Exchange for Change has published detailed packaging requirements for the UK deposit return scheme, with producers told existing product barcodes will not be accepted by reverse vending machines.

A four-month trial using Cleaner Seas Group's industrial filters will quantify how many microfibres cruise ship and hotel laundries discharge, and how much filtration captures before greywater leaves the wash.

Scoping review of 350 studies finds humans are exposed to around 60 polymer types through ingestion, inhalation and injection at every stage of life, from the womb to the hospital ward.

Middlesbrough facility completes first melt on upgraded electric arc furnace, with metal recycler and steelmaker projects already in the pipeline.

The Scottish Government has published its circular economy strategy, setting out five priority sectors and a monitoring framework to track progress towards a net zero, nature positive nation by 2045.

World Bank report finds 2.6 billion tonnes of municipal waste generated in 2022, with volumes set to rise 50 per cent by 2050 as management improvements fail to keep pace.

A free toolkit maps the fashion industry as interconnected islands rather than a linear chain, allocating carbon emissions by stage and identifying the systemic forces that lock high-carbon models in place.

WRAP has launched a Refill Locator through its Recycle Now campaign, charting 675 packaging-free shops across the UK as survey data shows nearly nine in ten consumers are willing to try refill shopping.

Vessel that carried the circular economy champion around the world in 2005 is now itself being circularised, as Swiss start-up Verretex reclaims its glass fibre composites and restores them to virgin-like quality.

A new report from BB-REG-NET confirms that certified biodegradable plastics must pass mandatory ecotoxicity testing before reaching the market, addressing questions raised by the UK Government about their environmental safety.