Hazardous Wastes

Four projects selected from 65 applications to address WEEE repair, material recovery and reuse
Circuit breakers
Material Focus awards £567,720 to first Circular Electricals Fund projects
Four projects selected from 65 applications to address WEEE repair, material recovery and reuse
Under pressure

Nitrous oxide cylinder explosions surge at EfW plants

12 February 2026

ESA warns large pressurised cylinders are damaging at recovery facilities and endangering waste workers
Litter bills

Wales consults on extending pEPR to cover littered and street-binned packaging

4 February 2026

Welsh Government proposes three fee mechanisms to shift estimated £15m litter cost to producers
Border friction

Industry groups urge EU to ease waste shipment rules ahead of May deadline

30 January 2026

Eight European associations call for transition period and repeal of two-day advance notice requirement
Designed to vanish

Glasgow researchers develop 99 per cent degradable circuit boards

21 January 2026

Life cycle assessment shows 79 per cent reduction in global warming potential compared to conventional PCBs
Tyre tracks

EA publishes implementation plan for waste tyre export controls to India

13 January 2026

Regulator approves 41 Indian recovery facilities while rejecting 13 that failed environmental standards under its new verification regime.
Tiny couriers

Tiny marine organisms acting as 'biological pumps' for ocean microplastics

6 January 2026

Research quantifies how waste plastics sink to ocean floor while entering marine food chain
Burning issue

Scotland watchdog prompts action on incineration overcapacity

9 December 2025

Scottish Government commits to address planning and permitting gaps identified by Environmental Standards Scotland
Tax retreat

Budget 2025 abandons landfill tax convergence after construction sector opposition

26 November 2025

Chancellor also confirms early 2026 consultations on local authority EPR performance and packaging waste recycling reforms
Rising toll

Waste sector pollution incidents increase 57 per cent in 2024

21 November 2025

Landfill odour problems account for most serious incidents as EA reports challenges managing scale of issues
Playing with fire

London waste authorities call for action on increasing battery fires

13 November 2025

Coalition urges government to strengthen regulations as incidents rise 71 per cent
COMMENT

Time for honesty about Britain’s hazardous waste future

16 October 2025

Jen Cartmell on the residual infrastructure needed to manage hazardous material
ARTICLE

Energy-from-waste costs could rise 50 per cent under UK ETS expansion plans

25 September 2025

Research commissioned by Suez estimates gate fees may increase £48 per tonne from 2028
ARTICLE

Battery fires in UK waste facilities surge 71 per cent to over 1,200 incidents a year

15 September 2025

Environment Services Association calls for universal kerbside collections to tackle growing epidemic threatening worker safety
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