• News Lidl GB updates packaging to prevent ocean plastic 31st October 2022 Lidl / Ocean Plastic / packaging Nearly one-fifth of recycling ends up unrecyclable due to contamination 31st October 2022 Biffa / contamination / Recycling Beware of “bonfire bandits” and don’t burn waste, Environment Agency warns 28th October 2022 Bonfire Night / Environment Agency Construction and Green Energy training courses to launch in Greater Manchester 28th October 2022 Construction / Greater Manchester / Green Energy Echo joins 19 European partners on circular economy project 28th October 2022 packaging / plastic / reuse EA warns that “funding pressures” put its regulation at risk 27th October 2022 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime New partnership aims to repurpose waste soil from road sweepings 27th October 2022 landfill / Manchester Metropolitan University / reuse Valpak reports small battery recycling up by 32% 27th October 2022 battery recycling / Reconomy / Valpak Defra has “no plans” to set single-use plastic reduction target 27th October 2022 EPR / Legislation / plastic £4.75M windfall for north London councils from publicly owned EfW facility 26th October 2022 energy bills / energy from waste / North London Waste Authority BIR urges governments to provide financial aid to recycling industry 26th October 2022 Bureau of International Recycling / Government Funding / Recycling Beverage carton industry publishes design for recycling guidelines 26th October 2022 ACE / carton / packaging Thérèse Coffey appointed Defra secretary in cabinet reshuffle 26th October 2022 CIWM / Defra / Legislation Average Brit throws away 72 items of clothing a year, British Wool report says 26th October 2022 Fast Fashion / landfill / reuse Ranil Jayawardena resigns as Environment Secretary as Sunak begins reshuffle 25th October 2022 Defra / Legislation / UK Government Greenpeace report claims “most plastic” in the US is unrecyclable 25th October 2022 Greenpeace / plastic / Recycling The Renew Hub hits milestone of 50,000 preloved items repaired and resold 25th October 2022 Greater Manchester Combined Authority / landfill / reuse FCA proposes new rules to tackle greenwashing 25th October 2022 ESG / FCA / greenwashing First 1 2 … 112 113 114 … 311 312 Last
