Recycling news: 2025

Global Ontario Announces Domestic Biobased Content Requirements for Diesel Fuel and Gasoline Bioplastics News · 3 Sept 2025 Policy & government UK Nature Envoy visits Philippines to boost climate partnership UK Nature Envoy Ruth Davis visited the PH to boost climate, ocean, and nature partnerships, launching a grant fund and advancing cooperation ahead of COP30. GOV.UK · 3 Sept 2025 Policy & government Heroic British Captain receives prestigious Merchant Navy Medal for saving 89 lives at sea Recipients of the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service 2025 have been announced. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government New Horizon campaign to push UK as partner of choice to world’s top researchers UK to launch campaign in Spain and Germany to showcase the benefits of working with UK researchers and businesses through Horizon Europe. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government UK-Saudi investment creates 100 new British jobs 180 new jobs are set to be created in the UK and Saudi Arabia from more than £360 million of new joint investment, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds announced at the GREAT FUTURES Summit in London. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government Artificial Intelligence sector study 2024 An analysis of the UK’s AI sector, developing robust estimates of the scale and scope of firms developing AI products and services in the UK. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news Analytics tools to be installed at Fullmark BESS facilities BESS analytics provider Twaice and Fullmark Energy, the energy storage company previously known as Hecate Grid, has announced a three-year partnership to install Twaice's battery analytics platform at four BESS projects in southern California.Twaice said its analytics tools are currently used at the 20MW/80MWh Johanna BESS project owned by Fullmark and will be installed at… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news ROSS releases DPM-150 double planetary mixer Mixer company ROSS has released the DPM-150 double planetary mixer for mixing high-viscosity materials.The firm said the new mixer has a unique agitation system and is heavy-duty, being able to process formulations ranging from 20 to 150 gallons and viscosities over 6 million centipoise. It is one of several production models being used in thousands… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 2 Sept 2025 Global A brief look at next generation circular economy In this special episode of the Reloop Brief, we listen in on the Reloop Unpacks conference held in Brussels in June 2025. Clarissa Morawski moderates a fast-moving panel on how digital and AI tools are reshaping the way we track, sort, and return materials in a circular economy. Reloop Platform · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v The Information Commissioner: [2025] UKUT 251 (AAC) Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 28 July 2025. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government Children’s social care: virtual school head role extension How local authorities should extend the virtual school head role to promote the education of children with a social worker and children in kinship care. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons Surprising discoveries about the species responsible for 90 per cent of mushroom-related deaths is revealing the fungi kingdom to be even stranger than we had thought New Scientist — Environment · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government Foreign Influence Registration Scheme specified powers: Iran Sets out the foreign powers and organisations from Iran which are specified on the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Global Uw specialist in overkappingen op maat VDHcovers is een Belgisch familiebedrijf met meer dan 50 jaar ervaring in het ontwerpen, produceren en monteren van hoogwaardige overkappingen en loodsen. Door het volledige proces van ontwerp tot montage in eigen beheer te houden, garandeert VDHcovers kwaliteit, flexibiliteit en korte doorloop-tijden. Dat maakt van hen de ideale partner voor ondernemers die op zoek zijn […] Het bericht Uw spec… RecyclePro · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news Can we finally recycle all of the metal in scrap cars? Scrap cars could be used to build new electric vehicles thanks to a new process for turning various aluminium alloys into a strong and mouldable metal New Scientist — Environment · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government Access to blue space in England Estimates of household access to outdoor blue spaces in England. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news £104 million funding to improve local transport The government has announced an additional £104 million in funding to improve local transport across England, aimed at making journeys faster, smoother and more reliable for millions of people. The funding, which forms part of a wider £2.3 billion investment in local transport, will be distributed to councils across the country, including towns and rural […] Air Quality News · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government FCDO Official Development Assistance programme allocations 2025 to 2026: equality impact assessment An equality impact assessment of the FCDO's proposed Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations for financial year 2025 to 2026. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news Over 45k potentially contaminated land sites identified across Wales Research by Friends of the Earth Cymru has suggested that there could be more than 45,000 contaminated sites across Wales. The environmental campaign group submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to all 22 Welsh local authorities, asking for their contaminated land registers. Of these, 18 councils responded. The information provided, combined with Friends of the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news Toshiba releases new automotive photorelay for BMS Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage, the semiconductor and storage solutions subsidiary of Japanese electronics company Toshiba, has announced the release of an automotive photorelay called the TLX9161T with an output withstand voltage of 1500V.The company said that reducing battery charging times and improving the cruising range of vehicles are factors needed to popularise EVs. Both… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government Homes England advice notes — advice note 2 Using community engagement to understand and deliver ‘locally relevant’ social value outcomes. