• News Community groups awarded £165,000 to help tackle waste in Liverpool 19th May 2026 funding / repair / reuse Defra strengthens waste carrier laws after cow approved for licence 18th May 2026 Defra / Waste Carrier Licence / Waste Crime Arson investigation launched after recycling centre fire in Wales 15th May 2026 Natural Resources Wales / Recycling / Waste Fire OEP finds ‘significant weaknesses’ in regulation of waste sites 14th May 2026 Environment Agency / Office for Environmental Protection Waste company given six-figure fine for stockpiling skips 13th May 2026 Health and Safety Executive Kent councils award joint 12-year contract to FCC Environment 13th May 2026 Hydrotreated vegetable oil / local authorities / waste collection Germany was the ‘largest plastic waste exporter’ in 2025, research finds 12th May 2026 plastic / Plastic Waste / Waste Exports SUEZ installs UV tag reading and sorting system at materials recycling centre 11th May 2026 Advanced sorting / polytag / SUEZ Fire brigades called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours 11th May 2026 Batteries / Lithium Ion Batteries / Waste Fires Biffa and FCC Environment use AI for Environment Agency compliance reporting 7th May 2026 AI / Biffa / FCC Environment / greyparrot 430 tonnes of food waste collected in Derby in rollout’s first month 7th May 2026 Anaerobic Digestion / Food Waste / local authorities Over 50 businesses urge government to publish Circular Economy Growth Plan 6th May 2026 Circular Economy Growth Plan / Defra / net zero Investigation launched into ‘sickening’ 30,000-tonne waste dump 6th May 2026 Environment Agency / Natural England / Waste Crime European Commission holds Circular Economy Act talks 5th May 2026 Circular Economy / Critical Raw Materials / European Union News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates April 30th April 2026 Food Waste / local authorities / Recycling Joint letter calls on PM to release Circular Economy Growth Plan 30th April 2026 Circular Economy / Green Alliance / SUEZ ‘World’s first’ facility that converts waste plastic to aviation fuel opens 29th April 2026 plastic / Plastic Waste / Sustainable Aviation Fuels Deal agreed to end Birmingham bin strikes 27th April 2026 Birmingham bin strikes / local authorities / Unite First 1 2 … 7 8 9 … 308 309 Last
