• News Preloved children’s wear retailer wins £50,000 prize 4th October 2023 reuse / Scotland / textiles Landfill Tax receipts 6% lower than the previous financial year 3rd October 2023 HMRC / landfill / Landfill Tax 66% of Welsh public wants glass to remain in DRS 3rd October 2023 Deposit Return Scheme / glass / Wales HWRCs at risk of closing if DIY waste charges removed – survey 3rd October 2023 DIY Waste / HWRCs / local authorities Worcestershire waste boss and firm fined nearly £110,000 2nd October 2023 Environment Agency / Waste Crime Redistributed food increased by 27% compared to 2021 – WRAP 2nd October 2023 Food Waste / redistribution / WRAP Lack of awareness on single-use plastic ban “concerning”, LGA says 29th September 2023 Defra / Local Government Association / Single-Use Plastic Coca-Cola invests €12m in new returnable glass bottling line 29th September 2023 Coca Cola / packaging / reuse Material Focus awards 40 projects with £1.8 million in funding 28th September 2023 Electricals / local authorities / Material Focus ZWE report says EU has a surplus in waste incineration capacity 28th September 2023 Waste Incineration / Zero Waste Europe Lego Group shelves plans to make bricks from recycled PET 26th September 2023 LEGO / PET / Recycled Material RDF Industry Group criticises ESA call for waste export ban 25th September 2023 energy from waste / RDF Industry Group / Waste Exports Councils face uncertainty as they wait on Defra announcement 25th September 2023 comingled collection / consistency collections / local authorities eBay UK launches second Circular Fashion Innovator’s Fund 25th September 2023 ebay / fashion / textiles Defra replaces consistent collections with “Simpler Recycling” 21st September 2023 consistency collections / Defra / Recycling Rishi Sunak scraps “burdensome” recycling schemes 20th September 2023 Extended Producer Responsibility / net zero / Recycling New report proposes 15 global policies to end plastic pollution 19th September 2023 Extended Producer Responsibility / Greenhouse Emissions / plastic Public generates £150m of waste when moving home every year 19th September 2023 repair / reuse / SUEZ First 1 2 … 74 75 76 … 311 312 Last
