Residual waste in England falls to five-year low, Defra data shows
Residual waste levels in England fell to their lowest point in five years during 2024, according to the latest figures published by the Department...
Multi waste buckets to bring pre-shredding into loading stage
Finnish waste processing equipment manufacturer Tana Oy has expanded its waste processing portfolio with the launch of the TANA Multi Waste Buckets MWB17 and...
Dealing with the waste from old wind turbines
Decommissioning old wind turbines generates thousands of tons of new waste. If we don't create incentives and regulations that force the responsible handling of...
New recycling laws: opportunity or risk for micro businesses?
As England’s Simpler Recycling reforms approach, recycling expert Keenan Recycling explores how micro businesses can turn upcoming compliance requirements into an opportunity. The group...
New conference will shine a light on waste crime amid record incidents
A new national conference taking place on 19 March (online) will address the growing challenge of waste crime, following new Government data showing that...
Circular Construction Hub launches in London
What's said to be the UK’s first Circular Construction Hub has been launched in the Royal Docks in London, which will aim to ensure...
Closing the flexibles loop
Flexible plastics account for more than half of all plastic packaging in use today, but precious little gets recycled, and they are less amenable...
UK outperforms many of its peers on circularity, but residual waste will be an...
Britain ranks among the better performers on waste management compared with other advanced economies, but — like its peers — will still face substantial...
Comment: The future of biotechnology is growing on Scotland’s farms
By Liz Fletcher
Industrial biotechnology is often portrayed as something that happens solely within controlled lab environments, yet that view misses a significant opportunity. The...
Campaigners highlight a plastic hole in Scottish circularity plans
Campaigners from Friends of the Earth Scotland have raised the alarm about the omission of plastic from the Scottish government's draft Circular Economy Strategy,...
US groups demonstrate commerical scale PFAS destruction of high-flow industrial wastewater
US firm Claros Technologies has completed a commercial-scale run of its proprietary UV-photochemical PFAS destruction method, reportedly achieving over 99.99% destruction across long, short,...
Comment: the five waste stories that shaped 2025
2025 has been a turbulent year for the UK’s waste sector, with developments including the implementation of the Simpler Recycling for Businesses legislation, and...
UV-readable recycling labels launch
A UV-readable label solution allows brands and retailers to verify recycling at barcode level. This kind of functionality was already provided by Polytag's UV...
The deadly trade-off of electronic waste recycling in Ghana
People in Ghana and across the Global South who recycle electronic waste face a difficult paradox: earning livelihoods to ensure survival comes at the...
Plastics dominate UK litter as rural and outdoor spaces emerge as pollution hotspots
A new study by the University of Portsmouth shows that plastic items make up more than seven in ten pieces of litter recorded across...
A roadmap to tackle marine litter: Experts consider key ingredients
A recent study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin itemises the practical steps required to create a roadmap for combating marine litter. It was authored...
Councils report fly-tipping as ‘major problem’ as incidents pile up
Keep Britain Tidy calls for action and says rogue 'white van’ traders are driving surge in illegal dumping
Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy is calling...
Cap-and-trade preferable to landfill bans, says report by European waste NGO
A new policy briefing from Zero Waste Europe (ZWE)1 urges the EU to move beyond narrow landfill bans and adopt a cap-and-trade system to...
Waste profiling system selected by TIME as one of the best inventions of 2025
An AI-powered camera system that profiles waste streams within recycling facilities has been included among a selection of Best Inventions by TIME.
To compile this...
Online fashion exploits plastic bag loophole prompting calls for change
Ten years after the introduction of the UK’s plastic bag levy, online fashion is failing to keep pace with progress made on the high...
