Recycling news: 2025

Industry news £15bn for South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, North East, West Midlands transport Metro, tram and rail expansions, and improved bus infrastructure will also support more people in Greater Manchester to leave cars at home and punt for low emission travel. Unveiled by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the mammoth £15billion investment across the North of England and Midlands comes amid a flurry of announcements relating to public transport. Schemes […] Environment Journal · 4 Jun 2025 Global Strategic Projects Abroad: Environmental concerns, Communities sidelined, transparency missing Today’s release of 13 Strategic Projects outside of the EU under the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) raises growing concerns from civil society over the European […] European Environmental Bureau · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Materials, Minerals & Mining for People, Places, Planet (M3P3) - IOM3 Materials World (IOM3) · 4 Jun 2025 Policy & government Groundwater Mapping - The Danish Environmental Protection Agency Danish EPA (Miljostyrelsen, English) · 4 Jun 2025 Council news Council adopts Design of Development Supplementary Planning Document - Melton Borough Council Melton Council · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Fight climate change by creating jobs, trade unionists tell PM Ahead of next week’s spending review, leaders of the UK’s biggest trade unions are calling on the Prime Minister to prioritise nature, the environment and employment. Bosses from the Fire Brigades’ Union, British Medical Association, Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association and University and College Union have issued an open letter through Zero Hour to Labour leader […] Environment Journal · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news EPR for Textiles – A tour through Erdotex Textiles Sorting Facility Head of Finance, Jo Tucker had the pleasure of joining colleagues from ERP Netherlands and a few key customers on a guided tour of the Erdotex Textiles Sorting facility Der Beitrag EPR for Textiles – A tour through Erdotex Textiles Sorting Facility erschien zuerst auf United Kingdom (EN) . ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Warwick District Council installs solar mats on 20 refuse vehicles Warwick District Council has installed solar mats on 20 refuse and recycling vehicles, which it says could reduce carbon emissions by around 1.3 tonnes per vehicle, per year. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the mats have been installed as part of the Council’s ‘Low Cost, Low Carbon’ strategic priority, which is focused […] Circular Online (CIWM) · 4 Jun 2025 Global Europa al borde del colapso circular: el sector del reciclaje de plásticos y textiles exige una intervención urgente The post Europa al borde del colapso circular: el sector del reciclaje de plásticos y textiles exige una intervención urgente appeared first on FEAD - European Waste Management Association . FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news ALDI’S £5 SCHOOL UNIFORM BUNDLE RETURNS – LAUNCHING EARLIER THAN EVER Aldi’s sell-out school uniform bundle is back – and, this year, it’s arriving earlier than ever, still frozen at the unbeatable price of just £5. Landing in stores from 29th June, the bundle offers incredible value for all busy parents and carers. Shoppers looking to bag affordable uniform for the lowest price around best be […] Aldi UK Press Centre · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Circular copper recovery could bridge 3.6 Mt supply gap, says McKinsey Demand for copper is expected to spike with advances in the global energy transition, but the industry could face a 3.6 million metric tons (Mt) shortfall in refined copper by 2035, according to a new report from consultancy firm McKinsey. Increasing circularity in copper recycling will be essential for both supply security and emissions reduction, […] Envirotec Magazine · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news York is meeting national air pollution targets for the first time Many UK cities continue to struggle to meet the legally-defined limits for NO2, ahead of the forthcoming Clean Air Day, so City of York Council’s 2 June announcement that it is now meeting national air pollution targets for the first time seems significant. The latest air quality monitoring figures from the council for 2024, reported […] Envirotec Magazine · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Biffa awarded £56 million collection contract in Wokingham Wokingham Borough Council appoints Biffa as the area’s new contractor for waste and recycling collection, and street cleansing, on an eight-year £56 million contract. The contract is valued at approximately £7 million per year, running for an initial term of eight years with the potential for it to be extended for a further eight years. […] Circular Online (CIWM) · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news The role of trust in accelerating uptake of the circular economy It’s staggering to consider just how much waste the global economy generates, every day – and worse still, that the volume is rising. According to the UNEP's International Resource Panel, global material consumption has more than tripled since 1970 and continues to grow. At the same time, the World Bank estimates that global municipal solid waste generation will increase by 70% by 2050 if curre… edie — Circular Economy tag · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Closing the circularity gap: A route to net-zero and long-term economic prosperity The post Closing the circularity gap: A route to net-zero and long-term economic prosperity appeared first on Reconomy . Reconomy · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news LARAC: ‘Single-use vape ban is not a standalone solution’ Four days into the single-use vape ban, LARAC has said it strongly supports the move and the accompanying requirement for vape manufacturers to fund or provide takeback schemes. Disposable vapes and other small electronic devices containing lithium-ion batteries are a well-documented contamination issue for local authority waste streams and pose a serious fire risk in … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Can old satellite dishes become next generation solar power? A Swiss data centre has partly met its rapidly rising energy needs by converting old broadcast television equipment. CKW, which supplies integrated energy and building technology solutions, is behind the innovative work-around. The company confirmed it had successfully transformed unused satellite TV dishes into solar installations for Swiss telecoms provider Leuk TDC. Developed in collaboratio… Environment