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Welcome to the September 2025 Issue of Wastecare's Newsletter, The Sustainable Insider.

With the UK food service industry thriving at levels higher than pre-pandemic, the volume of used cooking oil being generated is at an all-time high. 

Each year in the UK, thousands of tonnes of used batteries are discarded. Many end up in landfill, where they pose serious environmental risks and fire hazards.

As of 1 June 2025, single-use or disposable vapes are banned. It is illegal for businesses to sell or supply, offer to sell or supply, or have in their possession for sale or supply all single-use or ‘disposable’ vapes. This applies to sales online and in shops and all vapes whether or not they contain nicotine.

Simpler Recycling means businesses, schools, hospitals and other 'non-household municipal premises' in England will be required to separate dry recycling from general waste for collection.

Welcome to the January 2025 Issue of Wastecare's Newsletter

The UK Government says they’re fully committed to a Deposit Return Scheme and will continue to work closely with the Scottish Government and the DAERA to launch the scheme across the UK

E-waste is a term to describe electrical or electronic equipment that are old, end-of-life or discarded. It is commonly known as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)