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

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

In a world increasingly shaped by climate imperatives and geopolitical uncertainty, Europe is facing a challenge: how do we ensure access to the materials we need while building a more sustainable, competitive, and resilient economy? The Circular Economy Act, announced by the European Commission, is a unique opportunity to meet that challenge, but only if it is bold, actionable, and truly ambitious.

Environment Agency officers checking shipping container that has recycling materials for export

Further arrests made in packaging export note fraud investigation

Environment Agency and Metropolitan Police detain two men for unlawfully selling fictitious recycling export documentation

Recycleye Qualibot sorting technology

Tetra Pak invests in robotic sorting technology at UK recycling facility

Two AI-powered automated arms installed at J&B Recycling’s Hartlepool MRF to improve food and beverage carton recycling rates

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

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North London community fund awards £168,111 to waste prevention projects

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25 April 2025 |

20 organisations receive grants to tackle waste streams through grassroots initiatives across seven boroughs

kerbside recycling

WRAP publishes new carbon metric

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| 10 April 2025 |

CarbonWARM tool expands coverage to incorporate new waste streams, including WEEE, batteries, sanitary waste, and incinerator bottom ash

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

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1 April 2025 |

WRAP launches web-service to evaluate whether local authorities can continue collecting paper and card recycling with other materials.

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New workplace recycling rules come into force across England

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31 March 2025 |

Businesses with 10 or more employees must now separate recyclables and food waste under Simpler Recycling legislation

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England’s household recycling rate rises to 44 per cent

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| 27 March 2025 |

Latest figures for 2023/24 reverses recent decline, but still remains below pre-pandemic levels

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Government outlines next steps for landfill waste reduction

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| 13 February 2025 |

Results of Defra consultation show industry backing for coordinated approach to reduce biodegradable waste in landfill, with focus on developing treatment infrastructure

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Mind the gap: Investment in recycling infrastructure needed to fulfil current policies

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| 12 February 2025 |

WRAP and Defra analysis highlights gaps in processing capacity across key material streams to meet demand from packaging reforms

Separate commercial waste collection

No minimum threshold set for business food waste collections under Simpler Recycling

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| 13 December 2024 |

Defra stakeholder briefing sets out universal food waste separation requirement and streamlined approach to written assessments for exemptions to separately collect paper and card

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Government scraps mandatory cup takeback scheme for retailers

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6 December 2024 |

Defra cites £52 million cost and limited environmental impact as reasons for policy reversal

Biodegradable cup

Industry network secures £474k to boost bio-based materials regulation

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2 December 2024 |

BB-REG-NET to develop new standards and frameworks for sustainable chemical alternatives to fossil-based materials

Bins near parliament

Simpler Recycling revision mandates separate collection of paper and card

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| 29 November 2024 |

Defra publishes new guidance with TEEP clause likely to maintain status quo for commingled collection of dry recyclables

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Trade bodies call for deposit scheme pause after Welsh withdrawal

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| 22 November 2024 |

NAWDO, LARAC and The Recycling Association urge government to reconsider DRS plans following Wales's exit from UK-wide system

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Wales to develop separate deposit return scheme to protect recycling progress

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18 November 2024 |

Deputy First Minister confirms nation will exit UK-wide DRS process over Internal Market Act constraints

Tesco pasta in new paper packaging

Tesco’s switch to paper pasta packs to save 10M pieces of plastic yearly

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| 15 November 2024 |

Retailer set to transition own-brand product range to fully recyclable paper packaging as part of the brand’s 4R recycling strategy.

Mandatory cup takeback scheme will require transformation of recycling infrastructure

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12 November 2024 |

Valpak report says waste sector should prepare collection systems for 3.2 billion disposable cups used annually

Dimitra Rappou, Executive Director of Sustainable Products at the Confederation of Paper Industries

Unlocking the Circular Economy: Why Quality Recycling Must Take Priority

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Dimitra Rappou

| 11 October 2024 |

Dimitra Rappou, CPI's Executive Director of Sustainable Products calls for focus on recyclate quality in Simpler Recycling proposals

Woman placing a glass bottle in a deposit return scheme reverse vending machine

Defra Minister confirms glass will be excluded from DRS despite concerns

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| 11 October 2024 |

Mary Creagh's decision maintains previous Conservative Government policy, which campaigners argue ignores environmental and recycling quality issues

Shotton Mill

Shotton Paper Mill redevelopment sees £1 billion investment

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| 26 September 2024 |

North Wales plant to become UK’s largest recycled fibre manufacturing facility

Operatives with empty boxes after loading recyclables onto a collection vehicle

Wales's circular economy success: A model for global sustainability

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Mal Williams

| 16 September 2024 |

Citizen engagement has played a key role in driving Welsh recycling rates from 3 to 66 per cent in just over two decades

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