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As part of its five-year Environmental Improvement Plan, the government has set new interim targets for 2028 to reduce different types of waste, including plastic,

His Royal Highness King Charles has recognised the importance of the environmental sector in his first New Year’s Honours list. On 31 December, it was

The Global Recycling Foundation has unveiled ‘creative innovation’ as its theme for its flagship Global Recycling Day, taking place on 18 March. Now in its

A new report by Biffa says there is a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity for the UK to make an £18 billion investment in dozens of new onshore

The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has relaunched its ‘Take Charge’ recycling campaign, as resurrected battery fires continue to haunt household waste recycling centres (HWRCs). Executive

New research from CU Boulder, published in Nature Chemistry, details how a class of durable plastics widely used in the aerospace and microelectronics industries can

Following Truss being confirmed as the UK’s Prime Minister, she began a broad reshuffle of cabinet positions. This includes the appointment of Ranil Jayawardena as

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) urged councils in June this year (2022) to be “targeted and proportionate” when using litter enforcement

This year’s Earth Overshoot Day is on 28 July, which means from 1 January until this day, humanity has demanded as much from nature as

Companies making the change from linear to circular business models, aimed at keeping products in use for much longer, want more help from the government,

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has signed a joint letter with 14 other professional bodies urging the Conservative MPs vying to become the

Plastic film will be collected from “every home and business in the UK” by 2027 under EPR Luke Hall issued his plea during a debate