Iain Gulland, CEO of Zero Waste Scotland, has been re-elected as president of the Association of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+), an international network of cities and regions aiming to make circularity and climate neutrality a reality.

Most classes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the UK must now be classed as hazardous waste or containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) unless it can be proved otherwise, according to updated guidance by the Environment Agency (EA).

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced yesterday (8 June) that any methodology for calculating the 2020 waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) compliance fee will take the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic into account.

Industry experts have predicted that the waste wood sector is set to face difficulties recovering post-coronavirus.

Seeking to address the climate emergency and the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, Zero Waste Scotland has published a five-step net-zero plan.

The European WEEE Registers Network (EWRN) this week released a report condemning online marketplaces for the high level of WEEE non-compliance of products sold on their platforms.

BBIA Managing Director David Newman looks at how Italy’s new EPR scheme for compostable packaging will work and what lessons it can provide the UK as it revises its packaging EPR system.

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has announced a new project to create the first specification for the management of plastic pellets, flakes and powders to prevent pollution caused by this form of plastic.

A coalition of global environment experts has today (4 June) called on governments worldwide to back the transition to a real circular economy as a key part of Covid-19 economy recovery plans.

Environmental NGO Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) has called for the introduction of a Material Recovery and Biological Treatment (MRBT) system as a ‘bridge strategy’ for managing residual waste in a circular economy.