• News First investment of £30m support for the UK’s transition to a circular economy 25th February 2020 Circular Economy / Circular Economy Programme / Defra / UK Research and Innovation New approach urgently required as risk of people sleeping in bins grows 24th February 2020 Biffa / CIWM / Sleeping In Bins / The Open University US companies use “misleading” recyclable labels on hundreds of plastic products – Greenpeace 24th February 2020 Greenpeace / labels / MRF / plastic / USA Arsenal FC saves half a million single-use plastic cups 21st February 2020 arsenal fc / Friends of the Earth / plastic / Single-Use Textile recyclers call for “better regulation” following ITN investigation 21st February 2020 Ghana / textile recyclers association / Textile Waste / Waste Exports Wheelabrator Technologies withdraws Hampshire waste-to-energy project 20th February 2020 energy from waste / Harewood / Wheelabrator Technologies HSE says it “will not tolerate” abuse of its staff following incident 20th February 2020 abusive behaviour / HSE Scheme to help “gain respect” for waste collection teams 20th February 2020 local authorities / Veolia / waste collection / West Berkshire Council Co-op first retailer to introduce recyclable pizza packaging 20th February 2020 Co-Op / packaging / plastic / polystyrene Shipments of “highly active” waste to be sent from the UK to Germany 19th February 2020 hazardous waste / International Nuclear Services / Nuclear Decommissioning Authority / Sellafield Ltd Air New Zealand diverts nearly 900 tonnes of inflight waste from landfill 19th February 2020 air new zealand / in-flight waste / landfill / on the go Fly-tipping incident occurs every 30 seconds in England 19th February 2020 Fly-Tipping / Litter / market expert / Waste Crime £1m plan to ditch disposables in Scottish communities 18th February 2020 coffee cups / plastic / Scotland / Single-Use / Zero Waste Scotland 1.6m UK households helped by reuse charities and social enterprises in 2019 18th February 2020 Furniture Reuse / Reuse Network / social impact EU invests more than €100m to promote a “green and climate-neutral” Europe 18th February 2020 Climate Change / EU / EU LIFE+ / European Commission Mitchells & Butlers aims for 80% recycling with new Biffa contract 17th February 2020 Biffa / Mitchells and Butlers / waste contract P&G & Viridor contract to save 200 million bottles of virgin plastic 17th February 2020 PET / plastic / Procter And Gamble / Viridor City partnership to help “future-proof” UK with circular economy principles 14th February 2020 Circular Economy / Climate Change / COP26 / Glasgow / London / Scotland First 1 2 … 202 203 204 … 308 309 Last
