Recycling news: 2025

Industry news LED light sheet achieves TM66 of 2.7 Applelec LED light sheet has achieved a TM66 score for circularity of 2.7, put it comfortably in the ‘excellent’ rating. […] Recolight · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news Skinflint closes its doors Skinflint – the UK supplier of reclaimed industrial and period lighting known for its sustainable practices – has announced that it’s […] Recolight · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news Rebuilding Power: How Smartville Is Giving EV Batteries a Second Life With electric vehicles entering the mainstream, end-of-life battery management is becoming an urgent concern for auto recyclers. Scott Packard, VP of Business Development at Smartville, outlines emerging tools and practices that help assess and process used Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries, highlighting practical strategies for safely identifying value and enabling reuse in stationary energy app… Auto Recycling World · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news ESA Executive Director vlog: Summer 2025 In his latest vlog, the ESA’s Executive Director, Jacob Hayler, provides an update on recent issues affecting the UK’s resources and waste management sector, as well as an overview of […] ESA (Environmental Services Association) · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news ALDI’S AMAZING VALUE BACK TO SCHOOL RANGE RETURNS FROM JUST £1.50 Getting ready for the new school year just got easier, and more affordable, as Aldi returns with its popular Back to School range even earlier, available in stores from 29th June. From classroom must-haves to fun accessories, the range has everything parents or carers need to get kids ready for September. With items starting from […] Aldi UK Press Centre · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news Enfinium signs three-year power agreement with ENGIE Enfinium and ENGIE have signed a three-year power purchase agreement (PPA). The agreement will see the Energy from Waste (EfW) company supply the energy provider with electricity from its latest facility in Leeds. The Skelton Grange facility will provide around 390 GWh of electricity per year over a three-year period from 2025, equivalent to the … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news Co-operative business: a recipe for resilience in turbulent times More than 180 years ago, a pioneering new business model began to take root. Today, the global co-op movement is stronger than ever Positive News · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news New nanotechnology boosts crop yield by 200% As pests, disease, heatwaves, flooding and drought threaten and increasingly unstable food supply chain, a new innovation could promise more security. Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology [KAUST], Saudi Arabia, believe they have developed a nanotechnology which could double crop yield and offer a lifeline to arid regions struggling to cope with […] Environment Journal · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news British Glass release statement on Industrial Strategy - British Glass British Glass news · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news How we’re showing cities can be a home to people and nature This post is by Mete Coban, deputy mayor of London for environment and energy. For the start of London Climate Action Week, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a new £12 million Green Roots Fund to boost London’s green and blue spaces. This […] Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news enfinium signs three-year Power Purchase Agreement with ENGIE to power British homes and businesses enfinium to power British businesses with three-year ENGIE power purchase agreement enfinium · 23 Jun 2025 Industry news Ireland ends coal power generation and Carlsberg launches regenerative barley beer: The sustainability success stories of the week As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie delivers this member-exclusive weekly round-up of five of the best sustainable business success stories of the week. In this week's edition, Ireland ends coal power generation, and much more. edie — Circular Economy tag · 22 Jun 2025 Industry news Illustrative Profit calculator - cloud.comms.diageo.com Diageo news and media · 22 Jun 2025 Industry news Video: Takeuchi electric excavator walkaround - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 21 Jun 2025 Industry news Jackie Thompson - CleanupUK CleanupUK · 21 Jun 2025 Industry news Guest post: How solar panels and batteries can now run ‘close to 24/365’ in some cities A few years ago, solar power became the “cheapest electricity in history”, but it still... Carbon Brief · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news KHL Group - KHL Group Demolition & Recycling International (KHL) · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news Meet Andy Conroy General Manager - EMR Group EMR (European Metal Recycling) · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news DeBriefed 20 June 2025: Three years to ‘keep 1.5C alive’; Bonn talks turn ‘bitter’; Inside Mumbai’s monsoon ‘war room’ Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... Carbon Brief · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news ALDI SELLS MOST ICE CREAMS EVER AS UK TEMPERATURES SURPASS 32℃ Aldi has announced record sales of ice cream for one day with sales jumping by more than 35% — with predictions that this could increase as much as 70% by the weekend thanks to the current heatwave. According to the Met Office[1], temperatures are likely to reach 34℃ on the weekend. The supermarket predicts shoppers […] Aldi UK Press Centre · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news PLASTICS PACKAGE: A sea change in single-use Governments must buy into the benefits of reusable packaging rather than the bull spread by single-use sector. By David Burrows. Ships in the port of Nice sounded their foghorns on Friday 13th June, a “brassy crescendo” to a rare moment of global unity as the third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, […] Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news Press Statement – Response to Guardian article – Discarded Clothes from UK Brands Dumped in Protected Ghana Wetlands (18th June 2025) The Textile Recycling Association (TRA) welcomes the growing interest in the global trade in used clothing and the wider conversation this prompts around waste, sustainability, and environmental justice. Recent reporting on textile waste in Ghana draws attention to a pressing global challenge: the need for investment in waste and recycling infrastructure, particularly in countries where [...] R… Textile Recycling Association · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news TechInspect and the Push for Global Inspection