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letsrecycle.com is a UK-based website for reporting news and information related to the waste management and recycling industries. The website produces daily news and information and is one of the key providers of news in the UK waste industry. It carries a range of pricing information for recyclable materials including waste paper, scrap metal, plastics, glass, organics and wood. It is the UK's only independent dedicated website for businesses, local authorities and community groups involved in recycling and waste management. The site also has a discussion board, "clubrecycle", where waste managers and stakeholders can discuss industry developments. Source
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Search ArticlesLarge fire at WasteCare transfer station closes railway line
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) received reports of a fire at a WasteCare facility in Colthrop Business Park on Colthrop Lane, at around 7.30pm yesterday (28 September 2026). The Wastecare Thatcham site operates as a Transfer Station for all hazardous waste collections carried out in the surrounding area. Crews from Theale, Newbury and Hungerford fire stations were sent to the scene, alongside specialist vehicles.
East Devon launches council-owned company to take over waste collections
EdenServ began delivering the service yesterday (28 September 2026), replacing Suez Recycling and Recovery UK as the council’s waste and recycling collection provider. The new company is wholly owned by East Devon District Council and has been established to deliver recycling, waste and environmental services on behalf of the authority.
Councils pull out of Sinfin waste project after £147m spend
Cabinet members at both councils agreed the move at meetings on 23 September 2026, following a review launched after a procurement process to find a partner to repair and operate the facility ended without a contract being awarded. The councils said officers had recommended decommissioning the Derby and Derbyshire Waste Treatment Centre (DDWTC) and seeking alternative longer-term arrangements for managing the city and county’s household waste.
Weekend recycling centre fires break out in Glasgow and Peterborough
The incidents took place on Saturday (26 September 2026), with firefighters tackling fires at recycling centres in both locations. In Glasgow, crews were called to a fire affecting a recycling centre near Bogmoor Road, while in Peterborough firefighters attended a fire involving a skip at a site on Fengate. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was called to Shieldhall Recycling Centre near Bogmoor Road, Glasgow, at around 11.25am on Saturday.
ANALYSIS: Lessons from North Somerset’s soft plastics rollout
More than a year on from introducing soft plastics collections across the whole district, North Somerset Council’s rollout has exceeded expectations, with residents taking up the service at a higher rate than anticipated. Speaking to letsrecycle.com, a spokesperson for the council explained: “From that Go Live, our North Somerset residents have adopted the service better than we could have expected through excellent uptake across the new Soft Plastic material stream.
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Appointments Round-Up (25/09/2026)
Dan Acheson, UK Packaging PRO UK Packaging PRO has appointed Dan Acheson as EPR Specialist to support the organisation’s work on packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR). Acheson joins from PackUK, where he spent the past year as Policy Delivery Manager for the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM). Prior to his secondment, he worked at WRAP as an analyst within its policy and insights team.
MARKET REPORT: Glass, metals, organics, plastics, textiles, wood September 2026
NB: From October 2026, the letsrecycle.com prices will all be released on the 22nd of each month or closest working day. This is with the exception of PRN prices which will be released in the first week of the month (for the month prior), due to the volatility of this market. It was a fairly flat month for the sector. This month has seen prices for MRF other (aggregates) stabilise this month after significant decreases in August.
Co-op and Podback expand coffee pod recycling to over 200 stores
It follows a trial which saw 30 stores offer the service and half a million coffee pods – totalling eight tonnes – recycled in six months. The roll-out of the next phase is currently underway, and includes stores in south-west England and South Wales.
LARAC Scotland Conference 2027
Scotland’s local authority waste and recycling services continue to operate in a fast-changing policy and operational landscape, making shared learning and collaboration more important than ever. The LARAC Scotland Conference 2027 will bring together local authority professionals, policymakers, industry specialists and sector partners for a focused day of discussion on the issues shaping services across Scotland.