• News Firm involved in political scandal fined for waste fire permit breaches 9th January 2026 Natural Resources Wales / Waste Crime / Waste Fire Food waste forecast to cost businesses $540 billion in 2026 8th January 2026 Food Waste / Supply Chain 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 First 1 2 … 14 15 16 … 306 307 Last
