Recycling news: 2025

Council news Household waste recycling centres - Fife Council Fife Council · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news ‘A betrayal of humanity’: Green groups decry lack of ambition in new Global Plastics Treaty draft A new draft of the global plastics pollution treaty has been released at INC-5.2, but environmental groups say it falls far short of expectations, relying on voluntary national measures rather than binding global rules. edie — Circular Economy tag · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Pacific Ocean changes may ‘lock in’ US megadrought for decades A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in the western US New Scientist — Environment · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news KKR set to launch £7bn sale of Viridor Private equity firm KKR is preparing to sell its UK-based recycling group Viridor, five years after acquisition. The US-based investor bought Viridor from Pennon Group in March 2020 for £4.2 billion, with estimates placing the current value of the group at around £7 billion – including debt. Potential bidders reportedly include infrastructure investors CK Hutchinson … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news The surprising way plants can slow Arctic melt The Arctic is the fastest-warming place on Earth, leading to a greener tundra and thawing permafrost. But there is a surprising upside to more plants, at least in the short term New Scientist — Environment · 13 Aug 2025 Global With 1 Day Left: Civil Society Groups React to Plastics Treaty Text Proposed by the INC Chair Geneva, August 13, 2025 - Today at 2:50 pm, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting for a Plastics Treaty, released a new text for negotiations. The proposal lacks all the key components that civil society groups and high ambition countries have been asking for to effectively address the plastic pollution crisis. […] Break Free From Plastic · 13 Aug 2025 Global GAIA’s Statement on the Chair’s New Text at Plastics Treaty Negotiations (INC-5.2) It ignores the will of the vast majority of Member States and caters to the wishlist of the petro-states and the fossil fuel industry. To the Global South especially, which has worked hard to fight for environmental justice, this text is an insult. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 13 Aug 2025 Council news Place Branded Products - Fermanagh & Omagh District Council Fermanagh and Omagh Council · 13 Aug 2025 Global Stop letting a small minority derail the plastics treaty: WWF https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/stop-letting-a-small-minority-derail-the-plastics-treaty-wwf Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Global Plastics Europe circularity director urges recycled content targets in UN treaty https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/un-plastic-treaty-circularity.html Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Council news Media & Communications - Fermanagh & Omagh District Council Fermanagh and Omagh Council · 13 Aug 2025 Global Plastic Treaty should ban Compostable Plastics Plastic Treaty should ban compostable plastics such as PLA and PBAT PBAT is a fossil based co-polymer mixed with bio-based polymers such as PLA to make it compostable. PLA uses food crops such as corn and sugar cane and agricultural lands. PLA competes with food production. Compostable plastics will contaminate the ‘fresh’ and organic compost […] Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Global Scientists turn grapevine waste into clear, strong films that vanish in days https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250812234523.htm Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Global The use of bacteria as an effective tool in the fight against plastic for a cleaner future The use of bacteria as an effective tool in the fight against plastic for a cleaner future Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Global Bioplastic to reduce daily plastic use: research report https://vietnamnews.vn/environment/1723057/bioplastic-to-reduce-daily-plastic-use-research-report.html Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Global Cortec launches certified compostable 100% biobased bioplastic https://www.sustainableplastics.com/news/cortec-launches-certified-compostable-100-biobased-bioplastic Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Global Sustainable DNA-polysaccharide hydrogels as recyclable bioplastics https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62682-1 Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Firm fined over £167,000 for dumping waste in Lincolnshire A transport company has been ordered to pay £167,587.13 for delivering controlled waste to an illegal site in Lincolnshire. Circular Online (CIWM) · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Simpler Recycling: How councils in England can prepare for the March 2026 food waste collections deadline The countdown has begun. By March 2026, local authorities across England will be legally required to implement weekly food waste collections from all households. This significant change, mandated by the Simpler Recycling legislation, also extends to every business within your borough. The deadline is approaching fast, and the key to a smooth, cost-effective transition lies […] Keenan Recycling · 13 Aug 2025 Policy & government Mr L Taylor v The Sun Inn: 4101043/2025 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Cabot releases conductive carbon for lithium-ion ESS US-based speciality chemicals and performance materials company Cabot Corporation has launched its new LITX 95F conductive carbon for use in lithium-ion batteries for energy storage systems (ESS).The conductive carbon is made for ESS cells used in residential, commercial and industrial applications.Cabot said that the conductive carbon delivers enhanced conductivity, long cycle life, and improv… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Urgent action is needed to reverse England’s bus decline A new Transport Committee report has warned that a decade of shrinking bus networks in England has left many towns and villages cut off, and calls on the Government to adopt a national ambition for minimum public transport