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‘Smart and sustainable packaging’ fund opens
Government funding worth £1 million has today (13 January) been opened for applications from “early-stage projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging”. The funding forms part of the Smart...
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Colgate says sector ‘transition’ key for tube recycling
Colgate is confident its recently launched Smile for Good recyclable toothpaste tube can be differentiated from traditional non-recyclable tubes at materials recycling facilities (MRFs) in the UK. But,...
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Plastic funding worth £8 million launched by UKRI
Details of two competitions for up to £8 million of public funding to develop more sustainable plastic packaging have been released by the funding agency UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The money is...
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Malaysia claims ‘world first’ plastic repatriation
The Malaysian environment minister has claimed that her country has conducted a “world first” by repatriating 150 containers of “illegal plastic waste” to countries across the world, with 42 containers...
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Portsmouth ‘prioritises’ food waste over plastics
Portsmouth city council has today (January 22) announced plans to ‘prioritise’ the recycling of food waste over plastics in the wake of 42 containers of plastic waste being returned to the UK by...
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Concern over Single Use Plastic ‘loopholes’
The impact of the EU’s Single Use Plastics (SUP) Directive could be diminished by potential ‘loopholes’, a report from consultancy Eunomia has warned. The Single Use Plastics (SUP) Directive passed...
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Tesco removes plastic from multipacks
Supermarket chain Tesco has today announced that it is to stop selling plastic-wrapped multipacks and allow consumers instead to have multibuy deals on tinned food from 2 March. And, the supermarket...
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Revised on-pack recycling labels go live
OPRL – the On-Pack Recycling Label organisation – launched its new labelling system today (29 January) in a bid to create more ‘transparency’ over the fate of packaging. The ‘simplified’ labels were...
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Biffa opens PET plant as export markets tighten
Biffa is today (29 January) officially opening a £27.5m recycling plant in Seaham, County Durham, for PET plastics. At the same time, the company disclosed that it will be also be investing £7 million...
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Ellin raises plastics concerns amid label changes
Recycling Association chief executive, Simon Ellin, has welcomed two of the recent OPRL labelling changes to ‘Recycle’ or ‘Don’t Recycle’ but has raised concerns that one consequence of the changes...
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Veolia boosting operations at Dagenham
Veolia has applied to vary the permit of its Dagenham Plastics Facility to accept sorted and baled material from materials recycling facilities (MRFs) alongside its existing feedstock. And, Veolia has...
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News in brief (30/01/20)
With news on: Asda changes Easter egg shape to cut plastic packaging; Which? claims unclear labelling leads to poor toiletries recycling; MPA says 60% of Brits need help cutting plastic; and, Wrights...
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Industry welcomes ‘most of Environment Bill’
The waste management sector has today (January 30) broadly welcomed the reintroduction of an ‘enhanced’ Environment Bill to Parliament. But, concerns have been raised over the impact of powers added to...
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London’s first ‘low plastic zone’ launched
A street in Islington has today (February 5) become the first area in London to be certified as a ‘low plastic zone’. The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) in partnership with seven London...
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Businessman fined for running illegal site
A 64-year-old man has been fined £4,500 for operating a waste recycling site in Telford without an environmental permit. According to a statement from the Environment Agency, Brian Anthony Woods was...
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Waste fire still burning in derelict Rotherham building
A large fire in a disused building containing baled waste materials on an industrial estate in Kiveton Park, Rotherham, is still ablaze two days after it began. A South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue...
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WRAP unveils compostable plastic guide
Choosing a compostable material is not enough for producers “to negate the impact” of plastic pollution, resources charity WRAP said today (6 February). And, producers should avoid using terms such as...
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Fears coronavirus may knock recycling markets
Concerns are growing that the coronavirus in China could disrupt markets for waste paper and plastics. Waste paper sector experts have told letsrecycle.com that the market faces disruptions on a number...
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Defra calls out public’s food waste ‘denial’
Concerns have been expressed by a Defra representative about a supposedly high level of ‘denial’ amongst the public regarding the issue of food waste. Nicola Hopley, food waste team leader at the...
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Viridor signs plastic deal with P&G
Viridor has agreed a deal with consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) for the five year supply of post-consumer recycled plastic. P&G announced last year that it’s Ariel products...
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