UK recycling rate rises to 44.6% as waste to landfill falls

24th July 2025

Defra / Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics

UK businesses risk missing out on growth by ignoring circular economy, new report warns

23rd July 2025

business / Circular Economy / WRAP

Just 27% of waste crime incidents are reported

23rd July 2025

Defra / Environment Agency / Fly-Tipping / Waste Crime

UK ETS moves closer to including waste incineration with new monitoring framework

22nd July 2025

Emissions Trading Scheme / ESA / Viridor

UK business confidence in net zero targets weakens as costs rise, BSI report reveals

22nd July 2025

BSI / business / net zero

Rise in UK green jobs driven by waste and renewable energy sectors

21st July 2025

green skills

MPs call on UK Government to demand plastic production cuts at global treaty talks

17th July 2025

Efra / INC-5.2 / plastic / Pollution

Switching 30% of grocery goods to reuse could save UK £577m and cut emissions by 95%

16th July 2025

Circular Economy / packaging / reuse

Scottish landfill rate hits record low – but waste reduction and recycling must go further, say officials

16th July 2025

landfill / Scotland / SEPA

UK’s largest grocery retailers set sights on prefill to take more single use packaging off shelf

16th July 2025

packaging / reuse / WRAP

Reconomy outlines global textile EPR strategy to guide businesses through regulatory shift

16th July 2025

EPR / Extended Producer Responsibility / Reconomy / textiles

Lush uses AI to cut queues, boost sustainability and eliminate packaging waste

11th July 2025

AI / Google Cloud / Lush / packaging

“Ick factor” biggest threat to circular economy, new study finds

11th July 2025

BSI / Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership / Circular Economy

EU proposes new vehicle rules to drive circularity in automotive sector

11th July 2025

Automotive Industry / Circular Economy / European Commission

Wales moves to align with UK DRS timeline

11th July 2025

Deposit Return Scheme / DRS / Wales

Digital waste tracking gets official start date as UK gears up for sector-wide rollout

10th July 2025

Defra / digital waste tracking

Veolia to open UK’s first closed-loop PET recycling plant in £70m investment

10th July 2025

Circular Economy / plastic / Veolia

Defra hit with major cuts in 2025 Spending Review

12th June 2025

Defra / Spending Review

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