Standards in Salvage Richard Baker, director of Hudson Kapel Remarketing (HKR), a UK-based, trade-only online vehicle auction platform, explains how the company’s technology division, TechInspect, is transforming the way used vans, retail returns, and salvage vehicles are inspected, listed, and sold. From standardising inspections to integrating AI, TechInspect is delivering smarter tools that support faster, more … ATF Professional · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news Microbes to upcycle landfill waste at new UK cleantech hub Funding has been confirmed for a new biomanufacturing hub which will use microbes to process fossil-fuel-based waste from landfills and industry, creating new materials which contribute to a circular economy. edie — Circular Economy tag · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news The ten year infrastructure strategy: long on ambition but light on detail Last week’s spending review (see our briefing) was good for the environment, in particular because the government pledged to splash an awful lot of cash – £120 billion over the rest of the parliament – on raising the UK’s pitiful level of capital spending on […] Green Alliance blog (Inside Track) · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news Processing grief: how photography is helping Gazan refugees rebuild their lives A poignant photo series has given refugee children from Gaza an outlet to express their emotions – and share their hopes and dreams Positive News · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news Liquid-hydrogen fuelled concept car unveiled at Le Mans Liquid-hydrogen propulsion has been demonstrated in a test car developed by Toyota Gazoo Racing, in what seems a significant milestone for motorsports and the broader hydrogen mobility ecosystem. The GR LH2 Racing Concept made its public debut on 11-12 June at the Circuit de la Sarthe race course where it was being exhibited at the […] Envirotec Magazine · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news Sites allowed to temporarily exceed storage limits for certain wastes The Environment Agency will allow sites in England to temporarily exceed their permitted storage limits for certain wastes. Circular Online (CIWM) · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news Noah Law MP, chair of the APPG for Critical Minerals, visits Altilium’s recycling facilities Altilium was delighted to welcome Noah Law MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Critical Minerals, to the company’s EV battery recycling facilities in Plymouth this week, including our new ACT 3 scale-up plant at Langage. During the visit, the MP for St Austell and Newquay got to see first-hand the progress at the [...] Altilium news · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news OPINION: ‘UK bakers call for action on asset theft that undermines reuse’ Paul Empson, general manager at Bakers Basco, calls for reuse to be visible and well-supported. OPINION: The Environmental Services Association’s (ESA) latest vision for a circular UK economy by 2040 offers a compelling blueprint. Their five-pronged strategy outlines a clear and ambitious path: reducing waste, increasing recyclability, boosting participation, improving processing and preventing… letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news PMG Bristol doubles capacity with new plant Waste management company PMG Bristol has doubled its capacity with the installation of a new plant. Purchased from CDE, the new plant can process up to 25 tonnes per hour (tph). The company purchased its first waste recycling plant – which had a 10 tph capacity -from the same wet processing experts over ten years … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news 53,000 high polluting vehicles processed by London’s ULEZ scrappage scheme The city’s mayor has hailed the initiative a success, removing older and dirtier models from the streets. In total, 35,094 car and 17,964 vans have now been scrapped through the ULEZ scheme. 88% of funding for replacement vehicles went to Outer London boroughs, which benefitted most from the programme, which launched in 2023. Although most […] Environment Journal · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news What went right this week: saving the high seas, plus more The high seas treaty progressed, scientists had a leukaemia breakthrough, and climate solutions got a boost, plus more Positive News · 20 Jun 2025 Industry news CIWM news - CIWM CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) · 19 Jun 2025 Industry news Offsetting global fossil fuel stores by planting trees is impossible Trees would have to be planted on a vast proportion of global land mass to offset the carbon dioxide emissions from burning the world’s fossil fuel reserves New Scientist — Environment · 19 Jun 2025 Industry news Dr David Greenfield inaugurated as CIWM president The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has officially inaugurated its new president. Dr David Greenfield will take over from outgoing president Tim Walker, who has been in office since mid-2024. Greenfield was inaugurated today (19 June 2025) at a ceremony held in the House of Commons, ahead of the annual CIWM Presidential Dinner tonight. … Read More letsrecycle.com News · 19 Jun 2025 Industry news CIWM launches Presidential Report 2025 Ahead of his inauguration as CIWM President today (June 19), Dr. David Greenfield has launched the CIWM Presidential Report 2025, written by Dr Ryan Woodard, entitled “Lost Opportunities? Winning Back Materials to Drive the UK’s Circular Economy.” Wood Recyclers Association · 19 Jun 2025 Industry news THE FRIDAY DIGEST: FDF bets on mandatory reporting It’s a sure sign that a new government strategy is imminent when key stakeholders rush to reverse their public position on a popular policy. Perhaps the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has had a genuine epiphany that voluntary anti-obesity measures simply don’t cut it anymore. Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 19 Jun 2025 Industry news Climate change a boon for UK oysters UK oyster populations could grow significantly over the coming decades as they benefit from warming seas across northern Europe. Researchers at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) have modelled how the number and distribution of 19 threatened marine Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 19 Jun 2025 Industry news SMEs to receive food fraud intelligence Small food businesses will gain access to intelligence on food fraud as part of a new industry information-sharing initiative. The Food Industry Intelligence Network (fiin) has launched a free-to-access resource hub designed to help small to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) identify and manage Footprint Media (foodservice sustainability) · 19 Jun 2025