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Environment Agency officers checking shipping container that has recycling materials for export
Further arrests made in packaging export note fraud investigation
By Resource |
9 May 2025 |
Environment Agency and Metropolitan Police detain two men for unlawfully selling fictitious recycling export documentation
Bins next to UK Parliament
England’s residual waste fell by over 1M tonnes in 2023
By
Beth Jones
| 8 May 2025 |
Latest Defra statistics show 58.7 million tonnes of residual waste was generated in 2023, with reduction rates falling short of 2028 interim targets
Reverse vending machine in Iceland, Northern Ireland
Government appoints operator to run DRS schemes
By
Beth Jones
| 6 May 2025 |
Deposit Management Organisation to manage producer registration, container collection and financial systems across England, Scotland and N. Ireland
Cardboard packaging with RFID tag
PackUK eases 'red' and 'amber' ratings for Recyclability Assessment Methodology
By
Beth Jones
| 29 April 2025 |
New exemptions for all DRS-covered containers included in RAM update, following simplification sprint with stakeholders
Holiferm's biosurfactant plant in Wallasey, which uses a patented fermentation technology to produce 1650 tonnes per year
UK at risk of losing bio-based innovation as scale-ups move abroad
By Resource |
28 April 2025 |
New research reveals £500 million potential economic gain from better supporting domestic bio-based manufacturing
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
By Resource |
28 April 2025 |
Three in ten UK households now have access to pod recycling points at waste and recycling centres
Firefighter extinguishing a fire in the back of a refuse collection vehicle
ESA calls for universal kerbside collection of batteries and electricals
By
Charles Newman
| 28 April 2025 |
Research shows mandatory collections could prevent 85 per cent of waste fires and save £6bn over a decade
Aeriel shot of an energy-from-waste facility in London
Councils expect meeting ETS tax on incineration will hit services
By
Charles Newman
| 25 April 2025 |
LGA survey finds majority of local authorities anticipate reduction in other waste services once obligations to meet cost of UK Emissions Trading Scheme start in 2028 
Disused cobalt mine in Russia
ZWE call for full pricing of resource use in EU Circular Economy Act
By
Charles Newman
| 23 April 2025 |
Environmental NGO urges policymakers to introduce resource taxes and personal carbon allowances ahead of planned EC consultation
David Palmer-Jones boss of CIRQLR
Recycling business CIRQLR reaches £150m turnover after eighth acquisition
By Resource |
23 April 2025 |
Group led by former CEO of Suez UK reports 600,000 tonnes annual material handling capacity across 19 facilities in eastern England
Man using smartphone app to use AI detection to claim a deposit on a returned paper coffee cup
AI app rewards paper cup recycling in Cardiff trial
By Resource |
22 April 2025 |
National Cup Recycling Scheme trial rewards consumers for returning cups using vision-based artificial intelligence
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
By
Charles Newman
| 17 April 2025 |
The clean technology group's Plymouth facility will process materials from 24,000 electric vehicles annually
Illegal flytipping incident
Haringey issues over £1.3 million in fly-tipping and littering fines
By
Beth Jones
| 16 April 2025 |
At least 17 boroughs are increasing fines to £1,000 following the rise of illegal waste dumping in London
End of life cars stacked up in front of bales of metal
Trade bodies call for stronger recycled content targets in EU vehicle legislation
By
Charles Newman
| 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
kerbside recycling
WRAP publishes new carbon metric
By
Beth Jones
| 10 April 2025 |
CarbonWARM tool expands coverage to incorporate new waste streams, including WEEE, batteries, sanitary waste, and incinerator bottom ash
Graham Horn / Cottage Lane flytipping / CC BY-SA 2.0
Defra opens consultation on waste permit reforms
By
Beth Jones
| 8 April 2025 |
UK and Welsh Governments launch joint review to close loopholes exploited by illegal waste fraud, following Corry Review
Recycling operative standing in front of waste collection vehicle holding two collection sacks, one labelled 'Paper and Card'
eTEEP tool to help councils comply with Simpler Recycling regulations
By Resource |
1 April 2025 |
WRAP launches web-service to evaluate whether local authorities can continue collecting paper and card recycling with other materials.
Bin drone
Flying bin drones begin waste collection trial in Milton Keynes
By
Sirius Journalis
| 1 April 2025 |
Cranfield University engineers test airborne collection system allowing households to summon bin service via smartphone app
Image depicting workplace recycling in the UK
New workplace recycling rules come into force across England
By Resource |
31 March 2025 |
Businesses with 10 or more employees must now separate recyclables and food waste under Simpler Recycling legislation
Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed
Steve Reed announces plans to end UK ‘throwaway society’
By
Beth Jones
| 27 March 2025 |
Circular Economy Taskforce to prioritise textiles, transport, construction, agri-food and chemicals and plastics sectors