Exchange For Change has published the first list of certified reverse vending machines (RVMs) approved for use in the UK Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), giving retailers greater certainty as they prepare for the initiative’s launch on 1 October 2027. The industry-led organisation…
Hounslow Council is bringing its new Pop Up Tips scheme to Chiswick this Saturday, giving residents the chance to dispose of unwanted household items for free. The event will take place at Edensor Gardens on Saturday 7 November, from 11am to 4pm. Residents…
"You have to be tested and wait for results. It can take months." A crushed sharps container found on a recycling conveyor in Coventry, England, has exposed a dangerous problem for workers: used medical needles mixed into household waste. Sherborne…
(Martyn de Young / SWNS) A grandad forced to wait over a year for fly-tipped waste dumped in his garage to be cleared has found it finally gone – but all of his belongings have been binned too. Martyn de Young, 68, went…
A furious British hiker has blasted littering tourists after finding 33lb (15kg) of dirty clothes, towels and beer cans dumped at a beauty spot. Rachel Sutcliffe, 42, is a seasonal glacier guide in Iceland – but she was left shocked and disgusted by the…
The Sentinel Neighbours have won their fight for blue bins on a Stoke-on-Trent street. They live on Oakhill Avenue, in Oakhill, and have been calling for blue bins for years. Now Stoke-on-Trent City Council has agreed to the request following…
Conservative-run Hillingdon aims to save £100,000 but local people fear dog poo will ‘be dumped everywhere’ People in a west London borough fear it will become covered in dog poo after their cash-strapped council decided to remove 700 dog-waste bins to save…
Recycling bosses say used needles are increasingly being found among household waste The boom in injectable weight-loss drugs, such as Mounjaro and Wegovy, is leading to more used needles turning up at recycling centres, putting workers at risk of serious…
Johns Hopkins Health System is piloting a new way to reduce medical waste: recycling used supplies instead of sending them to the landfill. In partnership Operating Rooms Generate Pounds of Trash Daily; Johns Hopkins is Testing a Way to Recycle…
Better Retailing is exclusively for independent convenience retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, and those working in the convenience channel who are over the age of 18. Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) operator Exchange for Change (EfC) has delayed publishing its list of certified reverse…
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