• News Draft WISH guidance: Social distancing “difficult or impossible” for waste crews 31st March 2020 Coronavirus / waste collection / WISH Waste sector called on to donate protective equipment to NHS 30th March 2020 Coronavirus / NHS / Powerday / PPE Fire crews urge residents not to burn their waste 30th March 2020 Coronavirus / open waste burning / Wigan Council Appeal for residents not to put tissues in with recycling 30th March 2020 Coronavirus / Lichfield District Council / waste collection Council workers “spat and sworn at” amid COVID-19 crisis 30th March 2020 Coronavirus / local authorities / Local Government Association / waste collection COVID-19 | DS Smith develops “stack, drop and go” boxes for “safer delivery” 27th March 2020 Coronavirus / DS Smith / packaging British American Tobacco to make “all plastic packaging recyclable” 27th March 2020 British American Tobacco / plastic / tobacco 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 First 1 2 … 198 199 200 … 308 309 Last
