• News Funding for consumer plastic packaging innovation 3rd August 2021 packaging / plastic / UK Research and Innovation New research suggests circular economy strategies can ‘de-risk’ investments 3rd August 2021 Circular Economy / Ellen MacArthur Foundation / Green Investment Northern Ireland sees increase in municipal waste 3rd August 2021 Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics / Northern Ireland Walmart Foundation funds ‘cutting-edge’ food waste trials with WRAP 3rd August 2021 Food Waste / walmart / WRAP Waste sector sends letter to Priti Patel over HGV driver shortages 2nd August 2021 CIWM / ESA / Heavy Goods Vehicle Biffa fined £1.5 million for waste export breach 2nd August 2021 Biffa / Waste Crime / Waste Exports Three Rivers District Council receives recycling league champions trophy 30th July 2021 collection / Recycling / recycling league / Three Rivers District Council Pressure increases on businesses to reopen refills after a year of ‘unnecessary plastic pollution’ 29th July 2021 Circular Economy / refill / Single-Use Earth Overshoot Day creeps back to July 29 29th July 2021 COP26 / Earth Overshoot Day / Resource Efficiency Lyreco partners with sustainable company Loop in first business to business trial 28th July 2021 Circular Economy / Loop / refillable packaging Viridor pioneers new approach to methane measurement using drones 28th July 2021 emissions / landfills / methane / Technology Paper Round launches a new service to capture hard-to-recycle items 28th July 2021 contamination / Plastics / Recycling Battery strategy risks going flat says Lords Committee 27th July 2021 Batteries / Electric Vehicles / EV One in four Brits are incorrectly recycling polystyrene takeaway boxes 26th July 2021 packaging / polystyrene / Recycling Contamination Long-awaited waste wood classification guidance launches 23rd July 2021 Waste Wood / Waste Wood Classification Project / WRA UK household waste to be used in jet fuel production 23rd July 2021 Department for Transport / Green Fuels Green Skies / Waste-To-Jet Fuel Over 200,000 businesses could be handling waste illegally in England, research suggests 23rd July 2021 Fly-Tipping / Material Focus / Waste Crime Waste crime costs England almost a billion pounds a year 22nd July 2021 ESA / Fly-Tipping / Waste Crime First 1 2 … 150 151 152 … 308 309 Last