• News WRAP launches circular economy and recycling adverts on Sky TV 13th April 2026 Recycle Week / Recycling / WRAP Altilium awarded £18.5m to build electric vehicle battery recycling facility 13th April 2026 Batteries / Critical Raw Materials / Electric Vehicles British Plastics industry warns of ‘unprecedented’ shortages amid US-Iran war 10th April 2026 British Plastics Federation / Plastic Packaging Tax / Plastics Company fined £142,000 for exporting contaminated plastic waste 9th April 2026 Environment Agency / plastic exports / Waste Crime DRS administrator announces grant scheme for small businesses 8th April 2026 Circular Economy / Deposit Return Scheme / DRS Stonehenge fly-tipper fined £2,000 8th April 2026 Fly-Tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime New method for recycling acrylic plastic in circular system developed 7th April 2026 acrylic / chemical recycling / plastic Researchers develop solar-powered reactor to break down plastic waste 7th April 2026 hydrogen fuel / Plastic Waste / Recycling 14 tonnes of waste cleared from A12 in overnight operation 7th April 2026 Fly-Tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime 3.5 million Brits throw away hot cross buns every Easter 2nd April 2026 food redistribution / Food Waste / too good to go Reconomy to open £20m plastic recycling plant in Corby 1st April 2026 plastic exports / Plastic recycling / Reconomy Stratford-on-Avon revealed as best council for recycling in England 31st March 2026 Defra / local authorities / Recycling Household Simpler Recycling collections begin across England 31st March 2026 Circular Economy / Simpler Recycling / Waste Collections Farmer sentenced over illegal waste site in North Yorkshire 30th March 2026 Environment Agnecy / Waste Crime Scotland sets out long-term plan to shift to circular economy 30th March 2026 Circular Economy / Scotland Global waste set to rise sharply without urgent action, World Bank warns 30th March 2026 what a waste / world bank 6.3m vapes are thrown away each week despite single-use ban 27th March 2026 e-cigarettes / Material Focus / vapes News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates 26 March 26th March 2026 greyparrot / Nuclear Waste / Wood Recycling First 1 2 … 9 10 11 … 308 309 Last
