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

UK ban on single-use vapes comes into force

30th May 2025

Defra / disposable vapes / single use

Environment Agency heatmaps reveal 17,000 waste crime reports across England in two years

28th May 2025

Environment Agency / Waste Crime

Birmingham secures injunction against waste strike disruption as bin backlog grows

28th May 2025

Birmingham bin strikes / Birmingham City Council / waste collection

€400 Billion needed for chemical recycling to compete with virgin plastics in Europe

28th May 2025

Bain & Company / chemical recycling / plastic

Liverpool to launch vegetable oil-powered fleet for food waste collection

28th May 2025

Food Waste / Liverpool City Council / waste collection

LIVE UPDATE: The Festival of Circular Economy 2025

21st May 2025

Circular Economy / festival of circular economy

Aldi and Ocado trials prove reuse systems can outperform single-use plastic

2nd May 2025

Aldi / Ocado / packaging / plastic

Lavazza ad banned for misleading “compostable” coffee capsule claim

1st May 2025

Advertising Standards Authority / lavazza

One in seven UK couples clash over recycling habits

1st May 2025

Every Can Counts / household recycling / reycling

Public demands tougher action on litter as councils face voter backlash ahead of local elections

30th April 2025

Litter / Local Elections / Waste Crime

Councils to seize and crush fly-tipping vehicles

30th April 2025

Defra / fly tipping / Waste Crime

UK glass industry raises concerns over new packaging regulations impact

2nd December 2024

British Glass / EPR / glass / packaging

Waste boss fined for ‘revenge’ dumping over unpaid invoice

2nd December 2024

Environment Agency / Waste Crime

Defra announces paper and cardboard to be collected separately under Simpler Recycling

29th November 2024

Defra / Recycling Collections / Simpler Recycling

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