More than 20 plastic recycling facilities in the UK have shut down in the past two years with industry sources blaming the export of plastic waste overseas and low virgin plastic, an analysis has found ⬇️

The latest ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡️ with exclusive insights from our journalists returning from the Conservative & @greenparty.org.uk conferences. Why does Kemi Badenoch want her party to leave the Climate Change Act? And how has it gone down? Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends

💡EXCLUSIVE 💡 Two banned PFAS forever chemicals are being found at consistently higher levels in waterways within one kilometer of landfills across England, unpublished data commissioned by the Environment Agency and obtained by ENDS has revealed ⬇️

Further soil testing for the forever chemical PFOA is due to take place near a Lancashire chemical plant that ENDS recently uncovered is still producing the carcinogenic pollutant as a by-product ⚠️

The government has denied “untrue” claims that it is considering changes to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to weaken protections for protected landscapes ⬇️

The shadow environment secretary has pledged to scrap the powers contained in Part 3 of the government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill if in power, describing the bill as an “abomination” ⬇️

In the name of energy security, the government is betting big on a largely unestablished innovation... Can it succeed? 🤔 Experts walk ENDS through the obstacles facing the deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in the UK ⬇️

The Conservative Party leader’s recent pledge to scrap the Climate Change Act is making the party “totally irrelevant”, former Green Party leader @carolinelucas.bsky.social has said ⬇️

A future Conservative government would scrap the “carbon tax” on energy generation and would end the “racket” of wind farm subsidies, shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho has said ⬇️

"Lifting the lid on what happens to our rubbish has never been so grim..." Thank you @radiotimes.bsky.social for featuring our Boy Wasted podcast today & amplifying this really important topic. The true crime series follows one death to unravel a global recycling scandal with 100s of casualties ⚠️

Environmental law group ClientEarth has sounded the alarm that Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to leave the European Convention on Human Rights if elected could be “deeply damaging” for nature laws ⬇️

Catch Adnan Khan & me speaking to @katelaycock.bsky.social from Deutsche Welle's Inside Europe podcast about Boy Wasted - our podcast telling the story of a body found in a bale of plastic in Turkey - and what it has to do with us in western Europe. At 31 mins 👇 www.dw.com/en/inside-eu...

🚨 UK green sector professionals! 40+ crucial dates are coming your way 🚨 Built by analysts from ENDS Compliance Manager and UK PDT, our special report calendar takes you through all the upcoming compliance deadlines and consultations 📆 Check it out ⬇️

New Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, has described the Labour government as “handmaids” of a “dangerous, deceitful politics” being peddled by Reform UK – much of which involves climate scepticism ⬇️

Thames Water’s investor group, London & Valley Water consortium, has confirmed that the firm’s substantial outstanding fines will be paid, as part of an ‘improved’ turnaround plan for the company. www.endsreport.com/article/1934...

Read my comment piece on what I saw at this year's Liverpudlian jambouree, and what it has to say about Labour's thinking on 'nature v housing'.. @endsreport.com www.endsreport.com/article/1934...

The latest ECO Chamber podcast episode is live ⚡️ With 🔥hot takes from our journalists who gleaned all they could from the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social conference, get the latest intel on ministers' stance on green policies now. Streaming on all 🎧 major platforms: podfollow.com/ends

🏛️ Environment Act provisions 💧 New regime for water firms 🗑️ Landfill tax changes 🌳 And much, much more Our new special report unpacks the UK green legislation that has taken effect over the past year, and what it means for you 🔎 Get up to speed ⬇️ www.endsreport.com/article/1931...

The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, has hit out at Reform UK, calling them ‘climate deniers’ who would put ‘clean energy jobs, nature and the climate at risk’ ⚠️ For more coverage and green news from the Labour Party Conference, check out the ENDS Report homepage at www.endsreport.com💡

If govt brings forward a new planning bill it will most likely be a 'Nature Bill' to replace EU-derived nature protections, a former No.10 advisor on housing told me at Lab Party Conference 👇 Gov says 'just speculation', but that's not the feeling on the ground.. www.endsreport.com/article/1934...

The government must reframe the problem of plastic waste as a public health emergency rather than just an environmental one, @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social co-executive director has said, describing ENDS’ recent Boy Wasted podcast as a 'prime example of this' ⬇️

🚨Are you going to Labour Party Conference? On Sunday, ENDS' @tesscolley.bsky.social, will be speaking on a panel at 2pm to discuss our new true crime podcast, Boy Wasted, and the issue of plastic exports, crime, and recycling. Join her at Solidarity Cafe ⬇️ solidaritycafe.com

Can Labour reform green regulators without breaking them? Top observers believe that major change is coming for the Environment Agency, @naturalengland.bsky.social and others by the next general election 🗳️ Full story here ⬇️ www.endsreport.com/article/1931...

Policy change, political chaos – both are a reality for the UK green sector under Labour ⏳ Prepare with our new report: 🎯 40+ policies unpacked 🎯 40+ deadlines coming up 🎯 Experts on Labour’s tests 🎯 The government’s next moves Read it here ⬇️ www.endsreport.com/article/1931...

