waste Scotland part of European pilot project to develop marketplace for reused building materials

Claudia Mensi, President of FEAD (the European Waste Management Association)

The Circular Economy Act must be bold! Europe's resilience depends on it

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Claudia Mensi

| 12 May 2025 |

EU must prioritise circular economy to ensure material security and industrial resilience, writes Claudia Mensi, President of FEAD

Futamura teriyaki sauce sachet

Compostable packaging solution developed for condiment sachets

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| 7 May 2025 |

Collaboration creates bio-degradable alternative for hard-to-recycle liquid pouches used for food, sauces, and personal care creams

Reverse vending machine in Iceland, Northern Ireland

Government appoints operator to run DRS schemes

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| 6 May 2025 |

Deposit Management Organisation to manage producer registration, container collection and financial systems across England, Scotland and N. Ireland

Mattress recycling

Circular Sleep project aims to improve mattress recycling rates

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| 1 May 2025 |

FEAD leads new initiative to target 80 per cent recovery of end-of-life bedding materials through cross-industry collaboration

Wind turbine refurbishment

Circular wind farms offer a path to meeting UK clean energy targets

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| 1 May 2025 |

Metal recycler EMR is investing in specialist recycling of wind turbines, as the first wave built to earn Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) start to reach end-of-life

Cardboard packaging with RFID tag

PackUK eases 'red' and 'amber' ratings for Recyclability Assessment Methodology

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| 29 April 2025 |

New exemptions for all DRS-covered containers included in RAM update, following simplification sprint with stakeholders

Scene at a Household Waste Recycling Centre where three people look at the camera next to a newly unveiled compartment for recycling used coffee pods

Coffee pod recycling service reaches 200 local authority sites

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28 April 2025 |

Three in ten UK households now have access to pod recycling points at waste and recycling centres

Disused cobalt mine in Russia

ZWE call for full pricing of resource use in EU Circular Economy Act

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| 23 April 2025 |

Environmental NGO urges policymakers to introduce resource taxes and personal carbon allowances ahead of planned EC consultation

Internal shot of empty industrial facility that is the basis for the battery plant in Plymouth, now under construction,

Altilium begins construction of UK's first at-scale EV battery recycling and refining plant

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| 17 April 2025 |

The clean technology group's Plymouth facility will process materials from 24,000 electric vehicles annually

7 Steel launches UK recycling operations following acquisition of Celsa Steel

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| 16 April 2025 |

Sev.en Global Investments acquires Celsa Steel UK operations, aiming to produce two million tonnes of steel annually using recycled materials

End of life cars stacked up in front of bales of metal

Trade bodies call for stronger recycled content targets in EU vehicle legislation

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| 15 April 2025 |

EuRIC and FEAD call for transparency and full-cost recovery in forthcoming End-of-Life Vehicle Regulations following auto manufacturers' €458 million cartel fine

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