News: September 2025

Person preparing food with scraps put in a food waste caddy
Household food waste a major contributor to biodiversity loss
By Resource |
29 September 2025 |
New research published by Zero Waste Scotland shows environmental impact extends beyond climate to habitat destruction
Woman holding a brown paper package for posting
Salvation Army launches postal textile donation service with InPost
By Resource |
26 September 2025 |
SATCoL introduces free donation service using parcel lockers to tackle textile waste
Optical sorting machine at a recycling plant
Tetra Pak completes £1.4 million AI sorting investment with Scotland facility
By Resource |
26 September 2025 |
Levenseat Resource Management installs first AI-powered carton sorting technology in Scotland
Hands holding a bit of green plastic film
UK tax policies undermine bio-based plastics despite circular economy goals
By Resource |
26 September 2025 |
Research finds bio-based alternatives face £520 per tonne EPR fees while incinerating plastic waste generates 3 million tonnes of CO2 annually
Hand holding reprocessed polypropylene pellets
First food-safe polypropylene produced from ocean-bound waste
By Resource |
25 September 2025 |
Partnership prevents 500 million cups reaching oceans whilst meeting European food contact standards
Aerial image of Suez efw facilities at haverton hill
Energy-from-waste costs could rise 50 per cent under UK ETS expansion plans
By
Charles Newman
| 25 September 2025 |
Research commissioned by Suez estimates gate fees may increase £48 per tonne from 2028
Aeriel view of a cement factory in France
Circular economy measures could cut EU cement emissions by 50 million tonnes
By Resource |
24 September 2025 |
European Commission research identifies production-focused interventions as more effective than recycling approaches
Waste debris, including food waste, with the Taj Mahal in the background
WRAP to start India food waste programme through Clinton Global Initiative
By
Charles Newman
| 24 September 2025 |
NGOs planned programme to address India's 78.2 million tonnes of annual food waste through targeted interventions across hotels, manufacturing and policy development
Warehouse worker with hardhat wrapping boxes in stretch film parcel on pallet
UK plastic packaging tax undermined by fraudulent recycled content claims
By
Olivia Loughran
| 22 September 2025 |
RECOUP report reveals imported packaging falsely claiming recycled content is undermining UK recyclers' competitiveness
Toothpaste tube in a bathroom bin
Industry collaboration eliminates toothpaste tube contamination from recycling streams
By
Olivia Loughran
| 19 September 2025 |
HDPE redesign removes aluminium barriers and reduces wish-cycling ahead of 2026 collection requirements