News: January 2025

Apple iPhone being repaired
Green Alliance calls for ‘Right to Repair’ broken electrical equipment
By
Beth Jones
| 22 January 2025 |
Policy interventions are needed to incentivise device donation, with more reusable devices being discarded instead of donated
From left to right: Sophie Walker and Tom Passmore of Dsposal with Resource Futures Director Gwen Frost
Resource Futures and Dsposal partner to advance waste data intelligence
By
Beth Jones
| 22 January 2025 |
The collaboration will combine expertise through a six-month secondment, following Resource Futures’ recent rebrand
Donated bed
Reuse Network report declining trend in donation of products
By
Beth Jones
| 22 January 2025 |
Network calls for stronger collaboration as product donations drop by almost one million, despite the sector supporting 1.5 million households to gain essential items in 2024
Plastic bottle placed in a reverse vending machine
Deposit return scheme passes in Parliament
By
Beth Jones
| 22 January 2025 |
New legislation for England and Northern Ireland will require consumers to pay deposits on drinks containers from October 2027
Red and blue collection sacks
Final phase of recycling scheme rolled out across Cardiff
By
Beth Jones
| 22 January 2025 |
Cardiff Council expands its ‘sack sort’ scheme to 36,000 households in an effort to meet the Welsh Government’s recycling targets
Appliance technician working on a front load washing machine in a laundry room
EU study sets out reparability scores for electronics and household appliances
By
Beth Jones
| 21 January 2025 |
Preliminary research identifies which products have the most potential to reduce waste through repair
Packaging being moved in warehouse
PackUK launches as pEPR Administrator
By
Beth Jones
| 21 January 2025 |
The Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility administrator will oversee fee setting, collection from obligated producers, and payments to local authorities
Shelved vapes
Defra issues guidance for retailers ahead of June single-use vape ban
By Resource |
20 January 2025 |
New government document outlines compliance requirements and penalties for businesses selling disposable vapes
Loom weaving
‘Blueprint for Action’ develops collaborative approach to circular fashion
By
Beth Jones
| 16 January 2025 |
WRAP report identifies foundations for creating collaborative voluntary agreements across the textiles supply chain
Bethan Jones, Director of Resource Futures
In 2025 collaboration is more important than ever
By
Bethan Jones, Director of Resource Futures
| 15 January 2025 |
Bethan Jones, Director at Resource Futures, calls for greater collaboration in the waste and resources sector to drive reuse, repair and recycling initiatives