• News 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 Proposed Sale of Viridor for £4.2 billion 19th March 2020 acquisitions / Pennon Group / Viridor Council issues 5 step Coronavirus waste collection guidance 18th March 2020 Clinical Waste / Coronavirus / east devon district council / hazardous waste Veolia Recycling and Energy Recovery facility starts low carbon heat delivery in City of Leeds 18th March 2020 Leeds City Council / Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility / Veolia “Hard to recycle” single use plastics to be banned in Wales 18th March 2020 Litter / Ocean Plastics / plastic / Single-Use / Wales Global Recycling Day 2020 honours recycling heroes across the world 18th March 2020 Global Recycling Day / Recycling Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme pushed back to 2022 18th March 2020 DRS / packaging / Scotland WRAP’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap expands focus to farms 17th March 2020 Farming / Food Waste / Surplus Food / WRAP Hull man fined for illegal transport of waste 17th March 2020 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Biffa to unlock an estimated £1.25bn of “green economy” investment 17th March 2020 Biffa / Climate Change / Green Economy / infrastructure / Investment Iceland announces 29% reduction in plastic usage 16th March 2020 Iceland / packaging / plastic / Supermarkets Cardiff finds 4,000 incidents of contamination since Pink Sticker scheme launch 16th March 2020 Cardiff City Council / contamination / Fines First 1 2 … 199 200 201 … 308 309 Last
