Members of the recent CEI roundtable were asked an important question: how does the language we use help or hinder our efforts to be more circular with resources and waste?

Circular Online

01.07.2025

Final EPR base fees criticised by UK glass sector

The UK Government’s final base fees for its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme have been criticised by the British glass sector.

Circular Online

01.07.2025

Selling the sizzle: How does language impact our efforts to be more circular?

The CEI roundtable were asked an important question: how does the language we use help or hinder our efforts to be more circular with waste?

Circular Online

26.06.2025

CIWM Members support WasteAid project in The Gambia

A team of waste management experts from CIWM recently visited The Gambia to join WasteAid’s support of Operation Sanity.

Circular Online

26.06.2025

Celebrating circular innovation in the United Arab Emirates

Mark Siddorn, Strategic Planning and Business Performance Director at Tadweer Group, explores circular innovation in the UAE.

Circular Online

26.06.2025

Firms that use resources better, increase sales, research shows

Businesses making better use of resources are increasing their sales, according to new research by Green Alliance.

Circular Online

26.06.2025

Reuse can compete economically with single-use, Ellen MacArthur Foundation study finds

Returnable packaging can compete with the economics of single-use packaging for certain products, a new study has found.

Circular Online

25.06.2025

30% of grocery retail moving to reuse could save £577m annually

Adopting reusable packaging for 30% of goods in UK grocery retail could reduce systems costs annually by £577 million, new study finds.

Circular Online

25.06.2025

Riders of the lost trash: Waste traceability and responsibility

Miguel Varela, founder of TEIMAS, explains why waste traceability is crucial if the world is going to transition to a circular economy.

Circular Online

25.06.2025

Microbe can turn plastic waste into paracetamol, study shows

University of Edinburgh publishes new study on how a common microbe can turn plastic waste into paracetamol.

Circular Online

20.06.2025

CIWM Presidential Report 2025: Lost Opportunities? Winning Back Materials to Drive the UK’s Circular Economy

Read the CIWM Presidential Report 2025: 'Lost Opportunities? Winning Back Materials to Drive the UK’s Circular Economy' now.

Circular Online

20.06.2025

New textiles EPR assessment service launches

Textile EPR Impact Assessment service designed to help producers prepare for textile regulations across the EU launches.

Circular Online

20.06.2025

CIWM President launches 2025 report at his inauguration

Ahead of his inauguration as CIWM President, Dr. David Greenfield has launched the CIWM Presidential Report 2025.

Circular Online

19.06.2025

Building a circular economy for workwear

John Twitchen FCIWM, Founder of Stuff4Life, explains how his new social enterprise is working to build a circular economy for workwear.

Circular Online

18.06.2025

Circular economy could deliver £25bn boost to the UK, MPs say

Build national resilience and deliver £25 billon boost to UK economy by kickstarting the circular economy, say cross-party group of MPs.

Circular Online

17.06.2025

World Refill Day: 74% of UK consumers want retailers to offer reusable packaging

Research published on World Refill Day 2025 shows that 74% of UK consumers want more brands and retailers to offer reusable packaging.

Circular Online

17.06.2025

CIWM Presidential team appear at Waste Management Europe Conference 2025

CIWM President Tim Walker and Early Careers President Charlotte Davies speak at the Waste Management Europe Exhibition & Conference 2025.

Circular Online

14.06.2025

Volvo Cars signs recycled steel deal with SSAB

Volvo Cars have signed a new agreement with Swedish steel firm SSAB for the supply of ‘high-quality, recycled and near zero-emissions steel’.

Circular Online

13.06.2025

Defra hit with major cuts in 2025 Spending Review - Circular Online

The UK Government’s 2025 Spending Review has delivered a complex message to the environmental sector: major capital commitments for clean energy and carbon capture sit in stark contrast to sharp operational cuts to the very department charged with environmental stewardship.

Circular Online

12.06.2025

International E-Waste Day 2025 to focus on critical raw materials

This year’s International E-Waste Day will focus on critical raw materials, essential elements that have a high risk of supply disruption.

Circular Online

11.06.2025

Toast Brewing & MUD Jeans: Making circular work for business

Mark Shayler, owner of Ape, examines two inspiring organisations who have developed successful circular economy businesses.

Circular Online

11.06.2025

Defra announces £13.6m in grants for food redistribution charities

The UK Government has announced grants totalling £13.6 million have been offered to 12 food redistribution charities across England.

Circular Online

11.06.2025

Irish Gov announces €27 million in funding for circular economy

The Irish Government announces €27 million in funding to support initiatives aimed at advancing Ireland's transition to a circular economy.

Circular Online

03.06.2025

Morrisons redistributes 3 million Too Good To Go food bags

Morrisons has become the ‘first UK supermarket’ to prevent three million Too Good To Go food bags from going to waste.

