• News SUEZ – repair and reuse will generate £63 million annually by 2028 5th April 2023 repair / reuse / SUEZ UK economy’s nature-related risk to be assessed for “first time” 5th April 2023 Defra / Green Finance Institute / UK Economy Consistent collection response delayed until after local elections 4th April 2023 CIWM / consistency collections / Defra Plastic wet wipes to be banned in England next year 4th April 2023 Defra / plastic / Wet Wipes £236,554 confiscation order issued for waste criminal in NI 3rd April 2023 DAERA / Northern Ireland / Waste Crime SUEZ reorganises waste and recycling into separate division 3rd April 2023 Circular Economy / Recycling / SUEZ 75% of British consumers support ban on plastic chewing gum 3rd April 2023 Chewing Gum / plastic / survey CPI calls for separate collections for paper and card 31st March 2023 Confederation of Paper Industries / Recycling / Separate Collections UK government unveils new plans to reach net zero 31st March 2023 Carbon Capture / net zero / SUEZ “Striking” lack of climate preparation from UK government 30th March 2023 Climate Change Committee / Environmental Policy / UK Government NLWA introduces hard plastics recycling trial 30th March 2023 local authorities / North London Waste Authority / plastic More than 79% of Brits face weekly tensions over recycling 30th March 2023 behaviour change / DS Smith / Recycling CIWM warns of skills and labour shortage in UK recycling sector 29th March 2023 Circular Economy / green skills / Recycling Scrap vehicles used as part of new offender rehabilitation programme 29th March 2023 Recycling Lives / Scrap Metal / training Coffey says a single UK-wide DRS would be the “best outcome” 29th March 2023 Defra / Deposit Return Scheme / Scotland New funding for novel plastics recycling technology announced 29th March 2023 Plastic recycling / UKRI / University of Birmingham Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge announces £3.2 million in funding 28th March 2023 Plastic Packaging / Recycling / UKRI Sunak promises to increase fly-tipping fines from £400 to £1,000 28th March 2023 Fly-Tipping / Legislation / Waste Crime First 1 2 … 89 90 91 … 309 310 Last