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  A new report from Zero Waste Europe warns the EU Circular Economy Act risks entrenching the use of hazardous waste in construction projects.

The report, ‘A toxic legacy: Bottom ash in Europe’s circular economy’, found that the act could embed hazardous waste in roads, buildings and public infrastructure unless strict safeguards are introduced.

The EU Circular E...

  A man from Birmingham has been arrested in connection with an illegal waste site on the land owned by the King’s Estate.

The 58-year-old man was arrested for environmental, fraud and money laundering offences related to multiple illegal dumps across England, not only the site in Wigan, partly owned by the King.

Ian Crewe, Area Director for Greater Manchester, M...

  53% of people in England say waste crime negatively impacts their quality of life, new polling shows.

The new You-Gov research, commissioned by the charity Crimestoppers, found that 45% of people in England agree that waste crime makes their local area feel unsafe.

The polling also found that nearly two-thirds of people in England have noticed some form of wast...

  The UK Government is pushing UK supermarkets to cap food prices in exchange for easing packaging policies, according to multiple reports.

The Treasury’s proposals, first reported by the Financial Times, would involve voluntary price ...

  23.6 million vapes were littered or dumped in household bins across Ireland in 2025, new data shows.

Only 6% (1.4 million) vape and e-cigarette devices were returned for recycling in the 20 counties covered by Ireland’s largest e-waste recycling scheme, were returned for recycling, new figures from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Ireland show.