Recycling company fined after worker loses fingers

2nd August 2019

health and safety / HSE

Veolia’s revenue from plastics recycling jumps 30%

2nd August 2019

hazardous waste / plastic / Veolia

Biffa wins £90 million recycling sorting contract with North London

1st August 2019

Biffa / NLWA / Waste Contracts

Councils prepare for possible early end to Sinfin EfW contract

1st August 2019

Derby / energy from waste / sinfin

77 successful waste crime prosecutions in a year – EA

1st August 2019

Environment Agency / Sustainable Development Goals / Waste Crime

Waitrose extends package free “pick and mix” trial

1st August 2019

packaging / plastic / Waitrose

England’s plastic carrier bag sales down 90% since 5p charge

31st July 2019

Defra / plastic / single-use carrier bags

Reusable cups save venues thousands of pounds, research finds

31st July 2019

DRS / Eunomia / Reusable Cups

Eastbourne’s new in-house waste service heralded a “resounding triumph”

31st July 2019

eastbourne borough council / local authorities / Waste Contracts

Biodegradable security seals switch for Nestlé logistics

30th July 2019

biodegradable plastic / Nestle / plastic

DRS could see 31,000 plastic bottles vanish from Scotland’s streets each day

30th July 2019

DRS / Litter / Scotland

Northern Ireland recycling rate jumps 3.6 percent

30th July 2019

Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics / Northern Ireland

Government’s “plastic tax” could cost households 7p per week

29th July 2019

Imperial College / plastic / Veolia

Union agrees to suspend Brighton and Hove bin strike

29th July 2019

Brighton and Hove / GMB union / Strike

Zac Goldsmith given ministerial role at Defra

29th July 2019

Appointments / Boris Johnson / Defra / zac goldsmith

72% would support UK-wide deposit return system

27th July 2019

Campaign to Protect Rural England / DRS / Litter

3.6m tonnes of UK food wasted in primary production each year

26th July 2019

Food Waste / Surplus Food / WRAP

News in brief: Activist runs across US | charities “bag” £9m | Fly-tipping app

26th July 2019

Fly-Tipping / News in Brief / plastic / Textile Waste

First 1 2 100 101 102 177 178 Last
Privacy Overview
Circular Online

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is temporarily stored in your browser and helps our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

More information about our Cookie Policy

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality and the website cannot be used properly without them. These cookies include session cookies and persistent cookies.

Session cookies keep track of your current visit and how you navigate the site. They only last for the duration of your visit and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies last after you’ve closed your Internet browser and enable our website to recognise you as a repeat visitor and remember your actions and preferences when you return.

Functional cookies

Third party cookies include performance cookies and targeting cookies.

Performance cookies collect information about how you use a website, e.g. which pages you go to most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies you personally as a visitor, although they might collect the IP address of the device you use to access the site.

Targeting cookies collect information about your browsing habits. They are usually placed by advertising networks such as Google. The cookies remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as media publishers.

Keeping these cookies enabled helps us to improve our website and display content that is more relevant to you and your interests across the Google content network.