Recycling news: 2025

Fresh every day from industry press, GOV.UK and research feeds — plus the historical archive. Last updated 29 Jul 2026.

Industry news Media Kit - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Our Technology - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news OSP Supply Chain - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news The Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Terms and Conditions - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Newsroom - Ocado Group Ocado Group media · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Carbon allotropes disrupt Li-ion battery additive market Independent technology researcher IDTechEx has released a report stating that carbon allotropes are disrupting the conductive additives market for lithium-ion cells. This includes conventional materials such as carbon black and graphite, and novel materials such as nanofibres, carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene.The firm said carbon allotropes are essential materials for lithium-ion batteries a… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news MARKET REPORT: Glass, metals, organics, plastics, textiles September 2025 Letsrecycle looks at the market for the month of September across the glass, metals, organics, plastics and textiles sectors. Glass Glass prices have remained very flat this month despite ongoing challenges and warnings last month that they were likely to decrease. This can be attributed to the PRN having gone up. There are also some … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news DeBriefed 26 September 2025: China leads new climate pledges; Trump calls warming a ‘con job’; What comes next Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... Carbon Brief · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Analysis: Half of global emissions covered by 2035 climate pledges after UN summit in New York Half of global greenhouse gas emissions are now covered by a 2035 climate pledge following... Carbon Brief · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news EfW in ETS: ‘Significant cost increases are not inevitable’ Energy-from-Waste (EfW) costs are set to rise under the UK Emissions Trade Scheme (ETS), but local authorities have tools to limit the impact, according to Suez. The planned inclusion of EfW in the ETS is set to drive up local authority waste management costs, but new analysis suggested that proactive investment in recycling and waste … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news EU Expands Vehicle Recycling Rules to Include Motorcycles The European Parliament has approved new regulations that significantly expand the EU’s End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) framework, now including motorcycles and other L-class vehicles. This marks a major shift for the auto recycling industry, as recyclers will soon be required to handle these vehicle types under the same circular economy principles already applied to cars and vans. Auto Recycling World · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news ASM – Wins ‘Environmentally Sustainable Business of the Year’ Award ASM Auto Recycling has been named ‘Environmentally Sustainable Business of the Year’ at the 2025 Enterprise Oxfordshire Awards, beating 13 other finalists and going on to claim the title of Overall Winner as well. ATF Professional · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Salvato Auctions: A Smarter Way to Buy Salvage Vehicles The salvage vehicle marketplace has long been dominated by a very small number of players who built their models around in-person auctions, real estate (centralized yards), and paper titles - all elements that technology and evolution have deemed irrelevant. And all those components come at the expense of buyer efficiency, transparency, and value. Buyers often spend hours tied to live-bidding w… Auto Recycling World · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news NHS and schools begin to see savings from solar panel rollout Hospitals and schools in England are beginning to cut energy costs following the installation of solar panels funded through a £180 million investment programme. So far, panels have been fitted at five NHS sites and three schools, with another eight schools expected to follow this autumn. In total, 11 schools and five hospitals across the […] Air Quality News · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates September News updates written by CIWM’s commercial partners. EPIC Media EPIC Media’s Charity Golf Day Raises Over £1,500 for Blood Cancer UK CRJ Services The brand-new CRJ Hire-Hub is here! WasteRecruit 1st Green Skills Report 2025 released Fleetclear Smarter, Simpler, Swifter Vehicle Checks with Fleetclear Go Beyondly Beyondly and Partners Show How Collaboration Cuts Recycling […] Circular Online (CIWM) · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Report exposes health impacts of home appliances A new study has revealed the significant health and economic toll of using gas stoves, unflued gas heaters, open fires and wood burners in New Zealand homes. The study, which was commissioned to inform future government policy and cost-benefit analyses, estimated that indoor air pollution from combustion appliances carries a total social cost of around […] Air Quality News · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Atmospheric chaos has sent temperatures soaring in Antarctica Stratospheric temperatures in Antarctica are spiking, which could see strange weather unfold across the southern hemisphere in the coming months New Scientist — Environment · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Westmorland and Furness residents encouraged to ‘foil in love’ with recycling Householders are being asked to ‘foil in love’ with recycling, as part of a new campaign launched by Westmorland and Furness Council. From wrapping foil and aluminium trays to aerosols, beverage cans and empty food tins, the initiative calls for local residents to recycle their foil packaging. Launched earlier this week (22 September) to celebrate […] Alupro · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Shaping the Future of Plastics: 2025 RECOUP Award Winners Announced The post Shaping the Future of Plastics: 2025 RECOUP Award Winners Announced appeared first on RECOUP . RECOUP · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Tesco branches out: Broccoli from low carbon concept farm hits shelves this week INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Biffa trials