Recycling news: 2025
Fresh every day from industry press, GOV.UK and research feeds — plus the historical archive. Last updated 11 Aug 2026.
Industry news
New nanotechnology boosts crop yield by 200%
As pests, disease, heatwaves, flooding and drought threaten and increasingly unstable food supply chain, a new innovation could promise more security. Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology [KAUST], Saudi Arabia, believe they have developed a nanotechnology which could double crop yield and offer a lifeline to arid regions struggling to cope with […]
Environment Journal · 23 Jun 2025
Council news
Lisburn and Castlereagh launches Mayoral Charity partnership with Action Cancer - lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
Lisburn and Castlereagh Council · 23 Jun 2025
Research & science
g-xTB: A General-Purpose Extended Tight-Binding Electronic Structure Method For the Elements H to Lr (Z=1–103) - ChemRxiv
ChemRxiv preprints · 23 Jun 2025
Policy & government
EPD convictions in May - Environmental Protection Department (EPD)
Hong Kong EPD · 23 Jun 2025
Industry news
British Glass release statement on Industrial Strategy - British Glass
British Glass news · 23 Jun 2025
Council news
Crucial Crew celebrates 30 years of teaching Telford and Wrekin school children essential skills - Telford & Wrekin Council
Telford and Wrekin Council · 23 Jun 2025
Council news
20mph speed limit review - Torfaen County Borough Council
Torfaen Council · 23 Jun 2025
Council news
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE Claim no. BETWEEN:- RUSHMOOR BOROUGH COUNCIL Claimant -V- PERSONS UNKNOWN WHO ARE FORMING UNAUTHORI - Rushmoor Borough Council
Rushmoor Council · 23 Jun 2025
Council news
BRECKLAND REPORT AUTHORISATION FORM - Breckland Council
Breckland Council · 23 Jun 2025
Industry news
NGOs defend Green Claims Directive against rollback - ClientEarth
ClientEarth · 23 Jun 2025
Industry news
How tariffs could still impact UK retailers - British Retail Consortium
British Retail Consortium news · 23 Jun 2025
Industry news
How we’re showing cities can be a home to people and nature
This post is by Mete Coban, deputy mayor of London for environment and energy. For the start of London Climate Action Week, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a new £12 million Green Roots Fund to boost London’s green and blue spaces. This […]
Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 23 Jun 2025
Industry news
enfinium signs three-year Power Purchase Agreement with ENGIE to power British homes and businesses
enfinium to power British businesses with three-year ENGIE power purchase agreement
enfinium · 23 Jun 2025
Global
What is a ‘Sachet Economy' and Why Is It Problematic for Plastic Waste Reduction?
Across many low-income countries, single-use sachets have become a staple of everyday life. But what is a sachet, exactly?
Break Free From Plastic · 23 Jun 2025
Global
Could the Global Plastics Treaty End Plastic Pollution?
Unlike waste management-focused efforts, the Global Plastics Treaty is an opportunity to take a more comprehensive approach to the plastic crisis.
Break Free From Plastic · 23 Jun 2025
Policy & government
Industrial Strategy Zones Action Plan
This Action Plan announces reforms and additional government support for Freeports and Investment Zones as part of the Industrial Strategy.
GOV.UK · 22 Jun 2025
Policy & government
Mining Remediation Authority business plan 2025 to 2028
This plan shows both what we have delivered over the past 3 years and what we will deliver in the period ahead.
GOV.UK · 22 Jun 2025
Industry news
Ireland ends coal power generation and Carlsberg launches regenerative barley beer: The sustainability success stories of the week
As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie delivers this member-exclusive weekly round-up of five of the best sustainable business success stories of the week. In this week's edition, Ireland ends coal power generation, and much more.
edie — Circular Economy tag · 22 Jun 2025
Council news
Key contacts for tenants - Rugby Borough Council
Rugby Council · 22 Jun 2025
Council news
Telford and Wrekin’s housing strategy - Telford & Wrekin Council
Telford and Wrekin Council · 22 Jun 2025
Council news
Tilgate Zoo booking - Crawley GOV
Crawley Council · 22 Jun 2025
Industry news
Illustrative Profit calculator - cloud.comms.diageo.com
Diageo news and media · 22 Jun 2025
Industry news
Video: Takeuchi electric excavator walkaround - KHL Group
Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 21 Jun 2025
Council news
Rowley Park - Stafford Borough Council
Stafford Council · 21 Jun 2025
Council news
The Great Get Together - Harlow Council
Harlow Council · 21 Jun 2025
Industry news
Jackie Thompson - CleanupUK
CleanupUK · 21 Jun 2025
Industry news
Guest post: How solar panels and batteries can now run ‘close to 24/365’ in some cities
A few years ago, solar power became the “cheapest electricity in history”, but it still...
