Recycling news: 2025

Fresh every day from industry press, GOV.UK and research feeds — plus the historical archive. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.

Council news Have your say: Moray Council invites feedback on library opening hours - Moray Council Moray Council · 12 Dec 2025 Council news Consultation on the Proposed Expansion of Green Park School - Wolverhampton Council Wolverhampton Council · 12 Dec 2025 Council news Parking fees and offers - swansea.gov.uk Swansea Council · 12 Dec 2025 Council news Decision - RELOCATION OF THE LISTER HOSPITAL TAXI RANK - Stevenage Borough Council Stevenage Council · 12 Dec 2025 Global EU’s new vehicle regulation misses the turn toward a circular automotive sector Early on 12 December, EU lawmakers struck a political agreement on new rules meant to make the automotive sector more circular – but the deal falls […] European Environmental Bureau · 12 Dec 2025 Industry news How do we ‘Energise Britain’ with the new public participation plan? This post is by Rachael Orr, CEO of Climate Outreach. Connection. Neighbourhood. Hope. Climate minister Katie White chaired a roundtable event in Sheffield last week to launch ‘Energising Britain’. This is the government’s new plan on how we can all feel more involved in tackling […] Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 12 Dec 2025 Global Primeur: eerste lijn voor recycling van hennep beton IsoHemp, pionier op het gebied van hennep betonblokken in Europa, heeft onlangs RecyHemp in gebruik genomen, de eerste industriële lijn ter wereld voor het recyclen van hennep beton. Deze ongekende vooruitgang in een sector waar afval een enorme uitdaging vormt, stelt het bedrijf uit Fermelmonte in staat om de kringloop te sluiten, met andere woorden […] Het bericht Primeur: eerste lijn voor re… RecyclePro · 12 Dec 2025 Industry news What went right this week: treating the ‘untreatable’, plus more Scientists treated the ‘untreatable’, economies decoupled from emissions, and a ‘lost’ bird is returning to London, plus more Positive News · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government Index of Production, UK: October 2025 time series Movements in the volume of production for the UK production industries: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, energy supply, and water and waste management. Figures are seasonally adjusted. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government Index of Production, UK: October 2025 Movements in the volume of production for the UK production industries: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, energy supply, and water and waste management. Figures are seasonally adjusted. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government GDP monthly estimate, UK: October 2025 Gross domestic product (GDP) measures the value of goods and services produced in the UK. It estimates the size of and growth in the economy. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Council news Apply for Housing Benefit - Trafford Council Trafford Council · 12 Dec 2025 Global Ingbert Liebing zum neuen Präsidenten von SGI Europe gewählt SGI Europe vertritt die Interessen der Daseinsvorsorge gegenüber der Europäischen Union und ist einer der vier von der EU-Kommission offiziell anerkannten Sozialpartner. Die Generalversammlung von SGI Europe, dem einzigen branchenübergreifenden europäischen Verband für öffentliche Arbeitgeber, Unternehmen und Körperschaften, hat in Brüssel einstimmig eine neue Spitze gewählt. Ingbert Liebing, H… Recyclingportal.eu · 12 Dec 2025 Global Langzeitstudie zu POM in der Automobil- und Haushaltsgeräteindustrie Wie beeinflusst eine Lagerung von 15 Jahren die Leistungsfähigkeit von POM-Materialien, etwa bei Ersatzteilen der Automobilindustrie? Und welche Bedeutung hat das für die Verwendung von Rezyklaten in der Produktion? Experten aus dem Fraunhofer-Institut für Betriebsfestigkeit und Systemzuverlässigkeit LBF haben in einer umfassenden Untersuchung die Langzeiteigenschaften von Kunststoffen analysie… Recyclingportal.eu · 12 Dec 2025 Global Deutsche Kautschukindustrie für Stärkung des Reifenrecyclings Die deutsche Kautschukindustrie hat sich für eine Stärkung des Reifenrecyclings ausgesprochen. „Obwohl die Kreislaufwirtschaft in diesem Bereich eine Erfolgsgeschichte ist, liegt noch viel Potenzial brach, das gehoben werden muss“, erläutert der Technische Geschäftsführer des Wirtschaftsverbands der deutschen Kautschukindustrie (wdk), Stephan Rau, in Frankfurt am Main. Rau verweist auf die gewa… Recyclingportal.eu · 12 Dec 2025 Global Glasrecycling in Deutschland steuert auf eine Krise zu Auf der 8. Konferenz Verpackungsrecycling in Berlin hat Marc Uphoff, bvse-Vizepräsident für das Glasrecycling und Geschäftsführer der Reiling-Unternehmensgruppe, eindringlich vor einem möglichen Zusammenbruch des deutschen Glasrecyclingsystems gewarnt. Seine Analyse zeigt: Ein eigentlich gut funktionierender Wertstoffkreislauf droht ins Stocken zu geraten – und zwar an mehreren Stellen gleichze… Recyclingportal.eu · 12 Dec 2025 Global Verpackungskreisläufe stärken – mit verlässlichen Rahmenbedingungen und Innovation Die Beiträge der 8. Konferenz Verpackungsrecycling, veranstaltet von den Verbänden AVU, BDE und bvse mit 160 Teilnehmenden, machten deutlich, dass Fortschritte in Digitalisierung, Verpackungsinnovationen und Recyclingprozessen untrennbar mit stabilen politischen Rahmenbedingungen verbunden sind. Vor dem Hintergrund neuer gesetzlicher Vorgaben und technischer Entwicklungen betonten die Verbände,… Recyclingportal.eu · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government Stronger tech ties and international agreements on AI to modernise public services and reduce costs for Britons as UK Tech Minister wraps Canada visit Technology Minister Ian Murray returns from the latest G7 Ministerial gathering in Canada with strengthened tech ties and new agreements in key areas. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government New qualifications to tackle NHS skills shortage New qualifications in MedTech to tackle 145,000 skills shortage and ease NHS pressures. