WEEE

Resource Futures team in front of the Fixy Project van

Resource Futures community programmes deliver £3.8m in household savings

Community-led sustainability programmes overseen by Resource Futures, a Bristol-based environmental consultancy, have generated £3.8 million in consumer savings whilst preventing 1,192 tonnes of waste from reaching disposal facilities. The B Corp certified organisation's initiatives across Somerset, Devon and nationally have also created 150 jobs and volunteer roles.

WEEE amendments make online platforms liable for overseas suppliers

New regulations come into force requiring online retailers to close loophole in producer responsibility obligations

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

Close-up of a person repairing a motherboard

Environment APPG calls for consumer ‘right to repair’

By

Maisie Stephens

| 17 June 2025 |

Parliamentary group’s first report appeals for ‘immediate action’ to support a Circular Economy Strategy

Pink vape discarded on a beach

Single-use vape ban takes effect across UK from 1 June

By Resource |

30 May 2025 |

Trading Standards enforcement begins, to tackle the five million devices discarded weekly creating £200 million waste burden

Workers disposing of vapes

Retailer take-back schemes must expand for post-ban vapes

By

| 27 May 2025 |

Material Focus warns that big puff and pod models could undermine June legislation benefits without sufficient steps to improve current recycling systems

Battery Recycling Conference & Expo

Trans-World Events announces line-up for e-waste conferences

By

| 21 May 2025 |

Four specialised expos at Frankfurt Messe will feature over 130 speakers addressing critical challenges in resource recovery, regulatory compliance and circular economy

Waste fire

European trade bodies call for action against battery fires

By

| 20 May 2025 |

European Commission urged to implement new regulations to curb the growing number of lithium battery incidents in recycling facilities across the continent

Ball of cables

Material Focus launches Circular Electricals Fund

By

| 14 May 2025 |

Up to £150,000 per project is offered to organisations demonstrating solutions in material recovery, product design, and business models to reduce e-waste in the UK

Altilium battery cell

Recycled EV battery materials pass industrial-scale testing

By

| 13 May 2025 |

Altilium’s EcoCathode material demonstrates less than one per cent variation from commercial benchmarks at UK Battery Industrialisation Centre trials

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

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

By

Claudia Mensi

| 12 May 2025 |

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

Apple iPhone being repaired

New data-led approach shows how electronics reuse cuts emissions

By

| 29 April 2025 |

Methodology produced by consortium working with German telecoms industry operators including Vodafone, highlights real world impact of reusing smartphones and laptops

Cardboard packaging with RFID tag

PackUK eases 'red' and 'amber' ratings for Recyclability Assessment Methodology

By

| 29 April 2025 |

New exemptions for all DRS-covered containers included in RAM update, following simplification sprint with stakeholders

Firefighter extinguishing a fire in the back of a refuse collection vehicle

ESA calls for universal kerbside collection of batteries and electricals

By

| 28 April 2025 |

Research shows mandatory collections could prevent 85 per cent of waste fires and save £6bn over a decade

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

Mark Jacquemin at E-Waste World 2024

Circular electronics conference to explore repair and reuse strategies

By

| 16 April 2025 |

The event at Messe Frankfurt will showcase strategies for extending device lifespans and improving materials recovery across the electronics sector

Volunteers and staff gathered for launch of Hammersmith Library of Things

Library of Things secures £20,000 Viridor funding for UK expansion

By Resource |

14 April 2025 |

Not-for-profit to launch national incubator programme helping communities establish borrowing hubs across the country

kerbside recycling

WRAP publishes new carbon metric

By

| 10 April 2025 |

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

SATCoL's Corporate Donations photoshoot

Retailers reduce clothes waste through SATCoL partnership programme

By

| 9 April 2025 |

Collaboration allows brands to repurpose unwanted inventory of textiles, electronics and home goods to raise funds for charitable aims

Bins next to UK Parliament

England’s household recycling rate rises to 44 per cent

By

| 27 March 2025 |

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

Board members at the launch of EcoGenesys

UK's largest WEEE compliance scheme REPIC rebrands to Ecogenesys

By Resource |

21 March 2025 |

Expanded service offering aims to address wider environmental regulations beyond traditional compliance areas

Car battery

Altilium produces first UK EV battery cells from recycled materials

By

| 18 March 2025 |

Collaboration between clean technology firm partners and UKBIC demonstrates “full battery circularity” using recovered cathode materials from end-of-life vehicles

Pile of phones including Nokia, ZTE, Samsung and Apple devices

Estimated 184.4 million electronic devices are unused in UK homes

By

| 18 March 2025 |

Research from Virgin Media O2 suggests that nearly 80 per cent of people bin unwanted electronics despite potential financial and environmental benefits from recycling

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