The APPG report finds that the UK spends half a billion pounds a year tackling metal theft, with incidents having risen since 2019, resulting in costs of £4.3bn over the past decade.
Updated ‘Mapping the Politics of Waste’ report analyses how factors such as devolution, an impending General Election, and differences in attitude to the environment between Labour and the Conservatives are impacting the industry.
Greenpeace are calling upon the UK Government to stop the export of plastic waste after evidence of illegal dumping and burning found in southern Turkey
Forty-four international environmental groups have co-signed a demand ordering Italy to return Italian municipal waste that was illegally shipped to Tunisia last year
In breach of environmental regulations, the illegal waste exceeded permitted quantity limits and contained materials harmful to humans and the environment