Barbora Vaclavova

While NLWA has confirmed that the strategy has already been approved by its members, the document is still going through an approval process with each of the authorities. This is expected to be completed by autumn 2025. Alongside others, the waste authority noted its goal of hitting a 50% recycling rate. Considering that, according to its annual report the NLWA achieved a recycling rate of 28.2% in 2024/25, this could be seen as a challenge.

The local authority outlined that it will now collect household items such as kettles, hair dryers, small toasters, irons and other similar-sized handheld electricals. It said this also includes e-cigarettes and vapes with removed batteries. The council has also extended the range of household batteries accepted for recycling to now include rechargeable batteries from laptops, mobile phones and power tools as well as lithium button batteries and standard batteries such as AA, AAA and the like.

by Barbora Vaclavova Natural Resources Wales (NRW) announced that it has issued a £64,000 fine to a metal recycling company S L Recycling following a fire at the plant in September 2021. The Welsh regulator said that the company has been ordered to pay a fine of £64,000 for environmental offences after appearing at Newport Crown Court for sentencing yesterday morning (26 June 2025). The company was also ordered to pay £30,000 costs and a victim surcharge of £190, NRW added.