Fears around safety, hygiene and reliability are deterring consumers from buying refurbished, repaired or second-hand goods, ...

The European Parliament’s Environment (ENVI) and Internal Market (IMCO) committees have voted on rules designed to make the ...

Welsh Energy from Waste (EfW) company Powerhouse Energy Group has announced its expansion into Northern Ireland.

While NLWA has confirmed that the strategy has already been approved by its members, the document is still going through an approval process with each of the authorities. This is expected to be ...

The exemptions allow certain low risk waste operators to be exempt from the wider environmental permitting process. The service was previously free. However, after a consultation in November 2024 the ...

Fox Brothers Holdings, an integrated construction materials provider headquartered in Blackpool, has announced the acquisition of 100% of J Fisher & Sons Limited, said to be a key player in heavy ...

Its latest survey polled over 5,000 British consumers and found that 89% look for information on the pack to inform their recycling decisions. At the same time, 81% refer to the OPRL “Recycle” label ...

The European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC) has announced the creation of a new dedicated sector group, the European Plastic Films (EuPF). This initiative aims to bring together European ...

Governments voted on a proposal to revise and merge the outdated End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the 3R Type-Approval Directive into a single Regulation on Circularity Requirements on Vehicle ...

Biffa has said it’s opened a “zero-to-landfill” waste transfer site in Scotland amid a “major economic boom” in The Highlands. The transfer station on the Longman Industrial Estate is said to be Biffa ...

The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a consultation into an environmental permit application from Fornax (North East) to operate an Energy-from-Waste plant. The company wants to operate a ...

New research found that flaws in environmental assessment standards could be holding back the UK’s £220 billion bioeconomy and net zero commitments. The Environmental Working Group of the Bio-based ...