Month: February 2025

  The controversial landfill site in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, has entered liquidation after being ordered to close last year. The Environment … Continue ReadingWalleys Quarry landfill site goes into liquidation

  News updates written by CIWM’s commercial partners. Bucher Municipal | Bucher Municipal Purchases Land in Dorking, Surrey, for Long-Term … Continue ReadingNews in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates February

  For every five textile items repaired, four displace a new purchase – an 82.2% displacement rate – according to … Continue ReadingTextile repairs are preventing new purchases – WRAP research

  CIWM Fellow Iain Gulland, Chief Executive of Zero Waste Scotland, explains what Critical Raw Materials are and the economic … Continue ReadingCritical Raw Materials: Economic opportunities explained

  The Climate Change Committee has recommended the UK Goverment implement policies to ensure the near elimination of all waste … Continue ReadingCarbon budget calls for near elimination of all waste to landfill

  Trewin Restorick, Founder of Sizzle Innovation, explains how his new sustainable venture is aiming to transform waste into wonderful, … Continue ReadingTreasure Gardening: The launch of a circular social enterprise

  Fly-tipping incidents increased by 6% for the 2023-24 year, rising to 1.15 million from the 1.08 million reported in … Continue ReadingFly-tipping incidents increased by 6% for the 2023-24 year

  The University of Leicester says its scientists have developed a new technique for recycling lithium-ion batteries using vegetable oil. … Continue ReadingScientists create new method to recycle LI batteries using vegetable oil

  Mass-produced plastic has changed the world for better or worse, Jessica Bradley explores how plastic has reshaped the Earth … Continue ReadingThe State of Plastic Waste: A Global Overview