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Earlier this year, 1,124 wind-turbine blades were sitting in a Wyoming landfill. Now, a Missouri cement plant has given 7,000 more a second life, offering a different ending for retired renewable-energy equipment

Wyoming buried 1,124 wind turbine blades. Now, a Missouri cement plant is giving more than 7,000 retired blades a second life. The contrast exposes a growing problem for America’s wind industry. Giant blades are built to last for decades, but their tough composite materials are difficult to recycle. As older…

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Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner

Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes It’s A Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed

The Guardian - UK

EU plans to impose emissions costs on waste incineration plants

European Union plans will require waste incineration plants to pay for carbon dioxide emissions. This move aims to encourage reuse and reduce waste generation across member states. The industry argues this unfairly penalizes incinerator owners instead of waste producers. Officials are considering a 2031 start date for these new emissions…

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The women running Europe in 2026

Twenty of the leaders celebrated in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list are from Europe. Their roles reveal where power is concentrated across the continent and what it takes to reach the top of European business.

Fortune

Enviri Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) reported first-quarter 2026 revenue that was flat from a year earlier, while executives said the company remains on track to complete the sale of Clean Earth and the spin-off of New Enviri around June 1. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nick Grasberger said shareholders appro

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‘It’s a catastrophe’: Wellington rages as millions of litres of raw sewage pour into ocean

Abandoned beaches, public health warning signs and seagulls eating human waste are now features of the popular coastline in New Zealand

The Guardian - AU

3 European Stocks Built to Shrug Off Tariffs

The new year has started with new Trump tariff threats, this time on EU imports. Here are 3 European companies that would be largely immune to such tariffs.

MarketBeat

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TotalEnergies, Veolia Partner To Drive Low-Carbon Future

On Monday, TotalEnergies SE (NYSE:TTE) penned a new memorandum of understanding with Veolia Environnement (OTC:VEOEY) to expand their partnership in advancing the energy transition and circular economy.

Benzinga

France Says It Cannot Save Contraceptives US Plans To Destroy

France said Friday it could not seize women's contraception products estimated to be worth $9.7 million that the United States plans to destroy, after media reports suggested the stockpile would be incinerated in the country.

International Business Times

France supports Belgium's push to block US destruction of contraceptives

France has confirmed it is monitoring a US plan to incinerate millions of dollars worth of unused contraceptives in Europe – a move aid groups say is ideologically driven and medically wasteful.

Radio France Internationale

Veolia takes legal action against Unite

Unite members are involved in a long running dispute over union recognition.

The Independent UK

Corporate purpose: how boards of directors monitor the mission of European companies

On April 24th, Veolia’s shareholders voted by more than 99% to inscribe the company’s corporate purpose into its bylaws. This means that Veolia’s board of directors will need to monitor the implementation of its corporate purpose by executive management even more closely than before. What approach will they take?

The Conversation

'Persistent smell of decay': Bins go uncollected for seven weeks in London borough amid refuse contract problems

Streets left overflowing with rubbish following launch of a new eight-year waste contract between local council and Veolia Waste Management

Evening Standard

Dying fish, polluted water and a terrible stench: the French firm accused of dumping toxic waste in Colombia’s wetlands

A controversial landfill near Barrancabermeja has polluted protected wetlands, causing harm to people and the environment, claim local campaigners

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Power Players: Meet the women reshaping 10 key European industries

This year, Fortune curated a list of female leaders at the helm of European companies across the continent’s biggest industries.

The Independent UK

Engineering company settles Flint water lawsuits for $53M but denies any blame for lead crisis

An engineering company has agreed to pay $53 million to settle all remaining lawsuits that accused it of some blame for lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, a decade ago

The Guardian - AU

Poor labelling allows ‘massive amounts’ of plastic into Australia’s garden waste, companies warn

Items such as coffee cups and bin liners are wrongly labelled ‘compostable’, leading to calls for governments to impose standards

Fortune

Veolia CEO was key to the Paris Olympics

Veolia is headquartered in Paris and handles waste management and de-pollution for states and companies.

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Evening Standard

Section of 2,000-year-old Roman road discovered under Old Kent Road

Discovery sheds light on one of Roman Britain’s most important roads

Evening Standard

Beckenham street sweeper enjoys Portugal holiday after travel company comes to rescue with free trip

Paul Spiers’ employer banned him from accepting around £3,000 residents raised to send him on his second-ever trip abroad

The Guardian - UK

Road sweeper denied crowdfunded holiday will go on trip after all

Travel company finds loophole with personalised competition that allows Paul Spiers to win £3,000 voucher

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The Donald Trump-Elon Musk love-in was more of the same

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Beckenham street sweeper 'wins' holiday competition after bosses banned him from accepting trip donations

A Beckenham street sweeper has “won” a competition for a free holiday to Portugal after being told by his bosses he could not accept money raised by locals for him to travel abroad.

Evening Standard

MP steps in to demand popular south London street sweeper gets £3,000 holiday

MP Liam Conlon said “this is not the time for a ‘computer says no’ attitude”

Evening Standard

Community in south London raise £3k to send 'dedicated' street cleaner on holiday but bosses say he can't go

The fundraisers’ efforts fell foul of the local authority’s contract with the cleaning firm

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