• News Final round of negotiations on global plastic pollution treaty begins 26th November 2024 plastic treaty / UN Environment Programme / UNEP AD firm fined £300,000 after explosion causes life-changing injuries 26th November 2024 Environment Agency / Health and Safety Executive Labour must act to close green skills gap, SUEZ report warns 25th November 2024 green skills / net zero / SUEZ Fatal injury rate in waste industry is 9 times the all industry rate 22nd November 2024 Health and Safety Executive / waste industry Defra commits to three-country DRS excluding Wales 21st November 2024 Defra / Deposit Return Scheme Mixed response to Wales’s withdrawal from UK-wide DRS 21st November 2024 Deposit Return Scheme / Extended Producer Responsibility / Simpler Recycling 30,000 tonnes of illegal waste to be removed from beauty spot 20th November 2024 Environment Agency / Waste Crime COP29: Nations commit to reducing methane from organic waste 20th November 2024 COP29 / methane / Organic Waste DS Smith expects 40% jump in contaminated recycling this winter 19th November 2024 cardboard / DS Smith / Recycling Contamination Link between resources & environment “poorly understood” in government 19th November 2024 Defra / Green Alliance / resource and waste management Welsh Government withdraws from UK Deposit Return Scheme 18th November 2024 Deposit Return Scheme / glass / Wales Global Commitment signatories outperforming peers in tackling plastic waste 18th November 2024 Ellen MacArthur Foundation / Plastic Pollution / UN Plastic Treaty £1.3 million worth of assets stolen from PET Recycling Plant 15th November 2024 PET / Recycling Plant Sustainability among top 3 factors business owners consider when buying coffee 15th November 2024 coffee pods / Nespresso / Recycling Layby waste dumps could be linked to “organised crime” 13th November 2024 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Woman fined for allowing illegal waste site to operate on her land 13th November 2024 Environment Agency / Waste Crime 50% of Londoners admit dangerous battery disposal habits 13th November 2024 Batteries / Lithium Ion Batteries / North London Waste Authority COP29 begins as ISWA calls for sustainable waste strategies 12th November 2024 Climate Change / COP29 / ISWA First 1 2 … 41 42 43 … 306 307 Last
