• News CIWM calls for outright ban on all single-use barbeques 14th August 2026 British Retail Consortium / CIWM / Waste Fires 40 firefighters called to recycling centre blaze in Essex 12th August 2026 Recycling / Scrap Metal / Waste Fire CIWM competence scheme moves into delivery as waste permitting reforms become law 12th August 2026 CIWM / Environmental Permit / Waste Carrier Licence Packaging manufacturer fined after employee’s hand crushed by machine 13th August 2026 Health & Safety / Health and Safety Executive 93% of British businesses impacted by new EU packaging regulation 12th August 2026 EPR / EU / packaging Essex skip-hire boss given suspended sentence for waste offences 11th August 2026 Environment Agency / skip-hire / Waste Crime Minister visits Port of Tyne plastic clean-up after government criticism 11th August 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Plastic Pollution Swansea man given suspended sentence for waste offences 11th August 2026 local authorities / Natural Resources Wales / Waste Crime NAWDO warns of significant pressure on UK’s fridge and freezer recycling infrastructure 10th August 2026 Fridge Recycling / local authorities / Recycling More buried waste discovered during Kidlington clean-up 7th August 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime Burnham promises action on waste crime as 4 arrested over Wigan site 5th August 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime Joint waste crime unit reports 111 disruptions during 2025–26 5th August 2026 CIWM / Joint Unit for Waste Crime / Waste Crime European Commission issues PPWR guidance ahead of 12 August start date 4th August 2026 European Commission / Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Metal recycling apprenticeship could be retired over low take-up 4th August 2026 Apprenticeships / BMRA / Skills England Veolia trials ‘first of its kind’ carbon capture technology in the UK 3rd August 2026 Carbon Capture / local authorities / Veolia Emma Hardy confirmed as Minister for Circular Economy & Waste Crime 30th July 2026 Circular Economy / Defra / Waste Crime Textile production generates 92,000 tonnes of microfibre pollution each year 30th July 2026 Microfibre / plastic / Plastic Pollution ‘Complex’ hazardous waste clean-up on A14 costs £500,000 30th July 2026 Environment Agency / hazardous waste / Waste Crime First 1 2 … 306 307 Last
