• News Producers must adopt new barcodes as part of the UK’s DRS 21st April 2026 Deposit Return Scheme / drinks bottles / Exchange for Change Liquidated waste management company fined £1 after man loses both legs in excavator crush 21st April 2026 health and safety / Health and Safety Executive / Waste Management King’s College London launches new circular economy tool 20th April 2026 Circular Economy / materials / resource management £22.1 trillion lost to inefficient resource use annually, report finds 20th April 2026 Circle Economy / Circular Economy New report finds including incineration in the EU ETS will ‘not drive more landfilling’ 20th April 2026 energy from waste / landfill / Waste Incineration WATA calls on government to protect sector from fuel cost spikes 16th April 2026 energy from waste / US-Iran war / Washed Aggregates Trade Association Cow called Beau Vine approved for waste carrier license 15th April 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime £8 million clean-up of illegal waste site in Kidlington begins 15th April 2026 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime Veolia awarded two-year recycling and waste contract on the Isle of Wight 14th April 2026 Household & recycling centre / local authorities / Veolia Devonshire recycling centres to accept used coffee pods 14th April 2026 Anaerobic Digestion / coffee pods / Podback Welsh Gov reject Exchange for Change as DRS administrator 14th April 2026 Deposit Return Scheme / Exchange for Change / Wales WRAP launches circular economy and recycling adverts on Sky TV 13th April 2026 Recycle Week / Recycling / WRAP Altilium awarded £18.5m to build electric vehicle battery recycling facility 13th April 2026 Batteries / Critical Raw Materials / Electric Vehicles British Plastics industry warns of ‘unprecedented’ shortages amid US-Iran war 10th April 2026 British Plastics Federation / Plastic Packaging Tax / Plastics Company fined £142,000 for exporting contaminated plastic waste 9th April 2026 Environment Agency / plastic exports / Waste Crime DRS administrator announces grant scheme for small businesses 8th April 2026 Circular Economy / Deposit Return Scheme / DRS Stonehenge fly-tipper fined £2,000 8th April 2026 Fly-Tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime New method for recycling acrylic plastic in circular system developed 7th April 2026 acrylic / chemical recycling / plastic First 1 2 … 7 8 9 … 306 307 Last
