Savannah Coombe

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Deputy Editor at Resource Magazine

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Manchester HWRC to close for ‘up to 12 months’

1 week ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

The Reliance Street HWRC in Newton Heath, Manchester will be shut from 8pm on Sunday 29 June 2025. The improvements will look to bring more parking bays to the site, more space for recycling containers and a donation container for items that are too good to throw away. Councillor Tom Ross, GMCA lead for green city-region and waste, said: “These improvement works at our Reliance Street site are essential and it’s great that work will be getting underway soon.
Biffa awarded £56m waste contract in Wokingham

1 week ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

The contract is set to come into effect on 1 June 2026 and will run for an initial eight years, with the option to extend it for a further eight. It will include street cleansing and a new fleet of collection vehicles. Councillor Katrin Harding, executive member for environment and climate emergency, said: “Our new contract is part of our commitment to improving services for residents and delivering on our climate and community goals.
Suez opens new Reuse Shop in Southend-on-Sea

1 week ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

The newly refurbished shop has opened on Stock Road and is the waste management company’s 34th reuse outlet. Reuse shops provide a retail space for residents to both donate and purchase reusable household items. Suez Vincent Masseri, general manager for Suez, said: “We know people have a choice of where to buy goods and, if they want to reduce their carbon footprint, save money and help a fantastic local charity, opting for pre-loved over new is the way to go.
Online marketplaces to be brought into scope of WEEE regulations

1 week ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

If approved, the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations will extend to electrical items made overseas which are sold on UK online marketplaces. The motion was tabled today (3 June 2025) and will need to pass through both houses of parliament before coming into force. Nigel Harvey, CEO of lighting compliance scheme Recolight, said: “For over a decade, online marketplaces have facilitated the sale of WEEE non-compliant products on an industrial scale.
800k air fryers are sitting unused in UK homes

1 week ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

Since the appliance surged in popularity in 2015, 1.5 million of the kitchen gadgets have been thrown away instead of being recycled. Scott Butler, Executive Director at Material Focus – the team behind the Recycle Your Electricals campaign – said: “If you’ve got an air fryer that is still working, and you no longer need it, or it’s broken, try to sell it, donate it, or take it to be repaired. “But definitely recycle it, because the materials inside can do good elsewhere.
Popular London restaurant fined £20k for fly-tipping

1 week ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

Hackney-based Facing Heaven ignored a warning from the council after its first offence was caught in January 2023. The operator has been ordered to pay £19,400, including £16,500 in fines, plus legal costs of £900 and the maximum victim surcharge of £2,000.
OPINION: ‘Why isn’t anyone listening to the second-hand clothing sector?’

1 week ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

OPINION: For well over a year now, those of us on the frontline of the second-hand clothing (SHC) sector have been warning that this vital trade is on its knees. The signs were painfully clear: saturated markets, unsellable low-grade textiles flooding the system, skyrocketing shipping costs and faltering export routes due to global instability. Despite repeated pleas, evidence-backed reports and ongoing dialogue, our warnings were largely ignored.
Shattering perspectives: The glass industry’s hopes for EPR

1 week ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

As the UK moves towards the full implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), the glass industry has been frank about its fears for its future. The policy is designed to alleviate the cost of managing waste for local authorities, but its impending introduction has raised concerns among producers – particularly in terms of cost and practicality.
Single-use vape ban to come into force this weekend

2 weeks ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

Circular economy minister Mary Creagh announced the ban on 24 October 2024 after growing concerns for the environment and public health. Reusable vapes will still be on sale, with some in the waste industry expressing concern that the policy “swaps one problem for another”. Scott Butler, executive director, Material Focus, said: “Without quick and extensive action, the threat of a vapocalypse remains and new big puff and pod vape models are already contributing to an environmental nightmare.
OPINION: ‘Achieving the UK’s circular economy ambitions by 2040’

2 weeks ago | letsrecycle.com | Savannah Coombe

OPINION: How can we achieve the UK’s circular economy ambitions by 2040? This is one of the critical questions members of the Environmental Services Association (ESA) will address with peers and policymakers at our annual one-day conference next week. The ESA is currently working up its “Vision 2040” position paper setting out an ambitious but pragmatic pathway for the future for the UK’s circular economy.