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Exterior shot of people outside a Salvation Army donation centre
Salvation Army textile collections reach 77,000 tonnes as voucher scheme doubles

The Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL) diverted 102,000 tonnes of material from waste in 2024-25, according to its latest social and environmental impact report.

CityToSea campaigners stood in a park holding banners to promote World Reuse Day
City to Sea closes after 10 years of plastic pollution campaigns

Environmental charity that helped to build a global refill network to cease operations citing competitive grant environment

UNTHA XR3000C mobile shredder at Bloomfield Recycling's depot
Bloomfield Resources invests £600k in UNTHA shredder to accelerate zero-to-landfill goal

Birmingham recycling firm installs XR3000C mobile shredder to increase recovery rates and divert all waste from landfill

John Bason, Chair of UK DMO
UK DMO appoints John Bason as chair for DRS rollout
By Resource |
29 August 2025 |
Former Associated British Foods finance director and FareShare chair selected to lead scheme administrator for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Biffa calls for kerbside vape collections amid 70 per cent increase in battery-related fires
By
Olivia Loughran
| 20 August 2025 |
Waste company calls on government to address £1 billion annual cost of battery fires
Resource Futures team in front of the Fixy Project van
Resource Futures community programmes deliver £3.8m in household savings
By Resource |
15 August 2025 |
B Corp sustainability consultancy's networks diverted 1,192 tonnes from disposal whilst creating 150 employment opportunities
Iain Gulland
Iain Gulland to step down as Zero Waste Scotland CEO
By
Charles Newman
| 24 July 2025 |
Founding chief executive will leave after 11 years leading Scotland's circular economy transition
Plastic flakes falling down a conveyor belt
Veolia invests £70 million in UK's first closed-loop PET tray recycling facility
By
Charles Newman
| 10 July 2025 |
Investment aims to tackle major recycling gap by processing 80,000 tonnes of plastic annually at Shropshire site
Sofie Schop, Executive Director of WRAP EU; Stéphane Leroux, Executive Director, IFWC; Klaus Berend Director for Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE); Catherine David CEO WRAP and David Rogers, Director of International Development WRAP.
WRAP EU convenes Brussels talks on textiles EPR implementation
By
Beth Jones
| 12 June 2025 |
NGO’s European arm holds event with EU officials to encourage circular economy policies focussed on fashion sustainability and food waste reduction
Ambassador Uffe A. Balslev, Guy Wakeley and Torben Kristiansen
Reconomy launches circularity innovation hub in Bucharest
By
Beth Jones
| 11 June 2025 |
Sustainability research facility receives £1 million initial investment to develop new use cases, propositions, and ways of working in the circular economy 
Revantis pilot plant equipment
Start-up secures Series A funding for plastic recycling technology
By
Beth Jones
| 30 May 2025 |
Scottish start-up Reventas raises investment to scale chemical recycling process for polyethylene and polypropylene from pilot to commercial operation
Compostable packaging being sorted in facility
London-based partnership to manage compostable packaging reaches milestone
By
Beth Jones
| 29 May 2025 |
Recorra and Vegware celebrate five years of collecting compostable food service packaging from commercial premises in South-East of England
TOMRA reuse collection point
TOMRA unveils reverse vending machines for reusable food packaging
By
Beth Jones
| 28 May 2025 |
Reuse Collection Point (RCPs) will accept QR-coded containers and provide instant deposit refunds, with rollout planned for Q1 2026
A box full of recovered vegetables and fruits
Cross-industry consortium pilots AI food redistribution platform
By
Beth Jones
| 27 May 2025 |
Seven-partner project uses artificial intelligence to tackle UK food waste through automated surplus reallocation initiative
Clothes on hangers
France to host first commercial-scale blended textile recycling facility
By
Beth Jones
| 21 May 2025 |
Saint-Avold facility will recycle poly-cotton blends into cellulose and PET textile inputs using hydrothermal technology
Parc Adfer energy-from-waste facility
AI waste analysis technology deployed at Parc Adfer EfW facility
By
Beth Jones
| 20 May 2025 |
Enfinium and Wasteer partner to employ artificial intelligence detection in feedstock contamination at North Wales plant following a successful pilot
Catherine David, WRAP
Catherine David appointed as WRAP CEO
By
Beth Jones
| 15 May 2025 |
Environmental NGO’s current Director of Behaviour Change and Business Programmes will take the reins in June
Carbon Cell plastic-free foam
Start-up secures £1.2M to scale plastic-free foam production
By
Beth Jones
| 14 May 2025 |
Carbon Cell raises pre-seed funding to develop biochar-based alternative from batch to continuous manufacturing
Recycleye Qualibot sorting technology
Tetra Pak invests in robotic sorting technology at UK recycling facility
By
Beth Jones
| 8 May 2025 |
Two AI-powered automated arms installed at J&B Recycling’s Hartlepool MRF to improve food and beverage carton recycling rates
Futamura teriyaki sauce sachet
Compostable packaging solution developed for condiment sachets
By
Beth Jones
| 7 May 2025 |
Collaboration creates bio-degradable alternative for hard-to-recycle liquid pouches used for food, sauces, and personal care creams
WRAP UK Textiles Pact
Textiles 2030 rebrands as UK Textiles Pact
By
Beth Jones
| 7 May 2025 |
WRAP renames flagship circular fashion programme as part of standardisation of its circular economy initiatives
Alder BioInsights logo
Bioeconomy consultancy NNFCC rebrands as Alder BioInsights
By
Beth Jones
| 1 May 2025 |
The York-based company adopts new trading name to better reflect its expanded scope beyond crop-based feedstocks
WasteAid, The Gambia
WasteAid secures £237K for African waste management programmes
By
Beth Jones
| 29 April 2025 |
UK charity partners with Veralto to improve conditions for informal waste collections and reduce plastic pollution in The Gambia and South Africa