Carbon Brief · 20 Jun 2025
Council news
Area Coordination Team 4 - swansea.gov.uk
Swansea Council · 20 Jun 2025
Council news
Planning application decisions - Overview - Havant Borough Council
Havant Council · 20 Jun 2025
Global
Greenpeace Pictures of the Week
From powerful images from a protest in Jakarta, to the Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany, to cetacean monitoring in Norway, here are a few of our favourite images from Greenpeace’s work around the world this week.
Greenpeace International · 20 Jun 2025
Industry news
KHL Group - KHL Group
Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 20 Jun 2025
Policy & government
NB8++ joint statement on the shadow fleet
Statement from the Nordic-Baltic 8++ on joint action to further counter Russia's shadow fleet.
GOV.UK · 20 Jun 2025
Industry news
Meet Andy Conroy General Manager - EMR Group
EMR (European Metal Recycling) · 20 Jun 2025
Industry news
DeBriefed 20 June 2025: Three years to ‘keep 1.5C alive’; Bonn talks turn ‘bitter’; Inside Mumbai’s monsoon ‘war room’
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate...
Carbon Brief · 20 Jun 2025
Industry news
ALDI SELLS MOST ICE CREAMS EVER AS UK TEMPERATURES SURPASS 32℃
Aldi has announced record sales of ice cream for one day with sales jumping by more than 35% — with predictions that this could increase as much as 70% by the weekend thanks to the current heatwave. According to the Met Office[1], temperatures are likely to reach 34℃ on the weekend. The supermarket predicts shoppers […]
Aldi UK Press Centre · 20 Jun 2025
Industry news
PLASTICS PACKAGE: A sea change in single-use
Governments must buy into the benefits of reusable packaging rather than the bull spread by single-use sector. By David Burrows. Ships in the port of Nice sounded their foghorns on Friday 13th June, a “brassy crescendo” to a rare moment of global unity as the third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, […]
Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 20 Jun 2025
Policy & government
Rear Admiral Tom Manson CB OBE BSc (Hons), MA, MBA, MIET CEng Royal Navy
Rear Admiral Tom Manson was Deputy Director General for the Defence Safety Authority from 4 October 2021 until December 2025. His previous Ministry of Defence roles include: Head of Flight Test and Lynx Maintenance Test Pilot Air Engineering Officer on 848 Squadron Capability Delivery Manager on the Chinook Mk 3 ‘Fix to Field’ Programme ‘Streamlining’ Team to a revolutionary change programme on MO
GOV.UK · 20 Jun 2025
Industry news
Press Statement – Response to Guardian article – Discarded Clothes from UK Brands Dumped in Protected Ghana Wetlands (18th June 2025)
The Textile Recycling Association (TRA) welcomes the growing interest in the global trade in used clothing and the wider conversation this prompts around waste, sustainability, and environmental justice. Recent reporting on textile waste in Ghana draws attention to a pressing global challenge: the need for investment in waste and recycling infrastructure, particularly in countries where [...] R…
Textile Recycling Association · 20 Jun 2025
Council news
BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL - jobpacks.bridgend.gov.uk
Bridgend Council · 20 Jun 2025
Industry news
TechInspect and the Push for Global Inspection Standards in Salvage
Richard Baker, director of Hudson Kapel Remarketing (HKR), a UK-based, trade-only online vehicle auction platform, explains how the company’s technology division, TechInspect, is transforming the way used vans, retail returns, and salvage vehicles are inspected, listed, and sold. From standardising inspections to integrating AI, TechInspect is delivering smarter tools that support faster, more …
ATF Professional · 20 Jun 2025