connectivity by 2028–29. The report highlights that bus use outside London has fallen from 4.6 billion journeys […] Air Quality News · 13 Aug 2025 Policy & government Miss E Grainger v The Sun Inn: 4101042/2025 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Cropped 13 August 2025: Fossil-fuelled bird decline; ‘Deadly’ wildfires; Empty nature fund We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... Carbon Brief · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Global supercapacitor market to reach $4.86bn by 2036 The global supercapacitor market is projected to reach US$4.86 billion by 2036, according to a new report from IDTechEx titled Supercapacitors 2026–2036: Technologies, Applications and Forecasts. The report highlights steady growth driven by automotive, industrial, and power grid applications.Supercapacitors, also known as ultracapacitors, offer a unique balance between the high energy density … BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 13 Aug 2025 Policy & government Construction and demolition waste: how to classify Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste. GOV.UK · 13 Aug 2025 Global 5 reasons Greenpeace calls for new global tax rules at UN Tax Convention negotiations It’s a visceral symbol of our rigged economic system that is currently letting the super-rich and corporate polluters profit from destruction while people and the planet are picking up the tab. Greenpeace International · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Water shortages declared ‘nationally significant’ as drought spreads in England England is facing a deepening water crisis now classified as a “nationally significant incident”. A prolonged period of low rainfall and high temperatures has pushed large parts of the country into drought. edie — Circular Economy tag · 13 Aug 2025 Council news Secure login - step 1 - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Council · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news We want to know: what is the song, film or piece of art that’s shaped who you are? Art can be life-changing for many of us, offering comfort during tough times, but what specific piece of art has left its mark on you? Positive News · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news London’s ‘Wet Wipe Island’ is the first such mass to be removed by mechanical means Work has begun on the mass excavation of a 180-ton mass on an area of the Thames’ shore near Hammersmith Bridge, in a first-of-its-kind river clean-up project. The effort is being led and organised by the Port of London Authority with collaboration from Thames Water, in what seems the first such effort to use mechanical […] Envirotec Magazine · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news OPINION: ‘Private equity investment in recycling – Boom or bubble?’ John Tilbrook, Managing Director at Newman Stewart, looks at the influx of investment coming into the sector. OPINION: Private equity investment in the UK’s recycling sector has reached unprecedented levels in recent years, prompting an important question across the industry: are we witnessing a genuine boom, or are we on the verge of a bubble? … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 13 Aug 2025 Global Ozone onslaught across Southern Europe continues with six alarm threshold spikes already this year Italy has experienced six spikes in dangerous ground-level ozone pollution this year, as levels reached beyond the 240 mg/m3 alarm threshold [1] with devasting consequences for […] European Environmental Bureau · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news London Congestion Charge could cost car clubs £1m a year Proposed changes to London’s Congestion Charge could cost car club operators more than £1 million annually, threatening the future of shared mobility in the capital, CoMoUK has warned. Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK) says Transport for London’s plans – which include a 20% rise in the Congestion Charge and a sharp reduction in the discounts hitherto […] Air Quality News · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Share & Repair in Public Libraries in Scotland Having been under threat for years, local libraries are now working hard to become vibrant well-used community spaces with a varied programme of events and facilities. This new purpose has generated exciting possibilities for share and repair projects, with a strong synergy in purpose that focuses on reusing and borrowing. Public libraries are accessible well-loved [...] Circular Communities Scotland · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Tyres now the biggest source of emissions from vehicles, suggests testing company CEO As CEO of a company specialising in vehicle emissions, Nick Molden believes that in many countries tyres are becoming the biggest source of emissions from in-use vehicles. Speaking in a new interview on the Emissions Analytics’ YouTube page, Nick says: “Tyres are the great unappreciated source of vehicle pollution, threatening soil, water and air quality.” […] Envirotec Magazine · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) Explained Hello! This page is only available to members. Click here to login Existing members can be given access to our Members’ Area via their Account Owner or Manager. If you experience problems, or need help with this, please contact our Member Support Team . Not a member yet? Sign up here! OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) · 13 Aug 2025 Industry news Road pollution ‘stressing’ ocean life with complex chemical cocktails Chemicals released from car tyres as they wear down are washing into rivers, estuaries and the sea and they could be disrupting life at the base of the marine food web, according to a new study. Researchers found that just four days of exposure to three common tyre-derived chemicals significantly slowed the growth of tiny […] Envirotec Magazine · 13 Aug 2025 Global Alliance to end plastic waste report 2024 Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025 Global Dow and Mura cancel chemical recycling plant in Germany https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/dow-mura-technology-cancel-chemical-recycling-plant-in-germany Bioplastics News · 13 Aug 2025