A giant Mount Rushmore-style sculpture of the G7 leaders’ heads, made entirely of discarded electronics, has appeared on a beach near Carbis Bay in Cornwall on the day of the G7 summit (11 June).
The producer compliance scheme is offering funding of up to £150,000 per project to tackle the negative impact of packaging, batteries or electronic waste on the environment
New research calls for mandatory treatment standards across the UK and increased capacity of material recovery in existing WEEE recycling before future infrastructure investments
The 17th ADEPT survey on impact of Covid-19 on waste services has found fewer local authorities are reporting normal operations this month than in September
The Council is partnering with organisations Digiknow Alliance, Renewal North West and Amshire IT Support to bring free digital devices to digitally excluded citizens
The Waste Management Plan for England evaluates how to support objectives of the Resources and Waste Strategy and the 25-Year Environment Bill and sets out measures for increasing recycling rates across England
Newcastle City Council is taking the opportunity to remind residents about correct disposal techniques for batteries and waste electricals, which are believed to have caused the fires at Walbottle HWRC
Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
A new report published by WEEE Forum calls for action on the treatment of WEEE as scrap metal, urging competent authorities to penalise facilities that illegitimately incorporate WEEE into their unreported waste flows.
Latin America and the Caribbean must reconsider its economic model in order to fight the long-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new research paper by Chatham House.
The latest collection figures for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for the second quarter of 2020 have been missed due to the severe disruption caused by coronavirus, according to data released by the Environment Agency (EA).
Collection targets for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for the second quarter of 2020 have been missed, according to provisional data released by the Environment Agency (EA).
