The guidance also recommends that councils deploy overt and covert surveillance techniques, including CCTV, drones and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), and share intelligence with the police ...

Packaging producers will not face reissued invoices or higher fees in Year 1 of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR), after the UK government agreed to cover a funding shortfall that ...

Drinks producers given packaging guidance as DRS operator appoints five senior leaders for October 2027 delivery ...

The fund represents an expansion of Material Focus's investment activity. In 2023, the organisation allocated £1.8 million ...

The dipper is a small freshwater bird known for recolonising rivers that were previously heavily polluted. Using non-invasive sampling techniques, the research team tested the concentration of ...

Environmental network outlines dual-budget EPR model and interim circularity fund ahead of EU Circular Economy Act.

Microplastics have been found in the droppings of freshwater birds nesting near urban and agricultural land in Scotland and Spain, according to a new study led by the University of Glasgow. Trade body ...

The enforcement expansion takes place against a backdrop of persistent waste crime across England. The EA's 2025 National Waste Crime Survey estimated that 20 per cent of all waste is illegally ...

Aluminium beverage can recycling volumes and rates both increased across Europe in 2023, with deposit return schemes driving gains in several member states.

The Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL) has confirmed it will permanently remove all of its clothing banks from household waste recycling centre (HWRC) sites across the UK, following a review of ...

The decision, announced on 12 February, makes Wales the only UK nation to include glass in its DRS. England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have all opted to exclude glass from their schemes. The Welsh ...