Materials

Artists impression of the proposed TVERF facility
Plastic
Redcar & Cleveland requires overcapacity analysis before agreeing £2.1bn incinerator contract

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council has passed a motion establishing eight mandatory preconditions before the authority will approve any binding commitment to the Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility (TVERF), the planned 450,000 tonne per annum energy-from-waste plant approved for the Teesworks site in Grangetown.

Terracycle's Tom Szaky
Plastic
How to Commercially Scale Reuse Across All Packaged Goods Categories

Terracycle's Tom Szaky on how France is showing the way forward

Energy from Waste residual treatment plant in Germany
Zero Waste Europe proposes cap-and-trade system for residual waste

Revenue-neutral levy mechanism between Member States as part of Circular Economy Act would reduce both landfill and incineration, reducing sector's greenhouse gas emissions

Food waste caddy being emptied by operative
Defra details £88.4m for English councils' food waste collections
By Resource |
8 October 2025 |
Capital grant allocations made to LAs in past two years reaches £317.8 million
Plastic Energy's chemical recycling plant in Almeria, Spain
Plastic Energy commercialises char byproduct as carbon black alternative
By Resource |
7 October 2025 |
Chemical recycling company reports 89 per cent emissions reduction for rubber filler material
Plant-based biodegradable materials used to substitute for single-use plastic
Inconsistent plastic definitions across UK regs create barriers for bio-materials
By Resource |
2 October 2025 |
BB-REG-NET report reveals regulatory confusion hampering manufacturers developing sustainable alternatives
Biffa's PET recycling facility at Seaham
Biffa completes Esterform acquisition to create integrated PET recycling business
By
Charles Newman
| 2 October 2025 |
Waste operator establishes vertical business model ahead of October 2027 Deposit Return Scheme
Resource Hot100 Innovator of the Year
2025 Resource Hot 100 Innovator of the Year
By Resource |
1 October 2025 |
New ideas and bold approaches are key to transformation from a linear to circular economy. The Resource Hot100 Innovator of the Year award recognises individuals that identify the opportunity to do something differently. 
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
Surgical gloves being discarded
NHS shift from single-use plastics to bio-based products could unlock £120 million market
By
Olivia Loughran
| 18 September 2025 |
Research identifies opportunity to expand the UK bioeconomy through sustainable public purchasing
Waste wood sector revises fire prevention guidance approach after a fall in site incidents
By
Olivia Loughran
| 18 September 2025 |
WRA updates guidance to balance operational efficiency with enhanced fire controls
UK recycling infrastructure is unprepared for flexible plastics by 2027
By
Olivia Loughran
| 18 September 2025 |
North London Waste Authority Chair warns that new kerbside collection rules could fail without urgent investment in recycling capacity
CityToSea campaigners stood in a park holding banners to promote World Reuse Day
City to Sea closes after 10 years of plastic pollution campaigns
By
Charles Newman
| 16 September 2025 |
Environmental charity that helped to build a global refill network to cease operations citing competitive grant environment
Fire breaks out on sorting line at a Materials Recovery Facility ©ESA
Battery fires in UK waste facilities surge 71 per cent to over 1,200 incidents a year
By
Charles Newman
| 15 September 2025 |
Environment Services Association calls for universal kerbside collections to tackle growing epidemic threatening worker safety