• News LGA calls for urgent sentencing review into fly-tipping court fines 5th March 2026 fly tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime Councils given powers to issue £500 on-the-spot fines for littering 4th March 2026 Defra / Littering / local authorities Glass industry calls for Welsh DRS ‘pause’ 4th March 2026 DRS / glass / Wales News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates 03 March 3rd March 2026 greyparrot / Nuclear Waste ‘UK’s first’ circular construction hub to launch in Royal Docks 3rd March 2026 Circular Economy / Construction / local authorities Kidlington waste site clearance delayed until April after heavy rainfall 3rd March 2026 Environment Agency / Kidlington / Waste Crime Circular jobs generate £5 more value per hour than Scottish average 3rd March 2026 Circular Economy / green jobs / Zero Waste Scotland Site closed amid investigation into illegal waste activity on King’s land 2nd March 2026 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Arrests made in multi-million pound waste fraud case 26th February 2026 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Ireland unveils Circular Economy Strategy 2026–2028 25th February 2026 Circular Economy / Department of Environment in Northern Ireland Fly-tipping in England increases 9% in a year 25th February 2026 CLA / Fly-Tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime Waste bread used to replace fossil fuel hydrogen in carbon-negative chemical manufacturing breakthrough 25th February 2026 Circular Economy / Food Waste / University of Edinburgh Almost a quarter of English councils to miss weekly food waste deadline, BBC News reports 25th February 2026 Food Waste / local authorities / Simpler Recycling EU report outlines wide range of greenhouse-gas savings from circular economy actions 24th February 2026 Circular Economy / Climate Change / European Environment Agency enfinium deploys NASA-used leak detection technology across UK Energy from Waste sites 24th February 2026 energy from waste / enfinium / NASA Exchange for Change publishes mandatory DRS logo requirements ahead of 2027 launch 23rd February 2026 DRS / Exchange for Change Environment Agency confirms 50% increase to its enforcement budget 20th February 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime Prolific offender must repay £1.4m after dumping 4,275 tonnes of waste 20th February 2026 Environment Agency / Waste Crime First 1 2 … 10 11 12 … 306 307 Last