Can Labour stage a housing boom that doesn’t weaken nature protections? Will it want to, when the pressure builds to hit housing targets? Top experts share their take for our special report 🏘️ Read it here ⬇️ www.endsreport.com/article/1931...

Can an embattled government meet the great green tests of our time? For our new special report, we’ve asked top experts to predict what Labour’s environmental wins – and defeats – will be by the time of the next general election This is their verdict ⬇️

Without central guidance on planning processes, the circular economy risks becoming "a hodgepodge of postcode lottery.” Libby Peake, senior fellow and head of resources, on how inconsistent policies are holding businesses back in the @endsreport.com 👇

🚨Campaigners have called for the government to ban all plastic waste exports following a joint ENDS investigation revealed hundreds of boys and men have been killed in recycling factories in Turkey. Listen to the Boy Wasted podcast in full now ⬇️ www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

🚨 A new @endsreport.com article reveals that the AGC Chemicals Plant is still producing the #PFAS, PFOA and has been aware of the risks to its workers for over 20 years.   🧪 PFOA is a globally banned, carcinogenic chemical.   Read more here 👉 buff.ly/8sQfBo8   #ForeverChemicals

The UK's biggest export is waste.. ..but the Environment Agency only has five full time port officers across all of England. This and more in our new true crime podcast - Boy Wasted. Listen to the series on @endsreport.com's Eco Chamber podcast feed now 👇 www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

Responding to our new podcast, Boy Wasted, Laura Burley, head of plastics at Greenpeace UK said the “UK’s current approach to plastic waste exports is part of a long history of environmental racism” Stream the full series now on the Eco Chamber podcast www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

More than 200 boys and men have been killed in recycling factories in Turkey - a top UK plastic export destination The news comes as we release Boy Wasted, a new true crime podcast Stream the full series now on ENDS Report's Eco Chamber podcast feed! www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation. Boy Wasted - a new true crime series - out now! Subscribe to the Eco Chamber podcast wherever you get your podcasts to get it in your feed. www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

EXCLUSIVE: ENDS' can reveal that AGC Chemicals is making products containing the banned and carcinogenic forever chemical PFOA, and allowing it to be released into the air. How did this happen? Read the full investigation below ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/1932...

"As it stands – on the party’s current policy platform – a Reform UK government would pose a threat to this country’s green progress like never before..." Read what ENDS editor @jamiecarpenter.bsky.social took away from the party's annual conference last weekend ➡️

Coming soon! A new podcast, Boy Wasted, tells the story of a boy found shredded in a Turkish recycling factory The investigation reveals the shocking truth of the global plastic waste trade Stream the full series on ENDS Report's Eco Chamber podcast feed from September 16.

This week's ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡️ Climate denialism🌪️ has permeated Reform UK’s thinking around climate policy. But following some outlandish discussions at their latest party conference, how should environmentalists respond? Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends/episode...

A PFAS manufacturing company located in the north of England has said that the Environment Agency don’t quite know what they should be doing’ when it comes to PFAS, which he said has left the firm in limbo ⬇️

A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation. Next week we release something a bit special - 'Boy Wasted' - a new true crime podcast series. This has been a massive, heart-breaking project! Please share & subscribe to the Eco Chamber now to get it in your podcast feed.

There is a lack of sufficient integration of waste crime-related information among the police, the Environment Agency and councils. This is impeding the fight against waste crime, a House of Lords inquiry into waste crime has been told ⬇️

I worked on this podcast. It's an incredible true story of dead bodies, coverups and corruption in the world of plastic recycling and it's enough to make you put down that single-use, non-recyclable bottle in front of you right now I can tell you… See the trailer below…

A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation. Boy Wasted - a new true-crime series - out next week. Subscribe to the Eco Chamber podcast now wherever you get your podcasts to get it in your feed.

The government has rejected a recommendation from MPs for a ban on bottom trawling in all offshore marine protected areas, arguing that the move would be “disproportionate” ⬇️🌊 www.endsreport.com/article/1931...

A ban on peat burning in all upland blanket bog habitats - unless under licence granted by the secretary of state - will come into effect from the end of the month, the government has confirmed ⬇️

Labour MP Emma Reynolds has been appointed DEFRA secretary after a reshuffle triggered by the former deputy prime minister’s resignation. But who is she, and how green are her credentials? @shoshaadie.bsky.social reports ⬇️

Government delays in implementing long-promised packaging policies are blamed for putting the UK's plastic recycling industry on the brink of collapse. Here's what you need to know ⬇️

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to scrap “ridiculous, harmful, wasteful” net zero policies, as leading figures from a US climate denial group with close links to Donald Trump addressed the party’s annual conference in Birmingham ⬇️

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 New DEFRA secretary named 👇 www.endsreport.com/article/1931...

🚨BREAKING 🚨 Steve Reed, former DEFRA secretary, has been appointed as housing secretary following the resignation of Angela Rayner today ⬇️

@chemtrust.bsky.social & other campaigners have called on water minister Hardy to use the revised Environmental Improvement Plan to close the UK-EU “regulatory gap” on chemicals. This follows the news that a long promised chemicals strategy has been shelved 💡 Letter seen by @endsreport.com ⬇️