1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (452+ words) Viridor is considering the closure of its chemical plastics recycling operations, citing weak market conditions and a lack of policy certainty across the UK and the EU. Viridor said the move reflects "significant pressure" facing plastics recycling markets across Europe,…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (482+ words) Across the UK, edible food is increasingly finding its way into charity networks rather than the bin, but with slowing progress, the sector warned that surplus will remain out of reach without stronger incentives....

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (18+ words) A new Community Shop has opened in Sunderland, expanding efforts to redistribute surplus food and address food insecurity....

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (23+ words) WRAP has released an updated version of "Runa's Clause" " which aims to provide a contractual framework for the reduction of food waste....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (60+ words) The UK food and drink manufacturing sector could help provide more than one billion meals annually through cutting food waste and redistributing surplus....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (442+ words) Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced plans for a new national programme to treble the amount of surplus food redistributed across the UK. The announcement followed the King's Speech and forms part of wider efforts to support households facing rising…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (505+ words) The Environment Agency (EA) has said major reforms to waste site inspections are already underway following criticism from the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP). The Agency pointed to many of the watchdog's findings being based on "historical data" rather than…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (532+ words) The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has identified "significant short-comings" in the Environment Agency's (EA) inspection regime for waste operations and installations in England. The findings are set out in an OEP report reviewing EA inspection activity between 2018 and 2022, based…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (446+ words) The UK's waste export system is set for significant reform as regulators introduce new reporting requirements, digital tracking measures and tighter compliance controls. Changes being developed by the Environment Agency (EA), Defra and the European Union are expected to increase…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (25+ words) Exchange for Change has confirmed that a flat 20p deposit will be applied to all in-scope containers under the UK's Deposit Return Scheme....