internet-connected food bins ahead of Simpler Recycling reforms In a new trial, Biffa has begun testing internet-connected food waste bins in Stratford-on-Avon. The initiative, developed in partnership with technology firm Contel, is being piloted on food waste rounds in South Warwickshire. Julie Lewis, Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s Head of Environmental and Neighbourhood Services, commented: “We welcome any innovation that provides deeper insight in… letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news ALDI LAUNCHES NEW GUT FRIENDLY JUICE DRINKS FOR JUST £1.79 Aldi is shaking up the drinks aisle with its NEW The Juice Company Functional Juice Drink (£1.79, 1L) range launching in three thirst quenching flavours from 24th September. The nutritional line-up is packed with vitamins to support immunity, reduce tiredness and fatigue and provide calcium to promote gut health — perfect for shoppers entering the […] Aldi UK Press Centre · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news A wild day - reflections on the Wild Summit - Wildlife and Countryside Link Wildlife and Countryside Link · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news UK post-consumer plastic exports rely on ‘a broken system full of criminality and death’, investigation finds A new podcast series has found recycling centres in Turkey treating waste from the UK rely on refugees working in conditions so unsafe that ‘hundreds have died’. Circular Online (CIWM) · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news FEATURE: Scaling a chemical solution to e-waste recycling Electronic scrap recycling is hardly new – but real change in how we recover metals from our discarded electronics has been far slower to arrive. The problem isn’t whether it can be done. Smelters already reclaim metals from circuit boards and server racks, but at a high cost to the environment, requiring vast furnaces running … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Forest Green Rovers, Vegware and Grundon launch compostables partnership The post Forest Green Rovers, Vegware and Grundon launch compostables partnership appeared first on Grundon . Grundon Waste Management · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Nature positive pledge from leading UK infrastructure firm Roads, highways, bridges and more will be transformed into biodiversity hotspots by one of the country’s largest network managers. Amey, which is responsible for thousands of miles of British infrastructure, has announced its Nature Positive Strategy, which it says aligns with the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy 2025. The company has operations running across a number […] Environment Journal · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news MP to start campaign ‘for real change’ at Labour Party conference in wake of ENDS waste investigation - ENDS Report ENDS Report · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Tesco branches out: Broccoli from low carbon concept farm hits shelves this week - Tesco PLC Tesco PLC newsroom · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news What went right this week: ‘a landmark victory for the ocean’, plus more There was 'a landmark victory for the ocean', scientists had a medical breakthrough, and Italy passed a pioneering AI law, plus more Positive News · 26 Sept 2025 Industry news Modern Slavery Statement - Lidl Lidl GB media centre · 25 Sept 2025 Industry news EDF inks deal to optimise Verdant Energy BESS sites EDF, the UK-based electricity generator, has signed agreements to optimise two BESS sites with Verdant Energy, the co-located solar and BESS platform owned by the infrastructure firm CVC DIF.This expands the partnership between EDF and CVC DIF, which include BESS optimisation agreements and contract for difference PPAs for the BESS sites in Walpole . .… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 25 Sept 2025 Industry news Lumafield reports on lithium-ion 18650 cell quality Lumafield, the industrial X-ray CT technology firm, released the results of a study it conducted on the safety and quality of lithium-ion batteries.The firm said it has found a gap in quality between brand-name batteries and low-cost cells that are widely available through online marketplaces.The research evaluates more than one thousand 18650 . . .… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 25 Sept 2025 Industry news Sonnedix expands to BESS market with 800MW capacity in Italy Global renewable energy firm Sonnedix said it has over 800MW of capacity in Italy after acquiring five BESS projects and is on track for 1GW by the end of the year.The firm, which has historically been focused on the solar market but is now broadening its portfolio, has approximately 500MW of capacity currently under construction… BEST Magazine (Batteries & Energy Storage Technology) · 25 Sept 2025 Industry news Q&A: What does China’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action? President Xi Jinping has personally pledged to cut China’s greenhouse gas emissions to 7-10% below... Carbon Brief · 25 Sept 2025 Industry news Keenan Recycling Sustainability Update 2025: Powering a circular future At Keenan Recycling, we’ve always believed food waste should never go to waste. What many see as “rubbish,” we see as fuel for the future — fuel for homes, businesses, vehicles, and most importantly, for a cleaner planet. That belief is at the heart of our Sustainability Update 2025, where we’re proud to share the […] Keenan Recycling · 25 Sept 2025 Industry news The new secretary of state at Defra must keep the Circular Economy Strategy on track This post is by Dr Colin Church, CEO of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, chair of Green Alliance’s Circular Economy Task Force and a member of the government’s Circular Economy Taskforce. Avid Whitehall watchers have had a bit of stimulation recently following the […] Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 25 Sept 2025 Industry news Amazon forges new partnership to tackle AI’s rising water demand Amazon has joined forces with water utilities, researchers and industry groups to create a new knowledge hub aimed at addressing the water footprint of expanding artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. edie — Circular Economy tag · 25 Sept 2025 Industry news From problem to possibility: how your attention can improve your life In a noisy digital world, how can we reclaim our attention? An expert shares empowering, practical tips Positive News · 25 Sept 2025