• News Enva to open Scotland’s “only” fridge recycling facility 5th March 2024 Enva / Recycling / WEEE UK to establish “world’s first” UN-backed centre for circular economy research 4th March 2024 Circular Economy / Defra / United Nations Recycling firm fined £300,000 after man killed by shovel loader 4th March 2024 Health and Safety Executive / Waste Crime Aldi and Flexible Plastic Fund pioneer tracking system to make flexible plastic recycling more transparent 1st March 2024 Aldi / Circular Economy / plastic News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates 1st March 2024 New era begins for the Green Compass Scheme 29th February 2024 Green Compass Keep Britain Tidy unveils a new version of the waste hierarchy 29th February 2024 Circular Economy / Keep Britain Tidy / Waste Hierarchy UK hits emissions milestone but faces critical decision on future targets 28th February 2024 Climate Change / Climate Change Committee UK to establish world’s first UN-backed centre for circular economy research 27th February 2024 Circular Economy / Defra / United Nations 71% of people believe supermarkets and retailers use too much packaging 26th February 2024 LGA / local authorities / OPRL / packaging Belgium becomes first European country to recognise “ecocide” as international level crime 26th February 2024 Belgium / Environmental Crime / international Report: Global municipal solid waste projected to increase to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050 26th February 2024 Circular Economy / Global Waste Management / ISWA / UNEP Waste firm to pay £68,500 after liquid cyanide leak in Derbyshire 23rd February 2024 Environment Agency / Waste Crime / water Study finds 23% of material discarded by NI households was food that could have been eaten 22nd February 2024 Food Waste / Recycling / WRAP Boots launches blister pack recycling pilot 21st February 2024 boots / packaging / Recycling Moore says “no options” off the table for dealing with Walleys Quarry 20th February 2024 Defra / Environment Agency / landfill Labour criticises Environment Agency over Walleys Quarry odour 20th February 2024 Defra / Environment Agency / landfill Tesco launches tubeless kitchen foil to reduce cardboard packaging 19th February 2024 cardboard / packaging / Tesco First 1 2 … 61 62 63 … 309 310 Last