Recycling news: 2025

Policy & government 50,000 more young people to benefit from apprenticeships as Government unveils new skills reforms to get Britain working The £725 million package of reforms to the apprenticeship system will help to tackle youth unemployment and drive economic growth, with thousands more young people expected to benefit over the next three years. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government UK Export Finance: Leading with finance product brochure UK Export Finance offer a number of products for exporters and for buyers of UK goods. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Advance tax certainty service: draft guidance Find out more about the new service supporting major investment projects, including how the scheme works, who can apply, the taxes covered and the financial threshold. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Great British Energy backs Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Great British Energy backs renewable schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government RVAR 2010 exemption: Hayling Light Railway Trust Exemption from RVAR 2010 requested by Hayling Light Railway Trust in respect of its passenger rolling stock. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government The Children’s People and Nature Survey for England: 2025 update Data and supporting documents, from The Children’s People and Nature Survey for England 2025 (Waves 9 & 10). GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Ms G Wilkin v Harold Wood Pre School Ltd: 3200182/2025 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Thousands to get free digital training so everyone has the chance to shop around for cheaper deals online Free support to get people online is rolling out in communities in every region of the country. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Growth Gateway: Guide to inclusive investing in Africa A practical guide for investors to unlock Africa’s tech potential through inclusive strategies that support women-led and women-centric businesses in high-growth sectors. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Guidance to help you comply with your environmental permit - Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales Natural Resources Wales · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government National modelling seminar 10 December 2025 - Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke) Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Growth Gateway: Mpumalanga economic landscape Mpumalanga’s economy faces a pivotal shift from coal to green and diversified sectors, unlocking high-potential opportunities for SMMEs and investors under South Africa’s Just Energy Transition. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Victorian Circular Economy Recycling Modernisation Fund Round 6 - Sustainability Victoria Sustainability Victoria · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Youth Matters: State of the Nation A report published alongside the National Youth Strategy which sets out the reality of growing up in England in 2025. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Technology, productivity and competition This discussion paper uses UK data to explore the relationship between technology and productivity, and the impact of competition on this relationship. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Innovative medicines supported as rebate rate falls by a third Further support provided for innovative medicines as the rebate rate falls by more than third for 2026. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy The strategy sets out how the government will work together with partners to respond to young peoples’ priorities. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2025 Policy & government Enter our competition to be an Ambassador For A Day 2026 The British Embassy in Lisbon invites female secondary school students in Portugal to enter a competition to be an Ambassador for a Day. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Mining Remediation Authority FOI statistics July to September 2025 Statistics on freedom of information requests received by the Mining Remediation Authority from July to September 2025. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Government Actuary's Department annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 This document contains the following information: Government Actuary’s Department annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 (for the year ended 31 March 2025). GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Efforts to share best practices on AI measurement and evaluations driven forward through the International Network for Advanced AI Measurement, Evaluation and Science Network members representing major global economies have committed to re-double their shared focus on the science of AI measurement and evaluations following their latest round of talks in San Diego last week. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government The Government Economic Service Degree Level Apprenticeship The Government Economic Service Degree Apprenticeship is a unique opportunity to work on important issues our country faces, whilst studying for a a fee-free economics degree GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Further education corporations and sixth-form college corporations: governance guide Legal and regulatory requirements and recommended practice that apply to further education (FE) and sixth-form college corporations. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 997, 1 July 2025 Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 1 July 2025. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Transforming the energy mix: Insights from 20 nations A major research project by 20 countries, including the UK, has shown similar trends, challenges and opportunities in decarbonising their energy mix. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Prison building boom to make streets safer A prison building boom is underway across the country as the Government presses ahead with the biggest jail expansion programme since the Victorian era. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Mr C Forrest v Amazon Web Services Emeasarl UK Branch and others: 2210418/2023 and 2215062/2023 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government BII backs MSMEs with $20M loan to First National Bank BII's five-year loan will enable the Bank to scale up support for MSMEs across Ghana,a sector that plays a pivotal role in economic growth. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government UK and Ukraine announce InnovateUkraine second round winners The UK and Ukraine have launched the second round of the InnovateUkraine programme, which will support a further 14 green energy innovation projects with a £17 million investment from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government PPC/A/1096556 - RWE Markinch Limited: Markinch Power Station, Glenrothes - PPC Variation Application - Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Agreement on action to prevent excess incineration capacity - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Incineration Capacity Investigation - Informal Resolution Report - Environmental Standards Scotland Environmental Standards Scotland · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Community Energy Upgrades Fund Program - DCCEEW Australian DCCEEW · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Government unveils major overhaul of New Zealand’s planning system - Ministry for the Environment NZ Ministry for the Environment · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government 12-month Just Energy Transition Partnership leaders’ update 2025 This report provides a 12-month update to the leaders of the South Africa Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Chancellor kickstarts Britain’s new scale-up surge Britain’s leading founders – including CEOs from Huel and Moneybox – head to No10 to celebrate the government’s multi-billion-pound pro-growth business package. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government UK clamps down on China-based companies for reckless and irresponsible activity in cyberspace Two tech companies based in China have been sanctioned for reckless and indiscriminate cyberattacks GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government UK Space Agency launches pilot programme to accelerate commercial growth within the UK’s space ecosystem Eighteen space businesses across the UK will receive funding and support from their local space cluster to accelerate their commercial growth, as part of a pilot initiative designed to strengthen the UK's space sector supply chain. GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Covid fraud cost UK taxpayer £10.9 billion, reveals independent report Taxpayers lost £10.9 billion to fraud and error as the previous government’s pandemic response left the front door open to fraud, an independent report reveals today (9 December 2025). GOV.UK · 9 Dec 2025 Policy & government Luke Pollard MP speech to Sea Power Conference Luke Pollard MP, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, gave a speech at the Sea Power Conference. GOV.UK · 8 Dec 2025