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Veolia opens 25k-tonne hazardous waste facility

16 April 2025

A 25,000 tonne per year hazardous waste facility has been opened by Veolia in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Waste Transfer Station (WTS) is now receiving waste from nearby chemical, agrochemical, ...

Infamous 600-tonne Harrow fly-tipping site cleared

An infamous fly-tipping hotspot in Harrow has been cleared by waste management ...

Vale of Glamorgan trials soft plastic collections

A trial collection service for soft plastics is set to be launched imminently by the ...

Haringey issues £1.3m worth of fines for fly-tipping

Haringey council issued £1,393,350 worth of fly-tipping and littering fines last ...

News in Brief (15/04/2025)

News in brief including: A clothing company is turning old clothes into dog beds; ...

LGA consults on legally binding climate change action

The Local Government Association (LGA) has launched a consultation on introducing ...

Clearpoint to supply PET directly to plastics recycler

Clearpoint Recycling has announced a partnership with a specialist polyethylene ...

First Mile acquires Greenzone and Albion Waste

First Mile has announced the double acquisition of Greenzone Facilities Management ...

New College Swindon appoints Hills Waste Solutions

New College Swindon has announced the appointment of Hills Waste Solutions as its ...

Cake cuttings to clean polluted water

A patisserie has partnered with a biotech startup to recycle food waste to be used to...

Incubator for plastic-to-fuel to open in Teesside

Nexergy Holdings has announced plans to establish a new technology incubator at the ...

Withyhedge landfill reopens after £10m upgrade

A landfill in Wales that was described as smelling like “a stinkbomb on steroids...

Viridor allocates £75k to reuse sector

Viridor has allocated £75,000 to support the reuse sector through its We Share ...

Great British Spring Clean: 462k bags of litter collected

Keep Britain Tidy has announced that 462,410 bags of litter were collected across the...

UKCM wins again at Masters of Waste 2025

For the second year running, UKCM has won the 2025 Masters of Waste Golf tournament, ...

Valpak provides care-leavers with white goods

Valpak by Reconomy has partnered with the Coventry House Project to provide white ...

WRAP releases updated metric for carbon emissions

WRAP has released the latest version of its Carbon Waste and Resources Metric, ...

FareShare awarded £210k grant from PepsiCo

The PepsiCo Foundation has announced an expansion of its partnership with food ...

350m people globally have access to a DRS

350 million people across the globe have access to a deposit return scheme (DRS), ...

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