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News in Brief (8/12/2016)
With news on: Frugalpac joins Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group; Exeter University in recycling challenge; Nottinghamshire Bee Gardeners receive Veolia grant, and; Viridor lights up Dunbar for...
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Biffa invests in PP line at Redcar plastics plant
Biffa Polymers has invested in a second bespoke conveyor for the processing of mixed post-consumer rigid polypropylene (PP) at its Redcar plastics recycling facility. Manufactured and installed by...
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Coca-Cola launches ‘twist’ water bottle to aid recycling
Coca-Cola European Partners has launched a ‘twist’ PET plastic bottle for its Abbey Well Spring Water brand, designed to encourage recycling by being easier to crush. The bottle was created by British...
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RPC in takeover bid for container manufacturer ESE World
Rigid plastic packaging company RPC has announced a proposed acquisition of the European waste container manufacturer ESE World BV for around €262.5 million (£219 million). RPC has described ESE as...
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Regain creditors agree CVA package
West Yorkshire-based plastics compounding and recycling firm Regain Polymers has agreed a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) with creditors, meaning it has avoided going into administration. Suppliers...
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Unilever in plastic packaging recyclability pledge
Consumer goods giant Unilever has pledged to ensure that all of the plastic packaging from its goods is ‘fully reusable, recyclable or compostable’ by 2025. According to the company, the commitment...
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Research highlights consumer ‘confusion’ on plastics recycling
Consumers continue to be confused about which plastics can and cannot be recycled – research conducted on behalf of the Pledge 4 Plastics campaign has suggested. The research, which included...
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Procter & Gamble unveils beach plastic shampoo bottle
Consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble – manufacturer of the Head & Shoulders shampoo brand – has announced the production of a recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25% recycled plastic...
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Coffey rejects EfW as plastics packaging solution
Resource minister Thérèse Coffey has claimed it is “better to bury plastic than burn it” while debating a 75,000-strong e-petition calling for a ban on non-recyclable packaging in the UK. The petition,...
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EU Commission urges caution over EfW investment
The European Commission has adopted guidance today (26 January) over the role of waste-to-energy in a circular economy, and has warned against public investment contributing to incinerator...
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NRT claims black plastic sorting breakthrough
Sorting equipment manufacturer National Recovery Technologies (NRT) has unveiled its ColorPlus-R optical sorting unit, which it is claimed can remove opaque materials such as black plastic from a mixed...
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Recycle Week confirmed for autumn 2017
WRAP has confirmed that Recycle Week will return in 2017, taking place from 25 September until 1 October. Now in its 14th year, the Recycle Now and WRAP-coordinated week has become a mainstay of the...
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Commission tackled over EfW Communication
Waste management companies and manufacturers of energy from waste technology have called on the European Commission to recognise there is a need for more EfW plants. The call comes in the wake of a...
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Filippo Berio and Sandoz pay to charities after packaging breaches
Olive oil company Filippo Berio UK and pharmaceuticals firm Sandoz have both made contributions under the civil sanctions regime for not meeting packaging waste obligations. The two are among a number...
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Fire crews tackle Staffordshire plastic waste blaze
Fire crews are tackling a major fire involving plastic waste at a warehouse near Stoke-on-Trent. Firefighters from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to the site at Redhills Road,...
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Torridge considers switch back to kerbside sorting
Torridge district council could reinstate kerbside sorting of recyclables, 18 months after its collection contractor South Molton Recycle entered administration. The Devon-based local authority will...
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Foils and plastic trays given ‘widely recycled’ on-pack label
The On-Pack Recycling Label – OPRL – scheme has changed its guidance for plastic pots, tubs and trays and aluminium foil to suggest that the materials are now ‘widely recycled’ by councils at the...
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News in Brief (09/02/2017)
With news on: REA slams AD subsidy setback; Solar Park to power Swindon HWRC; Waitrose launches CNG-fuelled fleet; ‘Recyclability by Design’ guidelines revised, and; Ward Recycling director cuts ribbon...
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Hanbury plastics fire ‘deliberate’ Fire Service claims
A fire at a plastic waste site near Stoke-on-Trent was started deliberately, investigators from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service have announced. Fire crews were called to the site at Redhills Lane...
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Wales sees MRF target material boost but England static
Data on the quality of material received at material recovery facilities (MRFs) has been published for the third quarter of 2016 – suggesting that the volume of ‘target’ material received at facilities...
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