News Wood recyclers call for re-opening of recycling centres “as soon as practical” 27th March 2020 Coronavirus / Waste Wood / wood recycler association News COVID-19 | Councils urged to prepare for “surge” in food waste 26th March 2020 Coronavirus / Food Waste / l / Northern Ireland News Designing batteries for circular economy will prevent “mountains” of battery waste 26th March 2020 battery waste / Climate Change / Electric Vehicles News Message from waste sector to public: “We’re working hard to maintain your services” 25th March 2020 Coronavirus / waste collection / Waste Management News COVID-19 | Government urged to class parts of the plastic sector as “key workers” 24th March 2020 BPF / Construction / Coronavirus / packaging / plastic News Temporary suspension of HGV testing will help “keep waste sector’s wheels turning” – ESA 23rd March 2020 Coronavirus / ESA / MOT / Public Service Vehicles / refuse collection vehicles News COVID-19 | Councils reducing waste services amid staff shortages 23rd March 2020 Coronavirus / local authorities / waste collection News WRAP launches £1.5m grant fund to support textiles projects 20th March 2020 Fast Fashion / Textile Recycling / textiles / WRAP News COVID-19 | Waste sector recognised as “critical” | England suspends bag charge for online deliveries 20th March 2020 Carrier Bag Levy / Coronavirus / waste collection News COVID-19: Waste sector operatives must be classed as “key-workers” 19th March 2020 Coronavirus / ESA / local authorities / Waste Collections News UK recycling rate decreases by 0.5% 19th March 2020 Defra / Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics / packaging / Recycling News Proposed Sale of Viridor for £4.2 billion 19th March 2020 acquisitions / Pennon Group / Viridor News Council issues 5 step Coronavirus waste collection guidance 18th March 2020 Clinical Waste / Coronavirus / east devon district council / hazardous waste Feature CIWM’s recycling heroes on #GlobalRecyclingDay 18th March 2020 Circular Economy / Global Recycling Day / recycling heroes / rype office News Global Recycling Day 2020 honours recycling heroes across the world 18th March 2020 Global Recycling Day / Recycling News Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme pushed back to 2022 18th March 2020 DRS / packaging / Scotland News Cardiff finds 4,000 incidents of contamination since Pink Sticker scheme launch 16th March 2020 Cardiff City Council / contamination / Fines News Budget Reactions | Plastic packaging tax makes the UK a “lodestar” in new net-zero age 12th March 2020 Budget / Climate Change / EPR / packaging / plastic First 1 2 … 60 61 62 … 100 101 Last