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20,000 tonne Kidlington waste dump clearance to ‘begin in February’

7th January 2026

Environment Agency / Kidlington / Waste Crime

Suspended prison sentences for men who ran illegal waste site

6th January 2026

Environment Agency / Waste Crime

Poorly managed solid waste is driving a ‘public health crisis’, WHO finds

5th January 2026

municipal waste / Solid Waste / World Health Organisation

WRAP Chair Sebastian Munden awarded CBE in New Year Honours

5th January 2026

Circular Economy / WRAP

EU plans tighter checks on plastic imports to support recycling industry

24th December 2025

European Union / plastic

Plastic waste could be turned into anti-cancer drugs, researchers say

23rd December 2025

plastic / University of St Andrews

MPs and industry meet to address rise in lithium-ion battery fires

23rd December 2025

battery recycling / North London Waste Authority / Waste Fires

Recycling rates drop at Christmas as households struggle with festive waste, survey suggests

22nd December 2025

Christmas Waste / Sortera UK / WRAP

Northumberland man given suspended prison sentence for illegal waste site

22nd December 2025

Environment Agency / Waste Crime

Bin contamination fines cost Coventry City Council £900,000

22nd December 2025

Contaminated Recycling / Coventry City Council / Sherborne recycling facility

MEPs back scaling back of EU sustainability reporting and due diligence rules

17th December 2025

EU / European Parliament / sustainability reporting

Salvation Army Trading Company halts textile collections at HWRCs amid market pressures

17th December 2025

recycling centres / textiles / The Salvation Army Trading Company

University secures £44,000 grant to study barriers to paper cup recycling

17th December 2025

National Cup Recycling Scheme / reuse / University College London

Lords write to environment secretary over “complacent” response to waste crime inquiry

16th December 2025

Defra / House of Lords / Waste Crime

UK beauty brands invited to join nationwide take-back scheme for hard-to-recycle packaging

16th December 2025

British Beauty Council / MYGroup / packaging

Finnish researchers develop cyanide-free method to recycle silver using light and organic acids

16th December 2025

silver / University of Helsinki

Thousands of Christmas trees to be reused and recycled in North Somerset festive scheme

16th December 2025

Christmas Tree Recycling / Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm / North Somerset Council

EU agrees tougher End-of-Life Vehicles rules to boost recycled content and cut material losses

15th December 2025

end of life vehicles / European Union

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