• News News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates August 29th August 2025 Circular Economy Plastic Packaging Tax receipts fall by 3% 29th August 2025 HM Revenue & Customs / plastic / Plastic Packaging Tax Too Good To Go launches food waste educational programme for kids 28th August 2025 Food Waste / too good to go Proposed steel export restrictions ‘risks collapsing’ UK metals recycling industry 27th August 2025 British Metals Recycling Association / steel / Waste Exports Telford man fined £1,000 for failing to clear illegal waste site 27th August 2025 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Defra to reform waste carriers, broker and dealers regulations 27th August 2025 Defra / Waste Carriers / Waste Crime UK consortium secures £8.1 million to scale EV battery recycling 26th August 2025 Critical Raw Materials / Electric Vehicles / Lithium Ion Batteries Biffa to create 250 household waste collection jobs 22nd August 2025 Biffa / household recycling / Simpler Recycling Man sentenced for illegal waste operations that caused a major fire 21st August 2025 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Students build otter habitat out of recycled flood defence 20th August 2025 Environment Agency / Recycling National Cup Recycling Scheme announces £45,000 project fund 20th August 2025 Kerbside Collection / Paper Cup / Recycling Wales launches consultation on DRS including glass 19th August 2025 DRS / glass / Wales Cornwall man given suspended prison sentence for running illegal waste operation 19th August 2025 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Biffa calls for kerbside collections of disposable vapes 19th August 2025 Biffa / disposable vapes / Kerbside Collection Man receives suspended sentence for fly-tipping in Birmingham 18th August 2025 Fly-Tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime Global plastic pollution treaty talks collapse overnight 15th August 2025 Plastic Pollution / UN Plastic Treaty Plastic treaty talks stall as almost 100 countries reject draft deal 14th August 2025 Plastic Pollution / Recycling / UN Plastic Treaty Firm fined over £167,000 for dumping waste in Lincolnshire 13th August 2025 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime First 1 2 … 27 28 29 … 311 312 Last