Journal · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Warwick’s refuse and recycling vehicles get a solar upgrade Warwick district council has recently installed solar mats on its 20 refuse and recycling vehicles, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions by around 1.3 tonnes per vehicle a year. The mats have been installed as part of the council’s ‘Low Cost, Low Carbon’ strategic priority, which is committed to reducing energy consumption in the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Detecting algal blooms in real time: Group presents inexpensive method A real-time, low-cost algal bloom monitoring system has been developed by Korean researchers, employing inexpensive optical sensors and a novel labeling logic. The system achieves higher accuracy than state-of-the-art AI models such as Gradient Boosting and Random Forest, according to the group behind it, from Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT). Harmful […] Envirotec Magazine · 4 Jun 2025 Global Time to Shift Gears: Indonesia’s Second NDC Should Prioritize Organic Waste Reduction, Not Incineration New assessment urges a climate-smart approach to Indonesia’s waste sector amid landfill crises and growing climate finance opportunities. Bandung, 03 June 2025 — Composting organic waste and implementing decentralized zero […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Manchester HWRC to close for ‘up to 12 months’ A Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) in Manchester will close for up to 12 months for “major” improvement works. The Reliance Street HWRC in Newton Heath, Manchester will be shut from 8pm on Sunday 29 June 2025. The improvements will look to bring more parking bays to the site, more space for recycling containers … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Jun 2025 Global France spent €90,000 to discredit the impact of Pacific nuclear testing – Greenpeace response "This act by France is not just a denial of truth — it is an insult to generations who continue to live with the radioactive legacy of these experiments." Greenpeace International · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news SEPA announces changes to regulation of waste-to-land activities in Scotland On 2 June, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) said it was informing businesses in Scotland of important changes to the regulation of the use of waste on land for soil improvement. This includes changes to how to apply for an authorisation. The move will create a single regulatory framework for the application of waste […] Envirotec Magazine · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Support from WEERT and CIWM sees students attend engineering course at Oxford University 72 school pupils in year 10 of their education have attended the ‘Uncover Engineering’ course at Oxford University with the support of waste sector charities WEERT and CIWM. Circular Online (CIWM) · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Project turns NHS uniforms into upcycled bags Hand-stitched, upcycled bags will give a second life to NHS uniforms that would otherwise be incinerated or sent to landfill, in a new project by two recent graduates from the University of Brighton. The bags are handstitched by Angus Clifford, a recent Product Design graduate who is working with gomi, a Brighton-based sustainability design studio […] Envirotec Magazine · 4 Jun 2025 Global On World Environment Day, a Giant ‘Eye’ Appears in Jeju As South Korea elects its 21st president, Korean civil society coalition calls for “plastic production cuts,” unfurling #WeAreWatching flag ahead of World Environment Day and global plastics treaty negotiation. Break Free From Plastic · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news A museum on the move: new institution captures human stories of migration Those behind Fenix Rotterdam hope to offer a nuanced picture of the ‘timeless and universal’ phenomenon Positive News · 4 Jun 2025 Policy & government A human-centred approach to scaling and de-risking AI tools These resources provide human-centred frameworks and tools to effectively scale and de-risk AI tools, considering the ‘people’ factor of technology acceptance. GOV.UK · 4 Jun 2025 Council news Radio Teleswitch electricity meters to switch-off in Moray - Moray Council Moray Council · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news EGA secures Ghana bauxite agreement - Aluminium International Today Aluminium International Today · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Planning Bill update: where are we now, and what are we calling for? - CPRE CPRE (the countryside charity) · 4 Jun 2025 Policy & government Integrated oil spill response actions and environmental effects – GRACE - Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke) Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Ocado's digital twins and simulations: driving efficiencies and innovation at scale - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 4 Jun 2025 Council news Playdays Day Nursery - fis.middlesbrough.gov.uk Middlesbrough Council · 4 Jun 2025 Research & science Real-time study explores how the aging brain copes with stress - Stanford Report Stanford Report · 4 Jun 2025 Global Best beschikbare technieken voor afvalverwerking Het VLAREM bepaalt dat de exploitant van ingedeelde inrichtingen als normaal zorgvuldig persoon steeds de beste beschikbare technieken (BBT) moet toepassen ter bescherming van mens en milieu. Maar wat zijn die dan? Een studie van het BBT-kenniscentrum van het VITO (Vlaams Instituut voor Technologisch Onderzoek) werkt sinds 2022 aan de invulling voor de sector van […] Het bericht Best beschikbar… RecyclePro · 4 Jun 2025 Council news - Blackburn Council Blackburn with Darwen Council · 4 Jun 2025 Industry news Future generations thinking can change minds about the world we want to live in Short term thinking is failing us. The world continues to hurtle toward a 3°C temperature rise by the end of this century, despite promises made in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. This trajectory will be hard to change without bold action. So why are efforts […] Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 4 Jun 2025 Global Greenpeace accuses global dairy giants of greenwashing and climate deception Greenpeace Denmark is taking legal action against one of the world’s largest dairy producers for misleading consumers through deceptive climate reporting. Greenpeace International · 4 Jun 2025 Global New president, same planet: A young Korean’s perspective on the climate crisis To make these ideas real, the power of citizens will become more important than ever. Great solutions have always been born out of great crises. Greenpeace International · 4 Jun 2025