Recycling news: 2025

Industry news How should PFAS be dealt with in the UK? New NGO proposal launched Today, NGO groups, including CHEM Trust, have launched a joint proposal outlining key asks to address the environmental and health risks associated with PFAS in the UK. Overall, the proposal highlights the need for the UK to align with the European Union’s (EU) comprehensive universal PFAS (uPFAS) restriction and explains how, whilst waiting for the uPFAS […] CHEM Trust · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news BIR calls for clearer definitions of ‘green steel’ The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has called for clearer definitions on what constitutes “green steel”. In a new position statement, it warned that current methodologies risk labelling higher-emission steel – often produced from virgin raw materials – as green, while overlooking steel made from recycled content via electric arc furnace (EAF) technology. The statement … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2025 Policy & government Mr I Gothard v Tom W Beaumont Ltd: 6013673/2024 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news £150m NESS EfW facility temporarily closes A £150 million Energy-from-Waste (EfW) plant serving three Scottish councils has been temporarily taken offline following “threats” by operator Indaver to walk away from the project. The NESS facility, located in Altens, south Aberdeen, handles over 100,000 tonnes of residual waste annually from Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray. But just 18 months after operations began, … Read More The p… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news Altilium joins UK Minister for Investment in Tokyo for high-level meeting with Japanese partners Altilium, a UK-based clean technology group focused on supporting the transition to net zero, has today attended a high level meeting with UK Minister for Investment, Baroness Gustafsson CBE, at the British Embassy in Tokyo, along with senior representatives from two of its strategic shareholders, leading Japanese trading and investment group Marubeni Corporation and Mizuho [...] Altilium news · 11 Jul 2025 Global New in Germany: Ship Recycling According to EWD Benli Recycling GmbH & Co. KG in Emden, it is the first German firm to start dismantling ships, wind turbines and industrial plants in cooperation with Relog GmbH, a company that plans and implements dismantling projects. It received the approval documents from the Oldenburg Trade Supervisory Office in May this year. ewd-benli-recycling.com, […] Global Recycling · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news OPINION: Evolving leadership roles in the circular economy John Tilbrook, managing director at Newman Stewart, makes the case for developing your leadership pipeline. OPINION: The transition to a circular economy is fundamentally reshaping leadership within the waste and resource management sector. What was once a field focused on operational efficiency and compliance is now one of strategic transformation, innovation and long-term value creation. … Re… letsrecycle.com News · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news WRA issues briefing note on RPS 352 and wood storage A briefing note to help wood recyclers and processors understand RPS 352 and their waste wood storage options has been issued today (July 10) by the Wood Recyclers’ Association. Wood Recyclers Association · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news Webinar: Powering ESG strategies with circularity How can businesses avoid greenwashing and embed circularity into their ESG reporting? Resource Futures · 11 Jul 2025 Policy & government Evaluation of the Contract Readiness Programme Process and impact evaluation of the Contract Readiness Programme for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. GOV.UK · 11 Jul 2025 Policy & government Evaluation of the Social Enterprise Boost Fund Process, impact and value for money evaluation of the Social Enterprise Boost Fund, an up to £5.1m fund to accelerate social enterprise activity in disadvantaged areas. GOV.UK · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news Driving Efficiency: Equipment Upgrades Boost Recyclus Plant Output The post Driving Efficiency: Equipment Upgrades Boost Recyclus Plant Output appeared first on Recyclus Group | The UK’s First Industrial Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Recyclers . Recyclus Group news · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news Orcas found fashioning tools and trying to offer food to humans One research team has observed killer whales trying to share their prey with humans, while another spots the giant mammals using ‘massage brushes’. Already considered one of the most intelligent species on the planet and nicknamed ‘humans of the sea’ by some, scientists believe they now have evidence of a concerted effort by the ocean […] Environment Journal · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news 100,000 new EV charge points plugged into £381m public funding The recent announcement is centred on helping those lacking private driveways and with limited access to public charging stations to transition away from internal combustion engines. Driven by Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood, those behind the project hope it could more than double the number of electric vehicle [EV] charge points across Britain. The […] Environment Journal · 11 Jul 2025 Council news Family Information Digital Offer | Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth (Mitcham office) - Merton Council Merton Council · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news Spanish bakery Monbake hires Reckitt exec as CEO - Global Food Industry News Just Food — sustainability · 11 Jul 2025 Council news Family Information Digital Offer | Merton Community Transport - Merton Council Merton Council · 11 Jul 2025 Council news A382 upgrade funding confirmed by Government - Teignbridge District Council Teignbridge Council · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news Court rules Spain breached residents' human rights in landmark case on livestock megapollution - ClientEarth ClientEarth · 11 Jul 2025 Council news Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council - Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Stockton-on-Tees Council · 11 Jul 2025 Policy & government Single-use plastic bans update - Green Industries SA Green Industries SA · 11 Jul 2025 Council news Child Health Clinic (Ivy Gardens) - Merton Council Merton Council · 11 Jul 2025 Council news Family Information Digital Offer | Falguni Shah - Merton Council Merton Council · 11 Jul 2025 Global Gas duurder maken lukt, vergroenen (nog) niet Vlaanderen mist kansen in actualisatie energie- en klimaatplan Denuo, de federatie van de Belgische afval- en recyclagesector, verwelkomt enkele belangrijke keuzes in de actualisatie van het Vlaams Energie- en Klimaatplan (VEKP), maar mist tegelijk de moed om door te pakken op cruciale punten. Hervorming afvalheffing kan recyclage concurrentiëler maken Denuo verwelkomt de geplande hervorming va… RecyclePro · 11 Jul 2025 Global De strijd aanbinden met administratief overgewicht Niemand gaat graag op de weegschaal staan, meestal uit schrik dat de wijzer weer naar rechts opgeschoven is. Bij de regelgevende instanties lijkt dat geen mogelijkheid maar een zekerheid. Er komt alleen maar wetgeving bij. Met het nieuwe initiatief Wetwatchers.be voeren de Vlaamse Ondernemers, een samenwerkingsverband tussen 21 werkgevers- en sectororganisaties, de strijd op tegen […] Het beric… RecyclePro · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news What went right this week: the ‘wonderful effects’ of smartphone-free schools, plus more The Dutch smartphone ban in schools was hailed a success, the Seine reopened to bathers, and Poland hit a renewables milestone, plus more Positive News · 11 Jul 2025 Industry news Natural Capital Investment Americas 2025 - Environmental Finance Environmental Finance · 11 Jul 2025 Council news Working for us - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Basingstoke and Deane Council · 11 Jul 2025 Council news Transparency code - key datasets - Brent Council Brent Council · 11 Jul 2025 Policy & government Over £1bn in investment deals as UK-France launch new Industrial Strategy Partnership The UK and France have launched a new Industrial Strategy Partnership following a successful UK-France Summit, where over £1 billion worth of investment deals into the UK have been confirmed. GOV.UK · 10 Jul 2025 Policy & government UK resettlement programmes: funding instruction 2025 to 2026 Funding instruction for local authorities in support of the United Kingdom’s resettlement schemes. GOV.UK · 10 Jul 2025 Policy & government Seeking value chain expert to chair the Scheme Administrator Steering Group PackUK are now welcoming expressions of interest (EOI) for the role of Chair of the Scheme Administrator Steering Group. GOV.UK · 10 Jul 2025 Policy & government UK’s best AI engineers can apply now to build tech for public services in $1 million fellowship The UK government, backed by a $1 million Meta grant to the Alan Turing Institute, is launching a 12-month Open-Source AI Fellowship to bring top AI experts into government to build open-source AI tools that improve public services, boost productivity, and support national security. GOV.UK · 10 Jul 2025 Industry news Stronger Shores - Groundwork Groundwork UK · 10 Jul 2025 Council news Dacorum Creative Showcase - webdev.dacorum.gov.uk Dacorum Council · 10 Jul 2025 Council news Short-term let licence for residential accommodation - Renfrewshire Council Renfrewshire Council · 10 Jul 2025 Industry news Wales to launch DRS in 2027, in line with rest of UK The Welsh government has today (10 July 2025) announced that it will launch its deposit return scheme (DRS) in October 2027. The announcement means that the start of the legislation in the devolved nation will be in keeping with the rest of the UK. A prevailing difference is that glass will remain within the scope … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2025 Industry news Media reaction: The 2025 Texas floods and the role of climate change At least 120 people have died after a devastating flash flood swept through homes and... Carbon Brief · 10 Jul 2025 Industry news Cory poised to win £322m East London waste contract The East London Waste Authority (ELWA) is set to award its residual waste contract to Cory Topco, worth an estimated £322 million. The waste authority will present the planned Contract Award recommendation to its Authority Members at a special meeting next Friday (18 July 2025). If ratified by the members, the procurement will enter a … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 10 Jul 2025 Council news Adult Health and Social Care - Dudley Council Dudley Council · 10 Jul 2025