Opinion What is the solution to the UK plastic packaging recycling crisis? 13th October 2025 packaging / plastic / Recycling Feature How the circular economy can learn from net zero messaging missteps 13th October 2025 net zero / repair / reuse News CIRQLR acquisition expands waste and recycling operations across the UK 8th October 2025 commercial waste / Simpler Recycling / waste collection Insight Is France’s ultra-fast fashion crackdown a step towards circularity for global retail? 7th October 2025 European Union / Extended Producer Responsibility / Fast Fashion Insight Don’t write off the circular economy as just talk 6th October 2025 WRAP News CIWM seeks action on waste crime and ETS Costs at Labour Conference 2nd October 2025 CIWM / energy from waste / local authorities News PackUK launches Recyclability Assessment Methodology roadmap 2nd October 2025 Extended Producer Responsibility / PackUK / Recycling News UKFT unveils National Textile Recycling Infrastructure Plan 1st October 2025 fashion / textiles News Retailers are ‘likely’ to pass 80% of EPR costs onto customers 1st October 2025 British Retail Consortium / Extended Producer Responsibility / local authorities News Councils warn against industry ‘lobbying’ to control local waste services 1st October 2025 Extended Producer Responsibility / local authorities / Local Government Association News Scotland throwing away £1.3bn worth of food each year 30th September 2025 Climate Change / Food Waste / Scotland News UK post-consumer plastic exports rely on ‘a broken system full of criminality and death’, investigation finds 26th September 2025 health and safety / Recycling / Waste Exports News Encyclis to develop ‘UK’s first’ carbon capture project for EfW 25th September 2025 Carbon Capture / energy from waste / net zero Insight 5 things we learned at RWM 2025 23rd September 2025 Circular Economy Task Force / Defra / UN Plastic Treaty News EIC calls to scrap VAT on green building retrofits 17th September 2025 Construction / Environmental Industries Commission / VAT News CIWM launches 10-point plan for net zero and circular economy 17th September 2025 CIWM / EPR / net zero News Treasury reconsiders landfill tax shake-up after industry backlash 16th September 2025 Defra / landfill / Landfill Tax News City to Sea to close after 10 years 15th September 2025 City to Sea / plastic / reuse First 1 2 … 5 6 7 … 102 103 Last