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Thuringia’s Bundesrat Push for a Nationwide Repair Bonus Wins Key Committee Backing

The plan aims to make fixing appliances cheaper than replacing them.

Labour Plan Lets Courts Disqualify Repeat Fly-Tippers Under 12-Point Rule

England Rolls Out ‘Simpler Recycling’ With Clear Do-Not-Recycle List

Assam Orders Full Compliance With New Solid Waste Rules

England’s New Recycling Rules Bar Common Kitchen Items From Kerbside Bins

England’s Weekly Food-Waste Collections Begin Under Simpler Recycling Rules

Japan Approves Bill Requiring Recycling Plans From Large Solar Operators

Germany Unveils Plan to Make Fashion Brands Pay for Textile Waste

Maharashtra to Issue Special Ban on Plastic Flowers, Empower Cities to Enforce

England's 'Simpler Recycling' Four-Stream Collections Start March 31

Maharashtra to Issue New Order to Tighten Ban on Artificial Flowers

Berlin Districts Endorse Single-Use Packaging Tax, Pressuring Senate

Berlin to Send Littering Fine Revenues to Districts to Boost Enforcement

At Plastindia 2026, Delhi CM Calls for 100% Plastic Recycling and Unveils MSME, Startup Support

NEA Rolls Out S$2,500 Grant to Ease Beverage Container Return Costs

England Sets March 31 Start for Four-Stream Recycling, With Banned-Item Rules and Local Fines

Nepal Ends Everest Refundable Waste Deposit, Plans Non-Refundable Cleanup Fee

France Pushes Back Ban on Plastic-Containing Disposable Cups to 2030

Germany Begins Work on Disposable Vape Ban After Minister's Call

South Korea to End Free Disposable Cups by 2027, Shift to Cup Fees