Zero Waste Scotland part of European pilot project to develop marketplace for reused building materials

Trading Standards enforcement begins, to tackle the five million devices discarded weekly creating £200 million waste burden

Scottish start-up Reventas raises investment to scale chemical recycling process for polyethylene and polypropylene from pilot to commercial operation

Recorra and Vegware celebrate five years of collecting compostable food service packaging from commercial premises in South-East of England

Reuse Collection Point (RCPs) will accept QR-coded containers and provide instant deposit refunds, with rollout planned for Q1 2026

Environment Agency data shows nearly 17,000 incidents across the country, with West Midlands, Yorkshire and East Anglia recording highest levels

Bain & Company analysis suggests pyrolysis costs more than twice virgin plastic production, with 20-30 years needed to achieve cost parity

Material Focus warns that big puff and pod models could undermine June legislation benefits without sufficient steps to improve current recycling systems

Seven-partner project uses artificial intelligence to tackle UK food waste through automated surplus reallocation initiative

Trade body sets targets for recycled content and export bans to strengthen circularity of end-of-life tyres