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Scotland confirms ‘all-in’ Deposit Return Scheme
Scotland’s cabinet secretary for the environment, Roseanna Cunningham, has today (8 May) outlined the Scottish Government’s proposals for a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. As...
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Concerns raised over Scotland’s DRS proposals
Several waste management organisations have reacted with concern to the Scottish government’s plans for an ‘all in’ deposit return scheme (DRS). However, others said they welcome the ambitions shown in...
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International crackdown on plastic waste exports
Exporters of mixed, unrecyclable and contaminated plastic waste will soon have to secure permission from receiving countries in advance of material being sent. But, a proposal put forward by Norway...
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Craig Curtis elected as Recycling Association president
CS Recycling managing director Craig Curtis has been elected as the president of The Recycling Association, replacing the outgoing Adrian Jackson. Mr Curtis, who was previously a director of the...
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‘PTT plastic going to EfW’, Recoup claims
A lack of reprocessing outlets for some grades of pots, tubs and tray (PTT) plastic is seeing material sent for incineration as RDF, plastics recycling organisation Recoup has claimed. The statement...
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Basel Convention changes expected to hit plastic exports
Changes to international agreements governing the export of plastic waste will ‘massively harm’ the global trade in plastic for recycling, Europe’s waste industry has claimed. This is the conclusion of...
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Unilever to use ‘detectable’ black plastic in packaging
Consumer goods company Unilever is to use a ‘detectable’ black pigment in plastic packaging for its TRESemmé and Lynx cosmetic product brands, to enable the material to be sorted for recycling in MRFs....
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WRAP highlights Plastics Pact actions after first year
Resources body WRAP has said that progress has been made in the first 12 months since the launch of the voluntary ‘Plastics Pact’ to reduce single-use plastic packaging and increase recycling of the...
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Viridor awards film contract to KS Plastics
Resources and waste firm Viridor has signed a two-year contract for the processing of 5,000 tonnes per year of recycling sacks, shopping bags and plastic films per year from its MRFs. The material,...
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‘Replace plastics with fibre’, says DS Smith
Supermarkets could reduce their use of plastic packaging by millions of tonnes through making substitutions in five areas by switching to fibre products instead, according to research for paper and...
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Malaysia to repatriate ‘mixed plastic waste’
Malaysian authorities are seeking to repatriate shipping containers full of mixed plastic waste described as ‘contaminated and low quality’, with some material believed to have originated in the UK....
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Greenredeem extends schools reverse vending pilot
A bottle return scheme pilot involving rewards provider Greenredeem and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead has been extended after 60,000 PET plastic bottles were collected from schools. The...
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UK ‘not among Malaysia plastic waste culprits’
EXCLUSIVE: None of the illegally exported plastic waste so-far uncovered in containers in Malaysian ports has been traced back to the UK, the Malaysian government has confirmed. And, no formal request...
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Viridor to build Avonmouth plastics reprocessing plant
Viridor has today (30 May) announced plans to develop an 80,000 tonnes-per-year capacity plastics recycling plant, processing plastics from bottles and pots, tubs and trays (PTT). Due to come online in...
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News in Brief (30/05/2019)
With news on: Recycling Lives completes acquisition; Casepak begins Aylesbury contract; Acumen milestone, and; Pembrokeshire plastics. Recycling Lives completes MWR acquisition Preston-based Recycling...
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Veolia invests £1 million at Dagenham plastics plant
Veolia has invested over £1 million in its Dagenham plastic milk bottle recycling facility, as it seeks to increase production of food-grade rHDPE at the plant. The investment, which includes...
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Suez plans plastic film recycling plant in Thailand
Global waste and resources firm Suez has announced plans to build a 30,000 tonnes per year capacity plastic film reprocessing plant in Thailand. To be built in the Bang Phli district near Bangkok, the...
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Waitrose launches ‘packaging-free’ trial
Waitrose & Partners has today (June 4) launched the first large-scale ‘packaging-free’ trial of its kind at one of its stores. In a bid to cut single-use plastic and packaging waste, the retailer...
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P&G commits to cut Ariel packaging by 30%
Consumer goods manufacturer Procter and Gamble (P&G) has committed to a 30% reduction in plastic packaging used by its Ariel and Lenor brands across Europe by 2025. The commitment covers all...
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Clarity packaging scheme announces new members
Compliance scheme operator, Clarity Environmental, has announced growth in its packaging compliance member base. The company has announced a 43% growth in its membership, following the published 2019...
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