• News Access to Illegal waste site blocked by restriction order 27th March 2020 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Wood recyclers call for re-opening of recycling centres “as soon as practical” 27th March 2020 Coronavirus / Waste Wood / wood recycler association COVID-19 | Councils urged to prepare for “surge” in food waste 26th March 2020 Coronavirus / Food Waste / l / Northern Ireland Designing batteries for circular economy will prevent “mountains” of battery waste 26th March 2020 battery waste / Climate Change / Electric Vehicles Message from waste sector to public: “We’re working hard to maintain your services” 25th March 2020 Coronavirus / waste collection / Waste Management New tool to support cities’ transition to circular economy 25th March 2020 Circle City Scan / Circle Economy / Circular Economy / Technology Ray Georgeson steps into interim executive role at WasteAid 25th March 2020 Appointments / mike webster / Ray Georgeson / WasteAid UK COVID-19 | Unsound waste management could cause “unforeseen knock-on effects”, says UN 25th March 2020 Coronavirus / international / United Nations / Waste Management COVID-19 | Government urged to class parts of the plastic sector as “key workers” 24th March 2020 BPF / Construction / Coronavirus / packaging / plastic Asia-Pacific to adopt nano-technology to tackle food loss and waste, says GlobalData 24th March 2020 Asia-Pacific / Food Waste / Global Data / nanotechnology Scotland’s Environment Secretary calls for halt to Brexit negotiations amid COVID-19 crisis 24th March 2020 Brexit / Coronavirus / Defra / Roseanna Cunningham / Scotland Londoners need “right skills” for city to transition to circular economy 23rd March 2020 Circular Economy / Climate Change / London / net zero Temporary suspension of HGV testing will help “keep waste sector’s wheels turning” – ESA 23rd March 2020 Coronavirus / ESA / MOT / Public Service Vehicles / refuse collection vehicles COVID-19 | Councils reducing waste services amid staff shortages 23rd March 2020 Coronavirus / local authorities / waste collection WRAP launches £1.5m grant fund to support textiles projects 20th March 2020 Fast Fashion / Textile Recycling / textiles / WRAP COVID-19 | Waste sector recognised as “critical” | England suspends bag charge for online deliveries 20th March 2020 Carrier Bag Levy / Coronavirus / waste collection COVID-19: Waste sector operatives must be classed as “key-workers” 19th March 2020 Coronavirus / ESA / local authorities / Waste Collections UK recycling rate decreases by 0.5% 19th March 2020 Defra / Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics / packaging / Recycling First 1 2 … 196 197 198 … 306 307 Last