Press releases

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK is helping a Sandwell school go green this summer by providing upcycled playground furniture, bug hotels and water bottles for every child.

The 2021 Kirkby Neighbourhood Community Fund - a £50,000 community fund for projects in and around Kirkby – opens for applications on 07 June 2021. The Fund provides £50,000 each year for community groups, charities and projects operating in Northwood, Cherryfield, Shevington, Whitefield and Prescot North (Knowsley Village).

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK has today released an interactive digital map of local authority recycling data, showing recycling rates for the 2019/20 financial year and the change over the previous period. After a decade of rapid improvement across the home nations, recycling rates in England and Scotland plateaued for the fifth consecutive year, with large cities restricting the UK average. This sluggish overall trend reiterates the need for extended producer responsibility and a consistent collections policy that makes efficient use of existing kerbside collection systems, capturing a wider range of materials for recycling and helping the rest of the UK match the performance seen in Wales.

Up to one third of all microplastics released to UK waters come from tyre wear particles

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK (SUEZ) and Angus Council have agreed a 15-month extension to their existing dry mixed recycling contract.

Eunomia Research & Consulting and SUEZ recycling and recovery UK (SUEZ) have today (25 March 2021) published Increasing the social value delivered by environmental services contracts: A Guide for local authorities. The guide reveals the significant potential for social value to become integral to environmental services contracts and to help local authorities address the dual challenges of climate change and a green recovery.

South Staffs Water is reaching for the stars by using state-of-the-art satellite leak detection technology in its aim to cut leakage by at least 15%.

SUEZ and technology partner, Utilis Corp, have been appointed to supply satellite leak detection services and onsite leak detection support to FARYS cvba, one of the major drinking water suppliers in Flanders, for their drinking water distribution network across Belgium. The contract was signed on November 2020 and work commences in March 2021.