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Appointments Round-Up (08/08/2025) - letsrecycle.com Appointments round-up featuring Eunomia, FAUN Zoeller UK, Rooted Environmental, and Recell.store.

Appointments round-up featuring Eunomia, FAUN Zoeller UK, Rooted Environmental, and Recell.store.

WRAP’s Food Waste Collection Guide updates for Simpler Recycling - letsrecycle.com WRAP has released its updated Household Food Waste Collection Guide for local authorities to prepare for new Simpler Recycling requirements.

WRAP’s Food Waste Collection Guide updates for Simpler Recycling

Alliance to End Plastic Waste unveils ‘larger-scale’ Strategy 2030 - letsrecycle.com The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has announced new strategy to deliver “large-scale, high-impact” programmes and boost plastics circularity.

Alliance to End Plastic Waste unveils ‘larger-scale’ Strategy 2030

£200m hydrogen-from-waste facility to be developed at Thames Freeport - letsrecycle.com London Thames Hydrogen has confirmed it has received a £200m investment to develop a hydrogen-from-waste plant at Thames Freeport.

£200m hydrogen-from-waste facility to be developed at Thames Freeport

Uttoxeter man denies fly tipping offences in Lichfield - letsrecycle.com An Uttoxeter man and a Stafford-based company have pleaded not guilty to multiple fly tipping charges after appearing at Stafford Crown Court.

Uttoxeter man denies fly tipping offences in Lichfield

NWH Group acquires Henry Waste Management trading assets - letsrecycle.com The NWH Group has acquired the trading assets of Henry Waste Management, a skip hire and waste collection business based in Coatbridge.

NWH Group acquires Henry Waste Management trading assets

Innovation Director Lee Marshall departs from CIWM - letsrecycle.com Lee Marshall has stepped down from his role as Director of Innovation and Technical Services at the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.

Innovation Director Lee Marshall departs from CIWM

News in brief (06/08/2025) - letsrecycle.com News in brief including: CertifiedRubbish has launched a free directory of licensed waste carriers; a CITYTRAK refuse collection vehicle was used as wedding transport; the EPA’s Annual Report highligh...

News in brief featuring CertifiedRubbish, the EPA, Hills Municipal Collections and Record Industry

Two men sentenced for illegal waste dumping in Cardiff - letsrecycle.com Two men have been sentenced for illegally dumping waste on farmland in Cardiff, following a successful prosecution brought by the NRW.

Two men sentenced for illegal waste dumping in Cardiff

Walsall completes construction of £32m waste facility - letsrecycle.com Construction of Walsall’s £32 million Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) and Waste Transfer Station (WTS) has now been completed.

Walsall completes construction of £32m waste facility

Abuse against Suez waste staff up 42% - letsrecycle.com There has been a 42% increase in serious verbal and physical abuse by members of the public towards frontline workers.

Abuse against Suez waste staff up 42%

Pre-holiday food waste costs Brits up to £25 - letsrecycle.com A poll commissioned by Too Good To Go revealed that 48% of UK holidaymakers are wasting up to £25 worth of food before their trip.

Pre-holiday food waste costs Brits up to £25

Waltham Forest waste operatives reject pay deal - letsrecycle.com Refuse workers in the London Borough of Waltham Forest have rejected a 2.8% pay offer.

Waltham Forest waste operatives reject pay deal

Tech partnership targets hard-to-recycle plastics - letsrecycle.com Vanden Recycling has partnered with the University of Oxford in an effort to advance imaging technology to improve the sorting of plastics.

Tech partnership targets hard-to-recycle plastics

Two carbon capture projects join HyNet Cluster - letsrecycle.com DESNZ has announced six carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) projects have moved into the negotiations phase.

Two carbon capture projects join HyNet Cluster

Environmental NGOs push for ‘strong’ Global Plastic Treaty - letsrecycle.com WRAP has urged negotiators to agree on a “strong, legal binding” treaty as the Global Plastic Treaty negotiations kick off in Geneva.

Environmental NGOs push for ‘strong’ Global Plastic Treaty

Sustane signs offtake agreement with BASF - letsrecycle.com Sustane Technologies has signed a long-term offtake agreement with chemical manufacturer BASF for the supply of pyrolysis oil.

Sustane signs offtake agreement with BASF

England sees rise in single-use plastic bag sales - letsrecycle.com The number of single-use plastic carrier bags sold in England increased 7% in the 2024/25 financial year despite the carrier bag charge.

England sees rise in single-use plastic bag sales

Reform to landfill tax could make projects ‘unviable’, warns FCC - letsrecycle.com FCC Environment has warned that proposed reforms to landfill tax could have unintended negative side effects.

Reform to landfill tax could make projects ‘unviable’, warns FCC

Two weeks left to apply for £1m Circular Electricals Fund - letsrecycle.com There are now two weeks until Material Focus’ £1 million Circular Electricals Fund closes on 14 August 2025.

Two weeks left to apply for £1m Circular Electricals Fund

OPINION: ‘RPD - throwing good money after bad?’ - letsrecycle.com Phil Conran, Director of 360 Environmental, questions whether the system for reporting packaging data (RPD) needs to be overhauled.

OPINION: ‘RPD – throwing good money after bad?’

Viridor to close Rochester plastics recycling site - letsrecycle.com Viridor has announced that it will be closing and decommissioning its plastic recycling centre in Rochester, Kent after a strategic review.

Viridor to close Rochester plastics recycling site

Highest recycling rejection rate revealed - letsrecycle.com Barrow-in-Furness has been revealed to have the highest rejection rates for recycling across England and Northern Ireland.

Highest recycling rejection rate revealed

Wales consults on major addition to workplace recycling - letsrecycle.com The Welsh government has opened a consultation on amendments to the Workplace Recycling Regulations, which came into force in April 2024.

Wales consults on major addition to workplace recycling

New reuse shop opens at Kent HWRC - letsrecycle.com FCC Environment and Kent County Council (KCC) have opened a new reuse shop at the New Romney Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC).

New reuse shop opens at Kent HWRC

Metals recycler joins £11m rare-earth magnets project - letsrecycle.com A Northern metals recycler has joined an £11 million research and development consortium for rare-earth magnets from electric vehicles.

Metals recycler joins £11m rare-earth magnets project

Biffa closes Sunderland plastics recycling plant - letsrecycle.com Biffa has reportedly closed its plastics recycling plant in Washington, Sunderland, at a time of market instability.

Biffa closes Sunderland plastics recycling plant

Three arrests made in recycling fraud investigation - letsrecycle.com Two men and a woman in the North West of England have been arrested in connection with illegal recycling paperwork.

Three arrests made in recycling fraud investigation

ZWS reviews success of £70m Recycling Improvement Fund - letsrecycle.com The £70 million Scottish Recycling Improvement Fund has made “a positive contribution", according to a yearly review from ZWS.

Zero Waste Scotland reviews success of £70m Recycling Improvement Fund