Circular Online

28.05.2025

The role of reverse logistics in reducing resource waste

Andrea Lockerbie explores the world of reverse logistics, minimising waste and improving sustainability in supply chains.

Circular Online

28.05.2025

Defra provides circular economy strategy update at FOCE 2025

Emma Bourne OBE, Director, Circular Economy at Defra, provided a circular economy strategy update at the Festival of Circular Economy.

Circular Online

22.05.2025

MPs launch enquiry into government's circular economy progress

Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has launched an enquiry on the circular economy.

Circular Online

21.05.2025

LIVE UPDATE: The Festival of Circular Economy 2025

As the Festival of Circular Economy returns for its fourth year, CO brings you live updates from it's two jam-packed virtual days.

Circular Online

21.05.2025

£1.5m funding to create repair and reuse hubs in Devon libraries

Five-year project funded by £1.5 million will support communities across Devon to create repair and reuse hubs in libraries.

Circular Online

20.05.2025

Circular solutions for climate change in the mediterranean

Thanasis Sfetsos explains how the innovative, circular project Med-IREN is building climate resilience in the mediterranean.

Circular Online

16.05.2025

WRAP appoints Catherine David as CEO

Global environmental action NGO WRAP has appointed Catherine David as its new CEO after Harriet Lamb resigned in March.

Circular Online

16.05.2025

Lucozade bottle redesign will save '956 tonnes' of plastic annually

New Lucozade bottle design will save 956 tonnes of plastic annually, Lucozade producer Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I (SBF GB&I) says.

Circular Online

15.05.2025

University saves £20,000 by repurposing unused medical items

University of South Wales and NHS project saves over £20,000 in equipment costs by repurposing out-of-date medical items.

Circular Online

15.05.2025

Material Focus launches new £1 million Circular Electricals Fund

Material Focus has launched a new £1 million fund to support the development of a more circular electricals system in the UK.

Circular Online

15.05.2025

Only 6.9% of materials used globally come from recycled sources

Only 6.9% of the 106bn tonnes of materials used globally come from recycled sources, a 2.2% point drop since 2015, according to a new report.

Circular Online

14.05.2025

The time to scale up reuse is now

Victoria Baker, Discovery Manager at Ecosurety, asks is now the time to make reusable packaging the mainstream?

Circular Online

09.05.2025

WRAP launches UK Textiles Pact as part of rebrand

Climate action NGO WRAP has announced it is rebranding the voluntary agreement Textiles 2030 into the UK Textiles Pact.

Circular Online

08.05.2025

46% of UK adults want levy on single-use packaging

46% of UK adults want to see a charge introduced on single-use packaging similar to the carrier bag levy introduced in 2015.

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Sustainable Construction Barometer 2025: What is the sector's future?

North London Waste Authority targets 50% household recycling rate

CEI roundtable: How does language impact our efforts to be more circular?

Final EPR base fees criticised by UK glass sector

Selling the sizzle: How does language impact our efforts to be more circular?

CIWM Members support WasteAid project in The Gambia

Celebrating circular innovation in the United Arab Emirates

Firms that use resources better, increase sales, research shows

Reuse can compete economically with single-use, Ellen MacArthur Foundation study finds

30% of grocery retail moving to reuse could save £577m annually

Riders of the lost trash: Waste traceability and responsibility

Microbe can turn plastic waste into paracetamol, study shows

CIWM Presidential Report 2025: Lost Opportunities? Winning Back Materials to Drive the UK’s Circular Economy

New textiles EPR assessment service launches

CIWM President launches 2025 report at his inauguration

Building a circular economy for workwear

Circular economy could deliver £25bn boost to the UK, MPs say

World Refill Day: 74% of UK consumers want retailers to offer reusable packaging

CIWM Presidential team appear at Waste Management Europe Conference 2025

Volvo Cars signs recycled steel deal with SSAB

Defra hit with major cuts in 2025 Spending Review - Circular Online

International E-Waste Day 2025 to focus on critical raw materials

Toast Brewing & MUD Jeans: Making circular work for business

Defra announces £13.6m in grants for food redistribution charities

Irish Gov announces €27 million in funding for circular economy

Morrisons redistributes 3 million Too Good To Go food bags

The role of reverse logistics in reducing resource waste

Defra provides circular economy strategy update at FOCE 2025

MPs launch enquiry into government's circular economy progress

LIVE UPDATE: The Festival of Circular Economy 2025

£1.5m funding to create repair and reuse hubs in Devon libraries

Circular solutions for climate change in the mediterranean

WRAP appoints Catherine David as CEO

Lucozade bottle redesign will save '956 tonnes' of plastic annually

University saves £20,000 by repurposing unused medical items

Material Focus launches new £1 million Circular Electricals Fund

Only 6.9% of materials used globally come from recycled sources

The time to scale up reuse is now

WRAP launches UK Textiles Pact as part of rebrand

46% of UK adults want levy on single-use packaging

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