News “Robust” monitoring and targets “key” in shifting Europe to a more circular economy 2nd April 2020 Circular Economy / European Environment Agency News Draft WISH guidance: Social distancing “difficult or impossible” for waste crews 31st March 2020 Coronavirus / waste collection / WISH News Fire crews urge residents not to burn their waste 30th March 2020 Coronavirus / open waste burning / Wigan Council News Access to Illegal waste site blocked by restriction order 27th March 2020 Environment Agency / Waste Crime 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 | Unsound waste management could cause “unforeseen knock-on effects”, says UN 25th March 2020 Coronavirus / international / United Nations / 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 Scotland’s Environment Secretary calls for halt to Brexit negotiations amid COVID-19 crisis 24th March 2020 Brexit / Coronavirus / Defra / Roseanna Cunningham / Scotland 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 Opinion Change “essential” if Scottish DRS is to be a success 19th March 2020 Alupro / DRS / packaging / Scotland News “Hard to recycle” single use plastics to be banned in Wales 18th March 2020 Litter / Ocean Plastics / plastic / Single-Use / Wales News Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme pushed back to 2022 18th March 2020 DRS / packaging / Scotland News Hull man fined for illegal transport of waste 17th March 2020 Environment Agency / Waste Crime 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 News Government “treating the symptom”, not the cause of plastic pollution 10th March 2020 Green Alliance / plastic / Single-Use / UK Government News Viridor fined £400,000 following worker’s “life-changing” injury 9th March 2020 health and safety / HSE / Viridor News Welsh Government to assess impact of new policy on business waste sector 5th March 2020 business waste / Eunomia / Wales / Welsh Government First 1 2 … 77 78 79 … 105 106 Last