• News Biffa launches anti-slavery campaign 13th October 2020 Biffa / Hope for Justice / Modern Slavery Scottish Government launches consultation on banning single-use plastics 12th October 2020 plastic / Scotland / Single-Use Linda Crichton receives MBE for services to waste and recycling sector 12th October 2020 Defra / Queen's Honours / WRAP UK waste exports to Malaysia increased by 81% in the first half of the year 12th October 2020 malaysia / plastic / Waste Exports Sustainability is a growing business priority as a result of Covid-19, research shows 9th October 2020 business / Carbon Trust / green recovery Treatment of WEEE as metal scrap raises environmental and safety concerns 9th October 2020 waste collection / WEEE / WEEE Forum Biffa acquires Simply Waste Solutions for £35 million 9th October 2020 Acquisition / Biffa / business / Simply Waste Solutions Gen Z Londoners lead the way in repair culture 8th October 2020 London / london repair week / LWARB / repair Businesses in Putney to have recycling collected by e-bike 8th October 2020 Climate Change / London / LWARB / waste collection WRAP named a Global Alliance Partner of £50 million Earthshot Prize 8th October 2020 earthshot prize / prince william / WRAP Veolia to file ‘voluntary takeover bid’ following acquisition of 29.9% Suez stake 7th October 2020 Acquisition / SUEZ / Veolia First ever global estimate suggests 14 million tonnes of microplastics on seafloor 6th October 2020 CSIRO / microplastic / Ocean Plastic / plastic Homebase launches UK’s first ‘Green Aisle’ 6th October 2020 Consumer Behaviour / homebase / sustainability SESA voices concerns over Scotland EfW carbon report 5th October 2020 energy from waste / SESA / Zero Waste Scotland New enzyme cocktail digests plastic waste ‘six times faster’ 5th October 2020 PETase / plastic / University of Portsmouth UK’s Carbon8 deploys carbon capture at Dutch EfW plant 5th October 2020 Carbon8 / energy from waste / The Netherlands Viridor to begin sale of waste and recycling subsidiary – Reuters 2nd October 2020 Acquisition / business / KKR / Viridor ‘Blue Planet II’ may not have caused a change in plastic consumption 2nd October 2020 behaviour change / blue planet 2 / Imperial College London / University of Oxford First 1 2 … 174 175 176 … 306 307 Last