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US plastics firm lines up RPC Group acquisition
One of the UK’s largest plastics manufacturing and recycling businesses RPC Group – looks set to be taken over by the US plastic packaging giant Berry Global in a deal worth up to £5 billion. Berry...
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Six month timetable for India plastics restriction
EXCLUSIVE: India’s ban on plastic waste imports will come into effect at the end of August, documents seen by letsrecycle.com have indicated. The country’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate...
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MEPs agree single-use plastic measures
The European Parliament has approved legislation which paves the way for a 90% collection target for plastic bottles by 2029, as well as a full ban on many single-use plastic products from 2021. The...
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Ribena bottle redesign to aid MRF sorting
Drinks brand Ribena is to redesign the 500ml PET plastic bottles it produces for the drink in the UK, to make them easier to recycle within the current recycling infrastructure. A part of this will be...
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Tesco begins ‘plastics-to-oil’ pilot
Retailer Tesco is working with the Swindon-based company Recycling Technologies to carry out a pilot scheme in ten of its stores to collect difficult to recycle plastic and convert it into an oil...
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News in brief (03/04/2019)
With news on: Scottish DRS group; printer cartridge recycling merger; EREMA notes growth, and; Durham HWRC opens. Scottish Government seeks industry DRS input The Scottish Government has formed a...
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Plastics producer claims ‘step forward’ in chemical recycling
Plastics producer DuPont Teijin Films claims to have made a ‘significant step forward’ in developing a chemical recycling process for PET plastic. The company has today (8 April) announced details of...
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News in brief (09/04/2019)
With news on: Morrisons rolls-out paper bags; Suez launches Doncaster community fund; Veolia’s employment programme; and, Yorkshire cafes champion compostables. Veolia offers employment to homeless in...
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Coral Products trials ‘fox-proof’ caddies
Waste container manufacturer, Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd, has announced a successful trial of its 23-litre ‘fox-proof’ food waste caddy. The containers have been put to the test against rodents and...
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Vehicle and equipment round-up (15/04/2019)
With news on: Paper Round to install live cameras on fleet; Tomra launches plastic sorting machine; Witham Mills ‘in final stages’ of tipping solution; Pellenc ST to invest in test centre. Paper Round...
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Cheshire ‘plastics-to-gas’ plant agreement signed
PowerHouse Energy – the company behind a ‘waste plastics to gas’ technology – has signed a deal which will see its technology used at the Protos Energy Hub in Cheshire. PowerHouse announced the deal...
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Lobby groups back Basel plastics crackdown
Members of the Basel Convention are set to consider a proposal that exporters of plastic waste should receive permission from destination countries in advance of material being sent. According to Zero...
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Veolia’s Kirkman backs ‘proven’ DRS
Veolia’s chief innovation and technology officer for the UK has responded to concerns that a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers would be too costly to implement. The comments from...
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Welsh Government opens £6.5m recycled content fund
The Welsh Government is offering £6.5 million in funding to businesses to increase the use of recycled content, particularly plastics, in their products. According to the Welsh Government, the fund...
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MBA Polymers acquires automotive plastics recycler
Plastics reprocessor MBA Polymers UK has today (30 April) announced the acquisition of Dover-based automotive plastics recycler, PPR Wipag. Formed in 1995, PPR Wipag specialises in the processing of...
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News in brief (02/05/2019)
With news on: Biffa and WasteAid launch partnership; Salvation army highlights campaign success; Wiser opens Vietnam office; Tarmac teams up with Hamilton for SRF; 18,000 sign up for Mansfield garden...
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Local authorities ‘will benefit’ from DRS
Local authorities will overall get a net benefit from the introduction of a Deposits Return Scheme for drinks containers, according to Zero Waste Scotland which is helping plan for the introduction of...
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Sainsbury’s to trial pre-cycle option for plastics
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has pledged to end the use of dark coloured plastics across fresh foods in its entirety by March 2020, as part of a series of pledges to reduce plastic packaging. The...
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Travel details for Stoneleigh Park and Letsrecycle Live
Stoneleigh Park, 6 miles south of Coventry, is the venue for the Letsrecycle Live 2019 exhibition and conference event taking place on 22-23 May. Stoneleigh Park is six miles south of Coventry (Google...
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Eyes on plastic and aluminium in Q1 packaging data
Some concerns have been raised over plastics and aluminium recycling performance in Q1 2019 packaging recycling data, despite a largely positive performance in other materials. Provisional packaging...
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