• News Report: Plastic waste going into landfill could be cut to 1% by 2030 14th January 2021 British Plastics Federation / landfill / plastic Lithium-ion battery waste fires costing UK over 150m a year 13th January 2021 battery waste / Lithium Ion Batteries / Waste Fires UK criticised for not following EU over plastic waste export ban 13th January 2021 Basel Action Network / Defra / plastic / Waste Exports First medicine packet recycling programme launches for UK pharmacies 12th January 2021 healthcare / packaging / plastic / TerraCycle China trials AI-enabled sorting machines to keep plastic in circular economy 12th January 2021 Alibaba Group / plastic / Technology / Unilever Prime minister urged to replicate Covid vaccine ‘focus and urgency’ in search for climate solutions 12th January 2021 green recovery / Innovation / net zero Survey finds shift towards environmentally focused resolutions in 2021 11th January 2021 behaviour change / Garnier / green recovery Prince Charles calls for businesses to join ‘Earth charter’ 11th January 2021 net zero / Prince Charles / Terra Carta £200 million boost to upgrade UK labs to help scientists tackle COVID-19 and cut emissions 8th January 2021 Climate Change / Coronavirus / net zero Veolia sends formal proposal for Suez takeover bid 8th January 2021 acquisitions / business / SUEZ / Veolia Open burning of solid waste is ‘global threat’ 7th January 2021 Engineering X / open burning / Waste Management Research paves the way for studies on microplastics pollution 6th January 2021 Highways England / Microplastics / plastic Over 1,400 bags of waste collected from M20 following Dover border restrictions 6th January 2021 Coronavirus / Highways England / Litter Waste batteries have the #PowerToDoMore 5th January 2021 Batteries / behaviour change / Valpak Green boost for regions to cut industry carbon emissions 5th January 2021 BEIS / Climate Change / green recovery / net zero Plastic exports face disruption amid Basel Convention changes 4th January 2021 Basel Convention / plastic / Waste Exports New study shows how microalgae could be crucial to circular economy 4th January 2021 Circular Economy / Food Waste / Swansea University Veolia expands wood recycling and processing capacity by 50,000 tonnes 4th January 2021 Biomass / Veolia / Wood Recycling First 1 2 … 168 169 170 … 308 309 Last