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Over 1,200 battery fires in bin lorries and waste sites last year

13th May 2024

Lithium Ion Batteries / Material Focus / Waste Fires

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Households hoarding 880 million unused electrical items, Material Focus says

2nd April 2024

Electricals / Material Focus / WEEE

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90% of vape producers and retailers don’t meet environmental regulations

22nd March 2024

disposable vapes / Material Focus / WEEE

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Study reveals UK throws away 500m small electricals per year

13th October 2023

disposable vapes / International E-Waste Day / Material Focus

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Material Focus awards 40 projects with £1.8 million in funding

28th September 2023

Electricals / local authorities / Material Focus

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National TV campaign launched to encourage WEEE recycling

24th March 2023

Material Focus / Recycling / WEEE

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Over 90% of UK vape producers are not meeting environmental regulations

7th March 2023

Material Focus / reuse / vapes

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Research identifies measures to improve circularity of UK WEEE

24th February 2023

Circular Economy / Material Focus / WEEE

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New £2.5 million Electricals Recycling Fund launched to tackle e-waste

2nd December 2022

E-Waste / Material Focus / Recycling

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Research: Three times more fires caused by batteries in waste stream than previously reported

19th July 2022

battery recycling / Material Focus / Waste Fires

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Two vapes thrown away every second

15th July 2022

E-Waste / Material Focus / vape waste / WEEE

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4.2 million old electricals ‘abandoned’ in UK over Christmas

13th January 2022

behaviour change / E-Waste / Material Focus

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Over 200,000 businesses could be handling waste illegally in England, research suggests

23rd July 2021

Fly-Tipping / Material Focus / Waste Crime

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The UK could recover critical raw materials worth £13 million per year from waste electricals

7th July 2021

eWaste / Material Focus / WEEE

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Research funding aims to address 500,000 tonnes of electrical waste lost each year

14th September 2020

E-Waste / Material Focus / WEEE

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UK households and businesses produce 1.45 million tonnes of e-waste a year

16th July 2020

E-Waste / Material Focus / WEEE

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