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Biffa's PET recycling facility at Seaham

Biffa completes Esterform acquisition to create integrated PET recycling business

Biffa has completed the acquisition of Esterform, a PET pre-form and bottle manufacturer, merging it with the waste management company's existing PET recycling operations to create an integrated circular packaging business ahead of the UK's Deposit Return Scheme launch in October 2027.

The transaction, announced yesterday (1 Oct), follows an initial investment in Esterform by Biffa in 2023. Under the arrangement, Esterform and Biffa's PET recycling operations will trade as Esterpet,... More

The 2025 Hot100 List revealed

Resource Hot 100 2025: Full List Revealed

The results of our annual industry vote to discover who is making a difference to advance the circular economy.

Resource Hot100 Innovator of the Year

2025 Resource Hot 100 Innovator of the Year

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.

Resource Hot100 Communicator of the Year

2025 Resource Hot 100 Communicator of the Year

By Resource |

1 October 2025 |

A new category award for this year's Hot100 poll recognises individuals making complex waste and recycling information accessible and engaging

Resource Hot100 Refill Return Pioneer of the Year

2025 Resource Hot 100 Refill Return Pioneer of the Year

By Resource |

1 October 2025 |

New category in this year’s poll recognises individuals making significant advances in reusable packaging systems

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

| 25 September 2025 |

Research commissioned by Suez estimates gate fees may increase £48 per tonne from 2028

Waste debris, including food waste, with the Taj Mahal in the background

WRAP to start India food waste programme through Clinton Global Initiative

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| 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

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

| 16 September 2025 |

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

By Resource |

12 September 2025 |

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

Gillian Martin, Iain Gulland, Dominic Fry at pioneering biotech start-up, MiAlgae

Scotland circular economy worth £7.1bn and 81,000 jobs study shows

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| 11 September 2025 |

State of the Circular Economy report reveals 'significant and thriving' economic landscape

Caerphilly secures site for new recycling depot as part of £55M switch to kerbside sort

By

Olivia Loughran

| 11 September 2025 |

Council purchases Dyffryn Business Park facility as part of capital investment in service change to the Welsh Government’s Collection Blueprint

Doctor removing blue plastic gloves and throwing them in the bin

Healthcare single-use plastics could cost health systems €34 billion annually by 2040

By

| 10 September 2025 |

Study shows 53 per cent reduction in hospital plastic waste achievable through proven circular strategies

Whole used tyres for recycling

TRA warns domestic tyre processors could follow plastics industry into crisis

By Resource |

8 September 2025 |

Industry body warns of similar fate to plastics sector amid market pressures and regulatory failures

Emma Reynolds, appointed Secretary of State for DEFRA

Reynolds appointed Environment Secretary as Reed moves to housing

By Resource |

8 September 2025 |

Treasury minister takes Defra reins following cabinet reshuffle

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