Recycling news: 2025

Industry news Vitamin C could protect lungs from air pollution Vitamin C supplementation may help shield lungs from damage caused by air pollution, even at levels considered relatively safe, according to new research that challenges assumptions about ‘acceptable’ air quality. Low levels of PM2.5 trigger lung inflammation and damage the cellular ‘powerhouses’ known as mitochondria. However, vitamin C appears to effectively counteract these harmful effects. […] Air Quality News · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Ace Green Recycling expands battery projects in Asia Ace Green Recycling has confirmed major progress in its international growth strategy, with equipment deployments advancing across Asia and Armenia.The company is preparing shipments to Taiwan and Thailand, while deliveries to Armenia are already underway for both lead and lithium battery recycling projects.In Taiwan, equipment for Ace’s partnership with ACME Metal Enterprise is now shipped,… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Global Compost Advocates Celebrate World Soil Day 2025, Promoting “Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities” REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Waste crime inquiry chair writes to Environment Agency over evidence concerns Baroness Sheehan has written to the Environment Agency over concerns it did not reference several significant illegal waste sites when giving evidence to the recent waste crime inquiry. Circular Online (CIWM) · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news House of Lords challenges EA over undisclosed waste crime sites The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has written to the Environment Agency (EA) amid rising concern over a growing cluster of large-scale waste crime sites. Some of these sites, the Committee said, were known to the EA but not disclosed during its recent inquiry. Baroness Sheehan, who led the Lords inquiry into … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Watch the story of a rare wild orchid returning to Britain Flora which was on the brink of extinction is now making a comeback thanks to rural conservation efforts. The UK is up there with the most nature-depleted countries on the planet. As a study of habitats conducted last year by AiDash showed, one-in-six domestic species are considered to be at risk of disappearing altogether. Among […] Environment Journal · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Should Britain tax cars based on their weight? Ownership of large – and heavy – family vehicles is continuing to climb, with serious implications for road maintenance, air pollution and fuel consumption. SUVs now make up two-thirds of UK car sales, significantly higher than their 51% share back in 2021, when a study by the think tank New Weather Institute and climate charity […] Environment Journal · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Metso expand screening equipment range - Agg-Net Agg-Net · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Beyondly host the ‘Beyondly Circle Member Day’ at Eight - Beyondly Beyondly (formerly Comply Direct) · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Co-op serves-up new, larger, store following investment in Selkirk High Street - Co-operative Group Co-op media newsroom · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news Top banana - Waitrose Fairtrade Bananas come out as My Waitrose customers’ favourite product of 2025 - John Lewis Partnership Plc John Lewis Partnership media · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news What went right this week: kicking the plastic habit, plus more A roadmap for ending plastic pollution, Antarctica’s shrinking ozone hole, and London’s falling crime rate, plus more Positive News · 5 Dec 2025 Industry news THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Can the appliance of alliance(s) produce a sound food strategy? The start of December often marks a flash flood of fine reports relating to food. This week’s Digest therefore attempts to tie a number of threads together into a comprehensive 500 words or so. Here goes… Some 160 organisations provide the foundations for a new “alliance of alliances” coordinated by Eating Better, Sustain, Obesity Health Alliance, […] Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Major new alliance for food and farming formed Some 160 organisations have joined together to form a new “alliance of alliances” coordinated by Eating Better, Sustain, Obesity Health Alliance, Wildlife and Countryside Link and the Plant-based Food Alliance. “[…] we formed the Food Strategy Alliances to ensure civil society organisations working across the food sector have a coherent voice and unified role in […] Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Cheers to beers with no alcohol There is a major cultural shift towards moderation in attitudes to alcohol going on, according to global research published by Heineken. Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news PFAS problems poured on iconic Californian crops, warns study Every year, an average of 2.5 million pounds of pesticides containing PFAS, known as ‘forever chemicals’ are sprayed on California crop fields, according to a new analysis and interactive map from the Environmental Working Group. EWG, a non-profit, found heavy PFAS pesticide use on some Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Datapoint This week’s numbers include a big moment for the Science-Based Targets initiative, new analysis of the pesticides found on fresh produce, good news and bad on commodities linked to deforestation in UK supermarket supply chains, plus some promising results from research into lifting freezer Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news RAM Reporting Deadline The RAM (Recyclability Assessment Methodology) reporting deadline is approaching fast, and whilst the festive season brings joy and celebration, it also brings a critical compliance checkpoint that could cost your business thousands. With RAM V.1.1 now in effect and mandatory H2 2025 reporting due by end February 2026 the clock is ticking on packaging Der Beitrag RAM Reporting Deadline erschien… ERP UK (European Recycling Platform) · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Attending the 2026 FPA Awards - Foodservice Packaging Association Foodservice Packaging Association · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Search our Job Opportunities at Unilever - Unilever Global Unilever news · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Registration open for innovation webinar exploring sustainable holiday period edie’s innovation publication Springwise is hosting a webinar on 9 December to explore the innovators attempting to put circularity and eco-design at the heart of the festive period. edie — Circular Economy tag · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Volcano eruption may have led to the Black Death coming to Europe Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from eastern Europe, and this may have carried in the plague bacterium New Scientist — Environment · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Smoke from LA wildfires drove people online for health advice A remarkable number people who were affected by smoke during this year’s LA wildfires turned to the internet for help, rather than to the hospitals that were preparing to receive them. When wildfires swept through Los Angeles neighborhoods in January, and much of the city was blanketed in smoke, evacuations were triggered and schools were […] Air Quality News · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news A roadmap to tackle marine litter: Experts consider key ingredients A recent study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin itemises the practical steps required to create a roadmap for combating marine litter. It was authored by a group of academic experts on the topic.1 (Words: University of Barcelona). Making a significant dent in the global marine litter problem would require implementing a global monitoring system, agreeing […] Envirotec Magazine · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news PackUK promises refunds after hundreds of producers charged in error Hundreds of producers registered under the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) scheme have mistakenly been charged multiple times via direct debit. This has prompted urgent contact from PackUK and assurances that full refunds will be issued this week. According to the administrator, 484 businesses – around 11% of all producers involved in the scheme – … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news US – Indiana Auto Recyclers Earn Top Environmental Awards Two Indiana auto recyclers, Northlake Auto Recyclers and Metro Auto Recyclers, have achieved Indiana Clean Yard – Gold Level awards, setting a high bar for environmental stewardship and industry best practice. Auto Recycling World · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Glass sector launches a unified sustainability framework Some of the world’s largest glass developers, producers and packaging companies have come together for the launch of Responsible Glass — a global certification programme intended to bring new sustainability standards to glass production and sourcing. The new “international multi-stakeholder not-for-profit standards and certification programme” launched officially on 4 December, with a commitmen… Envirotec Magazine · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Desert Mountain Energy to build SNC battery plant Desert Mountain Energy has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to establish a joint venture for a sodium-nickel-chloride (SNC) battery plant in Roswell, New Mexico.The SNC battery plant will integrate produced water from regional oil and gas wells into an environmentally responsible cooling and processing system. This approach is designed to support both battery production… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 4 Dec 2025 Industry news Air defence technology demonstrated at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Air defence radar technology on wind turbines has been successfully demonstrated at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, marking a seemingly significant milestone in the UK’s efforts to balance clean energy expansion with national defence priorities. The work was completed by LiveLink Aerospace, in collaboration with Vattenfall and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. 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