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Fire and ‘sheer volume’: how Britain’s 6m-vape problem is putting recycling under strain

Despite the ban on disposables, waste professionals say the mountain of discarded devices is a £1bn-a-year issue

The Guardian - UK

Disposable vapes causing a fire a day at in the UK six months after ban

The incorrect disposal of vapes can lead to dangerous explosions when crushed by lorries

The Independent UK

Specialized announces partnership with FDJ-Suez after Demi Vollering signing

2023 Tour de France Femmes champion to stay on S-Works bikes after joining French team from SD Worx-Protime

Cycling Weekly

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Struggling Thames Water receives £5bn buyout offer from Covalis

Deal would result in France’s Suez Group being brought in to manage restructure of water company

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water receives buyout offer from investment group Covalis Capital

The plans would see French water firm Suez brought in to help run the company while Covalis breaks Thames Water up into smaller chunks.

Evening Standard

Investors up bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cut after US jobs data – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as American private sector adds 227,000 jobs in November

The Guardian - UK

Demi Vollering confirms two-year contract with FDJ-SUEZ from 2025 to 2026

Former Tour de France winner joins French WorldTour team as GC co-leader alongside Juliette Labous and Évita Muzic

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Demi Vollering officially joins FDJ-Suez from SD Worx-Protime

27-year-old signs for French squad from 2025

Cycling Weekly

FDJ-SUEZ lay out ambitious plans for future that could include Demi Vollering

Stephen Delcourt avoids confirming deal with Tour de France Femmes winner but reveals 20% budget increase

Cycling News

Row over claims South Gloucestershire bin strike talks are imminent

Unite union members are taking industrial action in a dispute over pay until September

Bristol Post

Bin strikes causing 'public health crisis' in South Gloucestershire

Talks are ongoing between the union and waste firm bosses

Bristol Post

Neighbours start ‘doing it for themselves’ as recycling bin strike continues

Residents have one collection each

Bristol Post

£10 million Northumberland food waste digester will provide clean energy to thousands of homes

The anaerobic digestion facility will be built on a site near Ashington in a bid to reduce food waste

Chronicle Live

Summer of bin strikes as council chiefs increase tensions with open letter

People in South Gloucestershire are currently facing a summer without bin collections

Bristol Post

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Recycling chaos ahead as bin strikes set to last throughout the summer

Black bin collections will be prioritised

Bristol Post

South Gloucestershire bin strikes extended to September with 'summer of stink' ahead

However, the council says it will continue to prioritise black bin collections

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh vaping boss backs disposable ban if it doesn't create black market

The Edinburgh shopkeeper has backed a ban on disposable vapes but has warned that any moved should ensure that a black market does not emerge with unsafe products.

Daily Record

Scots vape boss would back ban on disposables if it didn't create black market

Disposable vapes contain lithium batteries which should be disposed of at recycling centres. But each year millions are discarded.

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No protective gear, a ‘compulsion’: In top UP cities, machines fail to stop manual scavenging

At 9 am each day, Ravi and his fellow workers gather outside one of the water tanks in Varanasi, armed with a hoe, rod, and a 10-foot bamboo stick, waiting for a supervisor to hand out their daily assignments.

Bristol Post

Bin collections might not happen this week due to strike action

The strike action is expected to last all week

RideApart

ReLieVe Aims To Establish First European Battery Recycling Centers

French multinational mining and metallurgy company Eramet develops the ReLieVe lithium-ion battery recycling process to establish recycling centers in Europe.

Manchester Evening News

Swinton street gets ready for arrival of nature's "Red Arrows"

"Watching the swifts return each year is as thrilling as seeing the Red Arrows.”

Bristol Post

Black bin collections in South Gloucestershire could be cut to every three or four weeks

The move is one option being explored by council chiefs as bin collections are set to change from 2025

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Completes First Phase of Privatizing Water Distribution

Saudi Arabia’s National Water Co.

The Guardian - UK

Veolia to sell Suez UK waste business to Macquarie for €2.4bn

French utility group agrees sale to Australian private equity group to resolve CMA’s competition concerns

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