The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) set up in 2003 was tasked to oversee a review of options for managing UK radioactive waste and to engage the public in choosing a long-term ...

The Nuclear Waste Services strategy for the UK aims to "make nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner". The strategy is focused on goals to hit by 2030 (Image: NWS corporate strategy report 2023) The ...

Waste management has evolved from a linear model of “take–make–dispose” to a more sustainable framework predicated on reduction, reuse and recycling within a circular economy. Contemporary strategies ...

Effective nuclear waste management is a critical global challenge, particularly for countries like the UK looking to expand their nuclear power sectors. The UK has a substantial amount of existing ...

The UK has produced radioactive waste since the dawn of the nuclear age some 70 years ago. The waste comes from nuclear power stations, medical and industrial facilities and the defence programme.

The second of three planned shipments of high-level radioactive waste has left the Sellafield site in northwest England and is being transported by rail and sea to its destination at the Isar interim ...

In another sign of the scramble to accelerate the uptake and transformative potential of artificial intelligence, Dutch recycling giant Bollegraaf Group is making a strategic investment in U.K. AI ...

Around the world, waste generation rates are rising. In 2020, the world was estimated to generate 2.24 billion tonnes of solid waste, amounting to a footprint of 0.79 kilograms per person per day.

The transition to a sustainable circular economy has boosted private equity investors’ appetite for the waste management and recycling sector. In the first half of 2023, there was an increase in ...

Online marketplaces selling electronics and electrical items, like Amazon and eBay, will need to report sales and pay more towards e-waste recycling costs under expanded UK Government rules.