Guidance Disposing of redundant or time-expired flares (pyrotechnics) 17th January 2023 CIWM / health and safety / pyrotechnics Insight Vapes – a burning issue 3rd January 2023 E-Waste / vapes / WEEE News BMRA calls for “urgently required” kerbside collections of WEEE over Christmas 20th December 2022 BMRA / Kerbside Collection / WEEE News Over 700 fires in bin lorries and recycling centres are caused by batteries 1st December 2022 Lithium Ion Batteries / local authorities / Waste Fires News New EU-funded project aims to prevent fires caused by batteries at e-waste recycling facilities 28th November 2022 Batteries / health and safety / WEEE News Waste industry fatal injury rate 11 times the all industry rate, new figures show 28th November 2022 health and safety / HSE / waste industry News Birmingham recycling plant directors guilty after five workers killed by collapsing wall 22nd November 2022 health and safety / Health and Safety at Work Act / HSE News Households “should be banned” from disposing of batteries in roadside collection bins 18th November 2022 News ESA survey shows positivity around waste management industry’s health & safety culture 15th November 2022 Environmental Services Association / health and safety News “Zombie Batteries” behind rising rates of UK waste facility fires, ESA says 24th October 2022 Batteries / ESA / Waste Fires News Biffa adopts “revolutionary” health and safety platform 11th October 2022 Biffa / health and safety / Sustainable waste management News Project to develop large-scale fishing net recycling in the UK 10th October 2022 fishing gear / Keep Britain Tidy / plastic News WasteAid programme to improve waste management in low-income communities in Cameroon 10th October 2022 Cameroon / Circular Economy / WasteAid News Resources and waste workers urged to help measure sector’s health and safety culture 15th September 2022 ESA / health and safety News Estimated 300 tonnes of waste cleared after Notting Hill Carnival 31st August 2022 infrastructure / local authorities / Notting Hill Carnival News Investigation finds clothing waste from top fashion brands’ suppliers burnt in “toxic kilns” in Cambodia 9th August 2022 Fast Fashion / Greenpeace / international / Textile Waste Research & Report Sustainable, Healthy and Liveable Future Cities 22nd July 2022 Environ / greenspace / University Collage Cork News Research: Three times more fires caused by batteries in waste stream than previously reported 19th July 2022 battery recycling / Material Focus / Waste Fires First 1 2 … 6 7 8 … 26 27 Last