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government How we will review qualifications The stages we use to review qualifications. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government UK and Singapore launch a regulatory innovation corridor to speed up access to breakthrough health technologies Patients in the UK and Singapore could gain faster access to cutting-edge healthcare innovations under a new partnership bringing two globally respected regulators together with one of the world’s leading biotech creators. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government Free courses for jobs offer: approval criteria Criteria that qualifications in the free courses for jobs offer need to meet. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government Post-16 funding approval moratorium and moratorium exemption approval criteria We stopped routinely considering new regulated qualifications at level 3 and below for funding approval, for students aged 16 and over (including 19 plus), from 1 September 2020. We will continue to approve some new qualifications for funding where they meet exemption criteria. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Policy & government Young people encouraged to Reach for the Sky as government announces £750,000 to create the next generation of aviators Funding ensures young people from all backgrounds can learn about the varied, highly skilled jobs and future opportunities in aviation across the UK. GOV.UK · 12 Dec 2025 Global Phoenix Technologies shuts Ohio RPET plant The reclaimer, owned by Taiwanese polyester giant Far Eastern New Century, shuttered its Poe Road site in Bowling Green but is keeping its RPET pellet operations open. Resource Recycling (US) · 11 Dec 2025 Industry news Heineken: UK DRS plans ‘must not fail on interoperability pledge’ MRW Heineken: UK DRS plans ‘must not fail on interoperability pledge’ Policy debate hears arguments about urgent planning needed to reduce complexity of operating different, interoperable schemes between borders to avoid potential supply disrupt Heineken: UK DRS plans ‘must not fail on interoperability pledge’ Neil Merrett MRW (Materials Recycling World) · 11 Dec 2025 Industry news Defra rules out inquiry call for independent waste crime review MRW Defra rules out inquiry call for independent waste crime review Official response to recent Lords inquiry into illegal waste activities has been criticised as being “complacent” by the cross-party committee that has demanded action on enforcement failings Defra rules out inquiry call for independent waste crime review Neil Merrett MRW (Materials Recycling World) · 11 Dec 2025 Policy & government Bird flu: rules if you keep racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds How to manage racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak. GOV.UK · 11 Dec 2025 Policy & government Unlocking Space One Stop Shop for Information Content designed to support organisations already working, or aiming to work, across civil and defence space with relevant information about a range of topics. GOV.UK · 11 Dec 2025 Council news Tell us you're moving if you're applying for school Tell us you're moving if you're applying for school Tell us you're moving if you're applying for school What you need to do If your child's main home address changes while you're applying for a school place, send an email to the School Admissions Team to let us know. School Admissions Team 01273 293 653 schooladmissions@brighton-hove.gov.uk Contact the School Admissions Team about the allocatio… Brighton and Hove Council · 11 Dec 2025 Industry news Plastic Packaging Tax: What Is It and Where Is It Heading? The post Plastic Packaging Tax: What Is It and Where Is It Heading? appeared first on Clarity . Clarity Environmental · 11 Dec 2025 Global Bioplastics Newsletter (20) Read the articles and watch social media clips. Bioplastics News · 11 Dec 2025 Policy & government First Clean Energy Jobs Fair held at Port of Tyne Energy Secretary and Minister for Industry attended first Clean Energy Jobs Fair at the Port of Tyne in North East England. GOV.UK · 11 Dec 2025 Industry news China Briefing 11 December 2025: Winter record looms; Joint climate statement with France; How ‘mid-level bureaucrats’ help shape policy Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... Carbon Brief · 11 Dec 2025 Industry news Emmaus UK welcomes new government homelessness strategy The government’s National Plan to End Homelessness is a welcome step in the right direction – but more needs to be done to protect supported housing providers in the long-term.... Emmaus UK · 11 Dec 2025 Global Virginia opens comment for state solid waste plan Virginia is taking public comment on a draft solid waste plan that updates decades-old rules, raises recycling goals, expands data reporting and charts a 20-year shift toward a circular system. Resource Recycling (US) · 11 Dec 2025 Industry news Q&A: Five key climate questions for China’s next ‘five-year plan’ China’s central and local governments, as well as state-owned enterprises, are busy preparing for the... Carbon Brief · 11 Dec 2025 Industry news Q3 UK Battery Compliance Data for 2025 The Environment Agency published the Q3 2025 UK Battery data on 1st December 2025. Der Beitrag Q3 UK Battery Compliance Data for 2025 erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 11 Dec 2025 Industry news Q3 UK WEEE Compliance Data for 2025 The Environment Agency published the Q3 2025 UK WEEE data on 1st December 2025. The collection data shows that some streams continue to fall short of the UK targets after quarter 3. Der Beitrag Q3 UK WEEE Compliance Data for 2025 erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 11 Dec 2025 Policy & government 88 Montpelier Road, London CR8 2QB : LON/00AH/HMB/2025/0008 Residential Properly Tribunal Decision of Judge Nicol Mr S Wheeler MCIEH CEnvH on date 27th November 2025 GOV.UK · 11 Dec 2025