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Plastic policy at centre of Biffa talk
The prospect of transforming the plastics system in the UK was at the centre of discussions yesterday (September 12) at the Biffa breakfast meeting. Jeff Rhodes explained that increased pressures on...
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European Parliament passes plastics strategy
A “positive” vote by the European Parliament yesterday (September 13) on an EU strategy for plastics, has been broadly welcomed by the waste management sector. Pan-European waste body, FEAD, whose...
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Coffey outlines waste strategy contents
Councils could have to pay back money to householders for bottles that residents put out for recycling at the kerbside under proposals for the Deposit Return Scheme. And, there will be a connection...
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WEEE projects ‘fast-tracked’ for Fee funding
Two projects have been fast-tracked for funding worth nearly £1 million as part of a payout of money raised last year through the WEEE Compliance Fee. The two projects are the first to get funding from...
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Plastic exporter hit by PRN suspension
Plastic waste exports from the UK have been dealt a further blow with the Environment Agency confirming this week that an exporter of plastic packaging waste for recycling has had its accreditation...
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Ecosurety agrees PRN deal with Recycling Technologies
UK packaging compliance scheme Ecosurety has agreed to buy PRNs which are expected to be produced from Recycling Technologies’ plastics reprocessing machines in the future. The deal is estimated by...
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Council plastic collection quality ‘a concern’
The quality of plastic packaging collected by local authorities “is increasingly becoming a concern”, despite collection rates for plastic packaging increasing from last year. The comments come as part...
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Compost quality ‘to improve’ with PAS 100 revisions
Revisions to make the compost quality standard – PAS 100 – “more robust” came into effect yesterday (19 September). Changes to the standard include a new clause to make clear the existing requirements...
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Co-op to roll-out compostable carrier bags
The Co-op has announced its plans to roll-out single use compostable carrier bags to almost 1,400 of its food stores. The retailer explained that after the bags are used to carry shopping, they can...
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Scottish DRS should be ‘consistent’ with UK
The British Retail Consortium has called for any Scottish deposit return system to be “consistent” with the rest of the UK. The comments came from the trade association’s director of food and...
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Gove to attend strategy meeting as tax idea surfaces
Defra thinking on the forthcoming Resources & Waste Strategy, including the possibility of an incineration tax, is to be shared at a roundtable meeting this afternoon (26 September) to be attended...
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EU mandatory content requirement ‘possible’ for plastics
With the UK likely to adopt the EU’s Circular Economy measures in its forthcoming Waste and Resources Strategy, Jeff Cooper reports on a European event which also heard that mandatory recycled content...
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Trower: ‘UK must address plastics reprocessing gap’
Recycling and waste management firm, Viridor, has called on the UK to address its “reprocessing capacity gap” for plastics, if it is to achieve future recycling targets and move towards a “truly...
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RECOUP questions Defra and Treasury link
The chief executive of plastics charity RECOUP has questioned why a consultation on single use plastics tax was undertaken by the treasury, and not Defra, and has called for “more joined up thinking”....
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Gove signals boost for waste sector investment
Environment secretary Michael Gove has signalled that the government could implement measures to encourage investment in waste management technologies in its forthcoming waste strategy – news which has...
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Bryson Recycling celebrates 25 years in business
Social enterprise, Bryson Recycling, has pledged to stay “at the forefront” of tackling waste as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Bryson started recycling in 1993 with its ‘Cash for Cans’ scheme...
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Strategy to “go further” than EU’s Circular Economy
Defra and government policy on waste and recycling was explained to delegates at this week’s LARAC conference in Nottingham by the department’s Chris Preston. Defra’s deputy director of waste and...
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Nestlé Waters rolls out national recycling programme
Nestlé Waters has confirmed that it will be continuing its partnership with recycling charity, Recoup, and environmental education firm, Wastebuster, to deliver an updated recycling programme for...
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Mixed reactions to EU recycled content proposals
Wednesday’s vote by the European Parliament’s Environment Committee to amend the Commission’s Single Use Plastics Directive has received mixed responses. The committee said a minimum content...
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Obituary: John Simmons
Veteran plastics recycling expert John Simmons, who was twice chief executive of Recoup, died earlier this month at the age of 72. Following several senior positions in the plastics packaging industry,...
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