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Biffa completes £10m deal for Scottish plastics plant
Biffa has this morning (28 June) announced the completion of a deal to acquire “Scotland’s only postconsumer plastics recycling facility (PRF)” from Green Circle Polymers for £10 million. The facility...
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Coca-Cola to use 100% recycled plastic in UK bottles
Coca-Cola announced today (30 June) it will be using 100% recycled plastic in all on-the-go bottles across its entire range in the UK. The company says the new bottles will be rolled out in September,...
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MPs open inquiry into plastic waste
The cross-party Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee has today (9 July) launched a new inquiry into plastic waste. The committee’s role is to scrutinise the administration, spending and...
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Government funding for recycling comms research
Recoup has been awarded £105,000 of funding from Innovate UK for a project to research the link between plastic recycling communications campaigns and behaviour change. The project will research the...
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Co-op to roll out soft plastic collections nationwide
The Co-op supermarket chain is to launch “Europe’s most extensive” in-store recycling scheme for plastic bags and product wrapping this month. Recycling units for ‘soft’ plastics will launch in 1,500...
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Viridor details ‘carbon positive’ ambitions
In an exclusive interview with letsrecycle.com, carbon and net zero experts at Viridor have explained the company’s ambitions to meet and even beat deadlines to become ‘carbon positive,’ and at the...
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Turkey tightening rules around domestic recyclers
The Turkish government is expected to clarify rules and restrictions around the import of plastic wastes later this month with the introduction of measures such as stricter regulatory criteria for the...
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Defra defends UK’s single-use plastic approach
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has defended the UK’s record on plastic pollution and says it is considering whether to ban certain single-use plastic products. On 20...
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Ellin calls for phasing in of EPR, consistency and DRS
The chief executive of the Recycling Association, Simon Ellin, called for a steady, phased approach to implementing key waste reforms in his keynote address at the Awards for Excellence on Wednesday...
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Sainsbury’s expands flexible plastic collections
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has rolled out its flexible plastic recycling scheme to 520 stores nationwide. Sainsbury’s initially trialed the points in the North East The expanded initiative follows a...
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Defra working with DIT on UK plastic recycling
Defra is working with the Department for International Trade (DIT) on developing plastic processing infrastructure in the UK to reduce the need for exports, the Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has...
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Biffa completes £10m deal for Scottish plastics plant
Biffa has this morning (28 June) announced the completion of a deal to acquire “Scotland’s only postconsumer plastics recycling facility (PRF)” from Green Circle Polymers for £10 million. The facility...
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Coca-Cola to use 100% recycled plastic in UK bottles
Coca-Cola announced today (30 June) it will be using 100% recycled plastic in all on-the-go bottles across its entire range in the UK. The company says the new bottles will be rolled out in September,...
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MPs open inquiry into plastic waste
The cross-party Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee has today (9 July) launched a new inquiry into plastic waste. The committee’s role is to scrutinise the administration, spending and...
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Government funding for recycling comms research
Recoup has been awarded £105,000 of funding from Innovate UK for a project to research the link between plastic recycling communications campaigns and behaviour change. The project will research the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Co-op to roll out soft plastic collections nationwide
The Co-op supermarket chain is to launch “Europe’s most extensive” in-store recycling scheme for plastic bags and product wrapping this month. Recycling units for ‘soft’ plastics will launch in 1,500...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Viridor details ‘carbon positive’ ambitions
In an exclusive interview with letsrecycle.com, carbon and net zero experts at Viridor have explained the company’s ambitions to meet and even beat deadlines to become ‘carbon positive,’ and at the...
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Turkey tightening rules around domestic recyclers
The Turkish government is expected to clarify rules and restrictions around the import of plastic wastes later this month with the introduction of measures such as stricter regulatory criteria for the...
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Defra defends UK’s single-use plastic approach
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has defended the UK’s record on plastic pollution and says it is considering whether to ban certain single-use plastic products. On 20...
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Ellin calls for phasing in of EPR, consistency and DRS
The chief executive of the Recycling Association, Simon Ellin, called for a steady, phased approach to implementing key waste reforms in his keynote address at the Awards for Excellence on Wednesday...
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