Month: July 2025

  The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has begun its enquiry into the circular economy with an evidence session on the Global Plastics Treaty. The session is an opportunity for MPs to explore the key proposed elements of the Global Plastics Treaty, and the barriers that need to be overcome to achieve an agreement […]

G2 has just released its highly anticipated summer 2025 reports, and we have struck gold once again. 101 Blockchains earned 34 badges in the latest G2 report, making us a force to reckon with in blockchain and Web3 training. We have been one of the top performers in all G2 reports, with consistent results every […]

  Mark Hall, waste management expert at BusinessWaste.co.uk, dives into the work around reducing waste at the ‘Wimbledon of the North’ the Lexus Ilkley Open. In June 2025, BusinessWaste.co.uk partnered with the Lexus Ilkley Open, one of the UK’s premier pre-Wimbledon grass court tennis tournaments. The partnership allowed BusinessWaste.co.uk to provide waste collection services and […]

    A transition to a fully circular economy will only come about if we equip our workforces with the expertise they need to thrive, writes CIWM’s Senior Director of Policy and Education Katie Cockburn. The resources and waste management sector is at the forefront of putting circular economy (CE) principles into practice to deliver […]

    A transition to a fully circular economy will only come about if we equip our workforces with the expertise they need to thrive, writes CIWM’s Senior Director of Policy and Education Katie Cockburn. The resources and waste management sector is at the forefront of putting circular economy (CE) principles into practice to deliver […]

  Biffa has opened a new ‘zero to landfill’ waste transfer site in Scotland amid what it is calling a ‘major economic boom’ in The Highlands.  The transfer station on the Longman Industrial Estate is Biffa’s first in Inverness and is permitted to handle up to 150,000 tonnes of general business waste and dry mixed […]

  A waste company has been ordered to pay £52,405.05 for failing to comply with a demand for information about the materials they accepted. Tetron Welbeck Limited Liability Partnership pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates Court and was fined £44,800 and ordered to pay costs of £5,605.05. The Partnership was also ordered to pay a victim […]

  Helen Culshaw, Senior Advisor from the Environment Agency’s Geoscience Operations Team, explains how the team audit permitting applications for the deposit of inert waste that could impact the subsurface environment.  As a regulator, the Environment Agency (EA) audits all environmental permit applications received that have the potential to cause environmental harm to the subsurface […]

  Helen Culshaw, Senior Advisor from the Environment Agency’s (EA) Permitting Geoscience Operations Team (GOT) explains how they audit permit applications for the deposit of inert waste that could impact the subsurface environment and answers commonly raised queries from operators for these deposits. When we pick up an application the first element looked at is […]

  Helen Culshaw, Senior Advisor from the Environment Agency’s Permitting Geoscience Operations Team (GOT) explains how the associated Hydrogeological Risk Assessments (HRA) are audited, and common queries that arise. This article is part of a series and should be read with the Environment Agency advice on commonly raised questions for preparing water environment Conceptual Site […]