recycling

Interview with CIWM's Dan Cooke

World Environment Day 2026: Why resource management is climate action's underrated lever

World Environment Day 2026 is all about climate action — stepping in, going further, steering a world already on the move. But one of the biggest levers for cutting emissions barely gets a mention: what we do with our materials and waste. WMW talked with Dan Cooke of CIWM about the sector’s underrated influence, the UK’s stop-start dash towards a circular economy, and the reforms now shaking up recycling across England.