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Recyclables being emptied out back of waste vehicle

Quarter of councils plan recycling service change with gate fees expected to rise

Local authorities across the UK face mounting costs for waste treatment services as policy changes and operational challenges reshape the sector, according to new findings from WRAP's eighteenth annual Gate Fees Report.

The report, which surveyed 256 local authorities representing 61 per cent of all LAs in the UK, reveals clear trends across different treatment options that reflect.

Huw Irranca-Davies holding a glass bottle

Wales launches reuse-focused deposit return scheme consultation

Stakeholders asked for views on proposed reuse targets for 2031-2040 and phased glass inclusion with zero deposit transition approach

Recycling crew

Government provides details of £1.1 billion packaging EPR allocation for English councils

Extended producer responsibility payments highlight the variability in costs of recycling services

Paul Synnott, MD of Seda UK

Packaging Reform Must Support – Not Stifle – Fibre-Based Innovation

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Paul Synnott

| 25 July 2025 |

Paul Synnott, co-chair for the Alliance for Fibre-Based Packaging on the contradiction of current EPR base fees

Reverse vending machine for deposit return

Wales brings forward deposit return scheme to 2027

By Resource |

11 July 2025 |

Government announces alignment with UK timetable whilst maintaining glass and reuse provisions

Computer screen displays Deepnest performance insights

Greyparrot launches AI platform connecting brands with waste data

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Maisie Stephens

| 24 June 2025 |

New Deepnest platform provides real-time packaging performance insights to bridge information gap between producers and recyclers

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

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

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Claudia Mensi

| 12 May 2025 |

EU must prioritise circular economy to ensure material security and industrial resilience, writes Claudia Mensi, President of FEAD

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

Further arrests made in packaging export note fraud investigation

By Resource |

9 May 2025 |

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

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| 8 May 2025 |

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

Two people sorting usable food at a foodbank in Hackney

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

By Resource |

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

By Resource |

1 April 2025 |

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

Image depicting workplace recycling in the UK

New workplace recycling rules come into force across England

By Resource |

31 March 2025 |

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

Bins next to UK Parliament

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

Bulldozer on slope of an inert landfill

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

Shotton Paper Mill before conversation to Cardboard processing

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

By

| 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

Single use cups ina bin

Government scraps mandatory cup takeback scheme for retailers

By Resource |

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

By Resource |

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

By

| 29 November 2024 |

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

Plastic bottle placed in a reverse vending machine

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

Glas bottles on a conveyor belt in production

Wales to develop separate deposit return scheme to protect recycling progress

By Resource |

18 November 2024 |

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

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