• News Hackney restaurant fined £20,000 after nine fly-tipping incidents 2nd June 2025 Fly-Tipping / local authorities Morrisons redistributes 3 million Too Good To Go food bags 2nd June 2025 Food Waste / Morrisons / too good to go Rotherham Council invests £877,000 in fly-tipping enforcement 2nd June 2025 Fly-Tipping / local authorities UK ban on single-use vapes comes into force 30th May 2025 Defra / disposable vapes / single use Environment Agency heatmaps reveal 17,000 waste crime reports across England in two years 28th May 2025 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Birmingham secures injunction against waste strike disruption as bin backlog grows 28th May 2025 Birmingham bin strikes / Birmingham City Council / waste collection €400 Billion needed for chemical recycling to compete with virgin plastics in Europe 28th May 2025 Bain & Company / chemical recycling / plastic Liverpool to launch vegetable oil-powered fleet for food waste collection 28th May 2025 Food Waste / Liverpool City Council / waste collection Defra provides circular economy strategy update at FOCE 2025 27th May 2025 Circular Economy / Circular Economy Strategy / Defra New types of disposable vapes could bring ‘significant environmental challenges’ after ban 27th May 2025 disposable vapes / Material Focus / Recycling Aberdeenshire Council saves £2m a year by introducing orange bins 23rd May 2025 collection services / local authorities / Zero Waste Scotland Packaging company must pay £476,995 after fraud conviction 22nd May 2025 Environment Agency / Extended Producer Responsibility / packaging LIVE UPDATE: The Festival of Circular Economy 2025 21st May 2025 Circular Economy / festival of circular economy WRAP warns of high costs if used textiles sector goes under 21st May 2025 Textile Recycling / textiles / WRAP MPs launch enquiry into government’s circular economy progress 21st May 2025 Circular Economy / EFRA committee / plastic treaty New trial recycles over 300 tonnes of food waste in Newcastle 21st May 2025 Anaerobic Digestion / Food Waste / local authorities Man charged in connection with 27-tonne fly-tipping incident 20th May 2025 Fly-Tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime £1.5m funding to create repair and reuse hubs in Devon libraries 20th May 2025 National Lottery / repair / reuse First 1 2 … 31 32 33 … 309 310 Last