• News Clearance of 20,000 tonne illegal waste site in Kidlington delayed 10th February 2026 Defra / Kidlington / Waste Crime Circular Economy Institute launches CEI Professional Membership 10th February 2026 Circular Economy / Circular Economy Institute / green skills Workers vote to extend Birmingham bin strikes to September 10th February 2026 Birmingham bin strikes / local authorities / waste collection Waste sector emissions fall by 4% 9th February 2026 energy from waste / Greenhouse Emissions / net zero Environment Agency shuts down two illegal waste sites 9th February 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime Firm fined £600,000 for illegally storing waste including animal blood 6th February 2026 Environment Agency / Liquid waste / Waste Crime UK metals recycling’s operational emissions could fall 93% by 2050 5th February 2026 British Metals Recycling Association / Circular Economy / Greenhouse Emissions Waste crime inquiry chair ‘astounded’ waste site on King’s estate has not been cleared 4th February 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime Dynamic digital passports enable real-time tracking of perishable goods, research shows 4th February 2026 Digital product passports / EU / Food Waste Too Good To Go distributes 300,000 parcels of surplus food from household brands 4th February 2026 too good to go Council introduce new recycling bags ahead of three-weekly collections 4th February 2026 local authorities / Recycling / soft plastics Study finds Global Plastics Treaty risks failure without reform 3rd February 2026 packaging / plastic / UN Plastic Treaty Defra announces plan to tackle forever chemicals 3rd February 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Forever chemicals Mandatory Digital Waste Tracking rollout delayed by six months 2nd February 2026 Defra / digital waste tracking / Reconomy News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates 30 January 30th January 2026 artificial intelligence / collection services Three arrested over 20,000 tonne Kidlington waste dump 30th January 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime Welsh recycling rates climb to 68.4% in 2024-25 30th January 2026 Recycling / Recycling Rates / Wales King’s estate denies responsibility for clearing large-scale illegal waste site 29th January 2026 Environment Agency / local authorities / Waste Crime First 1 2 … 14 15 16 … 309 310 Last