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Digital DRS trial to launch in Wales
A digital deposit return scheme (DRS) for plastic bottles will be trialled at households in Conwy county in the spring as part of a trial launched by the Welsh government and WRAP. Bottles are scanned...
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UK Plastic Pact members cut ‘unnecessary plastic’ by 40%
Signatories to The UK Plastic Pact cut ‘unnecessary plastic’ by 40% and increased plastic recycling by 107,000 tonnes in 2019, WRAP said yesterday (9 December). The environmental charity published the...
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Tesco to remove ’20 million pieces’ of plastic
Tesco has announced that it has removed over 20 million pieces of plastic from its Christmas range this year. The supermarket chain said that its own label crackers are now plastic-free for “the first...
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Valpak strikes PRN agreement with Aylesbury Granulation
Valpak has announced an agreement with plastic recycling firm Aylesbury Granulation to support it in attaining accreditation to the packaging recovery note (PRN) system in return for an exclusive PRN...
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Plastics recyclers reflect on challenging year
There was ‘little good news’ for plastics recyclers in 2020 and the market looks set to remain challenging going into next year, some in the industry have warned. While prices for scrap material are...
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Environment Agency could annul ‘illegal PRNs’
The Environment Agency is stepping up its bid to counter illegal activities within the packaging waste system and could cancel some already-issued PRNs. Any cancellations, which would also include...
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Agency issues Basel Convention reminder
The Environment Agency has written to stakeholders in the plastics recycling industry to remind them to apply for prior consent to export certain types of plastics. Forthcoming amendments to the Basel...
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Reworked explains Boots and PPE recycling processes
Recycling business Reworked has explained how it processes hard-to-recycle cosmetics and wellness packaging arising from retailer Boots’ instore recycling scheme, as well as PPE materials from its...
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‘Anomaly’ in degradable plastics work
Resources charity WRAP has said the British Standards Institution (BSI) specification for measuring the biodegradability of polyolefins had a “small but significant anomaly in the normal high standards...
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EU ratifies rules on waste plastic shipments
The European Commission has this week ( 22 December) ratified amendments to the EU Waste shipment regulation which includes new rules on the export, import and intra-EU shipment of plastic waste. The...
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IPL Plastics to acquire parts of Coral Products Group
Coral Products has entered into a share purchase agreement with One51 ES Plastics– the UK subsidiary of the IPL Plastics Group – for the conditional sale of Coral Products (Mouldings) and Interpack...
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Halt likely for plastics exports to non-OECD countries
An imminent temporary halt to the export of substantial tonnages of plastics for recycling is likely, in the wake of new rules highlighted by the Environment Agency yesterday (31 December 2020). In a...
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Briefing paper published as focus falls on plastic waste
The House of Commons Library has published a briefing paper on plastic waste in the UK ahead of potential legislative changes to come later in the year. The government is exploring proposals for a...
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Opinion: ‘Busting the sorting myth’
Professor Edward Kosior of Nextek, who has long involvement in the plastics recycling sector, outlines some steps to be taken to improve the recycling process from beginning to end OPINION: One point...
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Project Beacon aims for 2021 launch after engineering review
Zero Waste Scotland has completed its engineering review for Project Beacon, which will see three companies form an “advanced plastics reprocessing facility” in Perthshire. The project is now set to be...
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Quantafuel acquires 40% stake in Geminor
Chemical plastics recycling company Quantafuel ASA announced today (13 January) it has acquired a 40% stake in fellow Norwegian business Geminor AS. Quantafuel acquires the shares from Geminor Invest...
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BPF says plastic recycling could triple by 2030
Plastic recycled in the UK could increase by 3.5 times by 2030, the British Plastics Federation (BPF) has said in its 2021 Recycling Roadmap. The roadmap estimates that plastics recycling could...
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‘What is the future of plastic recycling?’
OPINION: Helen Jordan, senior recycling issues executive at the British Plastics Federation, assesses likely developments over the next 10 years, including chemical recycling After a challenging 2020...
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Pow says UK will ‘go further’ than EU on export bans
Recycling minister Rebecca Pow said yesterday (18 January) the UK “is not regressing on environmental standards”, vowing that Defra will “go further” than the EU in implementing Basel Convention...
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Defra clarifies non-OECD plastics export rules
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has moved to clear up confusion arising from the UK’s approach to plastic exports to non-OECD countries. The clarification comes in the...
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