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government Sri Lanka: country policy and information notes Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news Alarming levels of microplastic pollution revealed by Hampshire chalk stream study Chalk streams – globally rare rivers once known for their gin-clear waters – are being impacted by microparticle pollution to a disturbing extent, according to a new study, seemingly the first to gather this kind of monitoring data about a chalk stream. Fewer than 300 chalk streams exist worldwide, and England is home to most […] Envirotec Magazine · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news INTERVIEW: ‘FlexCollect – It wasn’t easy in the early days’ At yesterday’s launch event, Letsrecycle spoke to the “flexperts” about making the FlexCollect trials happen. Gareth Callan, UK Packaging Sustainability Lead at PepsiCo, and James Marsh, Senior Packaging Specialist at Nestlé, are both part of the Flexible Plastics Fund as brand partners. Robbie Staniforth, Innovation and Policy Director at Ecosurety, heads the team which pulled … Read More The … letsrecycle.com News · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news The hidden value in EPR reporting data The introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has rattled many industries, with companies concerned about potential cost increases. However, EPR may also present an opportunity to reduce disposal costs or even cash in on some commercial waste. Recycling rebate experts at BusinessWaste.co.uk are advising business owners to re-evaluate their waste to discover if they could […] Envirotec Magazine · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news Applying advanced waste reduction strategies in modern warehousing This article contains sponsored content. Modern warehouses generate an estimated 2.5 million tonnes of operational waste annually across the UK, with packaging materials accounting for nearly 60% of this total. Traditional recycling approaches, while valuable, only address waste after it has been created. Advanced waste reduction strategies focus on prevention, optimisation, and systemic change… Envirotec Magazine · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government Ransomware: proposals to increase incident reporting and reduce payments to criminals The government is consulting on proposals to reduce the threat posed by the criminal infection of computer systems with malicious 'ransomware' software. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Global Estimation of bio-oil yield for biomass using hybrid models https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669025012579 Bioplastics News · 2 Sept 2025 Global Understanding the Production Process of PBAT: From Raw Materials to Sustainable Innovation https://www.chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals/NewsDetails/understanding-the-production-process-of-pbat-from-raw-materials-to-sustainable-38884 Bioplastics News · 2 Sept 2025 Global Tobacco companies market “biodegradable” filters from new materials https://www.thequint.com/climate-change/cigarette-filters-dont-protect-smokers-health-only-cause-plastic-pollution-is-it-time-to-ban-them Bioplastics News · 2 Sept 2025 Global Can sustainable packaging save our cities (Times of India) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/can-sustainable-packaging-save-our-cities/articleshow/123626303.cms Bioplastics News · 2 Sept 2025 Global Disappearing Plastic https://teen.gwnews.com/articles/disappearing-plastic Bioplastics News · 2 Sept 2025 Global Evaluation of the impact of polylactide microparticles on soil biota https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40887507 Bioplastics News · 2 Sept 2025 Global Using milk proteins to make a new bioplastic https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/novel-ingredient-makes-a-new-bioplastic- https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/17/16/2207 Bioplastics News · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government CMA's approach to markets work How the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will use its markets tools to unlock economic growth and build consumer confidence. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news Hydrogen and Lithium: Car Companies Align on Net Zero The post Hydrogen and Lithium: Car Companies Align on Net Zero appeared first on Recyclus Group | The UK’s First Industrial Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Recyclers . Recyclus Group news · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news POLITICAL PRINT: Making the most of a Brexit breakthrough A willingness to confront difficult policy issues head-on is one way Labour can distinguish itself from an ascendant Reform, says Nick Hughes. As MPs returned to Westminster on Monday following a red-hot summer there was no doubting who had set the political weather in August. Nigel Farage Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 2 Sept 2025 Global A new member joins the ESWET family We are excited to announce that Wasteer has joined ESWET as the association’s newest member. Wasteer employs AI computing to... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 2 Sept 2025 Industry news ‘Alarming’ amount of microplastic pollution in Hampshire chalk stream Chalk streams – a rare type of river that rises from springs in landscapes with chalk bedrock – are being impacted by microparticle pollution, according to a new study. The ‘first-of-its-kind’ study by the University of Brighton and the Upper Itchen Restoration Community Interest Company (UIR CIC) on the River Itchen in Hampshire has […] Circular Online (CIWM) · 2 Sept 2025 Policy & government UK’s flagship public markets programme receives Norwegian support The UK’s MOBILIST programme will receive NOK40 million (£2,9 million) of additional funding from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation over 3 years. GOV.UK · 2 Sept 2025