Insight Simpler Recycling in action: Progress and challenges for England’s local authorities 21st January 2026 Food Waste / local authorities / Simpler Recycling News Birmingham bin strikes forecast to cost council £14.6m 21st January 2026 Birmingham bin strikes / household collections / local authorities News Tank shell discovery forces Devon recycling centre to close 21st January 2026 HWRCs / local authorities / residual waste News Defra challenges ‘completely false’ Simpler Recycling reports 16th January 2026 Defra / local authorities / Simpler Recycling News Leeds City Council partners to trial coffee pod recycling at HWRCs 13th January 2026 HWRCs / local authorities / Podback News Suffolk County Council and Biffa sign £12m MRF upgrade contract 13th January 2026 Biffa / local authorities / Materials Recovery Facility News Northern Ireland recycling rate stagnates as Energy from Waste expands, Daera figures show 15th December 2025 local authorities / Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics News Man arrested after hundreds of tonnes of waste dumped in Bromley 10th December 2025 local authorities / Waste Crime Insight How local authorities have led on the circular economy in 2025 10th December 2025 CIWM / local authorities / reuse News LARAC appoint Gareth Rollings as Chair 8th December 2025 LARAC / local authorities News Productivity up despite refuse strike, says Birmingham council 4th December 2025 Birmingham bin strikes / local authorities Interview How Islington Council are helping grassroots circular initiatives to grow 20th November 2025 Circular Economy / local authorities News 150-metre fly-tipping mountain in Kidlington branded an ‘environmental disaster’ 18th November 2025 fly tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime News Agency workers join Birmingham bin strikes as dispute set to run into 2026 18th November 2025 Birmingham bin strikes / local authorities / Refuse Collection News ‘Major Problem’: Keep Britain Tidy urges crackdown on rogue waste operators as fly-tipping surges 11th November 2025 Fly-Tipping / Keep Britain Tidy / local authorities / Waste Crime News London company secures £1.3m to scale smart food-waste bin 10th November 2025 Food Waste / local authorities / Simpler Recycling News Agency workers vote on whether to join bin strikes in Birmingham 28th October 2025 Birmingham bin strikes / Industrial action / local authorities Insight Why prevention is the new recycling: A blueprint for local authorities 28th October 2025 local authorities / Recycling / Waste Hierarchy First 1 2 3 4 5 … 25 26 Last