• News Lavazza ad banned for misleading “compostable” coffee capsule claim 1st May 2025 Advertising Standards Authority / lavazza One in seven UK couples clash over recycling habits 1st May 2025 Every Can Counts / household recycling / reycling Public demands tougher action on litter as councils face voter backlash ahead of local elections 30th April 2025 Litter / Local Elections / Waste Crime Councils to seize and crush fly-tipping vehicles 30th April 2025 Defra / fly tipping / Waste Crime Universal kerbside battery collections could save £6bn, report says 29th April 2025 Batteries / Environmental Services Association / Waste Fires ETS expansion could lead to waste service cuts, warn councils 28th April 2025 Emissions Trading Scheme / local authorities / Local Government Association News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates 25 April 25th April 2025 packaging EU’s current policies are ‘insufficient’ to reduce resource use 25th April 2025 Circular Economy / EU / Zero Waste Europe Renew Community Fund relaunches with up to £220,000 available 24th April 2025 Greater Manchester Combined Authority / redistribution / repair 20 community groups recieve £15,000 in grants from NLWA 23rd April 2025 North London Waste Authority / repair / upcycling AI-based paper cup recycling pilot launches in Cardiff 23rd April 2025 Deposit Return Scheme / Paper Cup / Recycling New £150m recycling group formally launches 23rd April 2025 Deposit Return Scheme / Extended Producer Responsibility / Simpler Recycling Construction begins on “UK’s first” at-scale EV battery recycling and refining plant 22nd April 2025 battery recycling / Critical Raw Materials / Electric Vehicles Two men fined for burning waste on rural land 22nd April 2025 Environment Agency / open waste burning / Waste Crime Virgin Media O2 says it has cut its Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 56% 22nd April 2025 Plastic Packaging / Scope 3 Emissions / Virgin Media O2 Haringey issued £1.3m in fly-tipping and littering fines last year 17th April 2025 Fly-Tipping / Litter / local authorities Veolia launches new 25,000-per-year Hazardous Waste Facility 17th April 2025 hazardous waste / Recycling / Veolia 65% of Brits says Easter eggs are excessively packaged 16th April 2025 Easter Eggs / packaging / Recycling First 1 2 … 31 32 33 … 306 307 Last
