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News in brief (07/06/2019)
With news on: London ‘circular’ week; Sainsbury’s plastics action; Geminor’s Icleandic contract, and; ADBA welcomes incentive extension. LWARB’s ‘Circular Economy week’ begins next week Businesses,...
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‘Deep concern’ over Malaysia plastic export
The British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has today (7 June) issued a statement saying it is “deeply concerned about the illegal trade in plastic waste” to the country. The statement...
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Alarm sounded over rising PRN prices
An emergency meeting of the Advisory Committee on Packaging could be held soon as several PRN prices soar. The rapid rise in the prices of PRNs – packaging waste recovery notes – which are needed by...
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PRN sector raises idea of compliance ‘safety valve’
With rising PRNs causing consternation among producers and compliance schemes, there is a growing call for government to look again at the system. Speaking to letsrecycle.com, some packaging waste...
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WRAP offers £4.7 million fund for plastics and textiles
WRAP has announced the launch of a £4.7 million capital grant scheme for infrastructure projects for the recycling of plastic packaging or textile waste. Applicants are being invited to apply for...
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Wastepack partners with Kids Against Plastic charity
Packaging compliance scheme Wastepack has announced a partnership with the charity Kids Against Plastic, which was founded by Amy and Ella Meek (aged 15 and 13 respectively). Wastepack, which is based...
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AO Recycling to open fridge plastics plant
Online electrical retailer AO, through its recycling arm AO Recycling, is to open a recycling facility for WEEE plastics located close to its existing fridge plant at Telford. AO says that the new...
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Packaging schemes in call for PRN compliance fee
What is being seen as a shortage of plastic and aluminium PRNs has driven the UK’s packaging waste compliance sector to call on government to implement an urgent change to the system. At present, the...
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Coca-Cola investments aid recycled content for bottles
Resources minister Therese Coffey today (20 June) welcomed an announcement from soft drinks producer Coca-Cola Great Britain that it is increase the volume of recycled PET plastic (rPET) used in...
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PRN compliance fee ruled out before 2020
The idea of some form of compliance fee for the PRN system looks to be unlikely in 2019 but is possible for 2020, according to a statement issued following a meeting of the Advisory Committee on...
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Plastic Pact looks to tackle PVC packaging
Signatories to the UK Plastics Pact are to being encouraged to eliminate eight ‘hard to recycle’ plastic packaging materials from their product ranges by the end of 2020, including PVC packaging. Pact...
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News in brief (27/06/2019)
With news on: NWH invests in Newcastle site; Wyre Forest flytipping campaign; Merseyside community funding, and; Aberdeenshire plastics trial. £2m investment for NWH’s Newcastle site NWH Group will...
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Packaging Forum urges speedy action over PRNs
Packaging compliance schemes have claimed that challenges involved in implementing a compliance fee mechanism in 2019 to address high PRN prices can be overcome. The comments come after the...
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War on Plastic: the time for transparency has come
OPINION: With the BBC’s Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s War on Waste programme attracting high audiences and developing the message of the need to reduce reliance on plastics, Sam Reeve, CEO, Resource...
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Berry Global completes RPC acquisition
The takeover of one of the UK’s largest plastics manufacturing and recycling businesses, RPC Group, by a US plastics packaging giant has been completed. Berry Global has announced the completion of the...
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Lovell Recycling responds over Malaysia plastics exports
Telford-based Lovell Recycling has issued a statement after having been named in relation to a television programme over exports of plastic waste to Malaysia. Last month exports of mixed plastics to...
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EFRA committee hears of packaging labelling concerns
MPs heard evidence last week (3 July) from retailers and the packaging industry as they consider changes that can be made to plastic food and drink packaging to aid recycling. The viability of...
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Viridor seeks ‘stability’ in plastics reprocessing
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: A public backlash against plastic waste has not resulted in a slowdown in the tonnage of material being recycled by householders, according to the chief plastics recycling expert at...
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Inform consumer of packaging cost, report claims
Consumers should be made aware of how much they pay for packaging to encourage them to seek more sustainable alternatives, a new report from Zero Waste Scotland has claimed. The study suggests that if...
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Favour clear plastics to maximise recycling, WRAP says
Packaging producers should favour clear plastic milk and soft drink bottles and smaller labels to maximise opportunities for recycling, new guidance has claimed. Released today by WRAP as part of UK...
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