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Packaging recycling likely to have hit 8.2m tonnes in 2016
Provisional data for the 2016 compliance year shows the amount of packaging recycled or recovered in the UK is likely to finish at an estimated 8.2 million tonnes. The estimated figure has been taken...
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ACP praises PRN ‘value’ following packaging data
Data suggesting the UK’s packaging recycling and recovery rate rose by nearly 800,000 tonnes in 2016 shows the value of the PRN system, the Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has claimed. The ACP –...
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Ikea launches kitchen range using recycled plastic bottles
Plastic bottles recycled from households in Japan are being used in a kitchen range sold by the household goods and furniture giant Ikea. The company’s Kungsbacka kitchen range, which is available in...
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Coca Cola offers support for deposit return schemes
Drinks giant Coca Cola Great Britain has backed the potential introduction of a deposit return scheme (DRS) for bottles and cans in Scotland, putting it at odds with councils and retailers who oppose...
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Audit Committee to probe bottle and coffee cup waste
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the environmental impact of drinks packaging including plastic bottles and single-use coffee cups. The inquiry, which was...
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Exporters facing higher shipping costs
Rising prices for waste – recovered – paper could be pegged back by significant increases in the cost of container exports over the next six weeks. Recent weeks have seen a surge in the value of used...
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WRAP tells councils to view black trays as ‘rubbish’
WRAP has today (March 9) given general advice to local authorities to add black plastic to their ‘not recycled’ list unless council contractors say otherwise, and consider the material ‘rubbish’. The...
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Smethwick recycler fined £160,000 over crush injuries
West Midlands-based plastics recycling business Arrow Recycling Ltd has been fined £160,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries after having been crushed by 400kg of baled cardboard. Wolverhampton...
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WISH revises stack size and separation fire guidance
Updated guidance on the prevention of fires at waste management sites – including ‘firmer science’ on waste stack separation distances – has been published by the Waste Industry Safety & Health...
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Knowaste appeal for nappy recycling plant dismissed
Following a rejected appeal for its nappy recycling facility in Hayes, West London, Knowaste is now set to explore potential site locations to the east of London. The move east comes in the latest...
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PRN revenue topped £50 million in 2016
Revenue from the UK’s packaging recovery note (PRN) system totalled over £50 million in 2016, figures published by the Environment Agency this week suggest. This would suggest that the income from PRNs...
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End-market warning over recycling export quality
A strong call to action to improve recovered material quality throughout the supply chain was delivered to delegates at the Quality First conference in London on Wednesday (April 5). The event was part...
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Government to review HWRC charges and bottle deposits
The government is to review guidance around charges for the disposal of waste at household waste recycling centres (HWRCs), in order to ‘make clear’ the law around charging the public for the service....
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News in Brief (10/04/2017)
With news on: Belfast recycling app; Isle of Wight HWRC permits; BPF plastics strategy, and; Grundon software investment. Belfast rolls-out recycling app Residents across Belfast can now check what...
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LARAC warns against deposit scheme for plastic bottles
LARAC – the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee – has called for a greater focus on recycling from manufacturers of plastic bottles and rejected calls for a ‘deposit return’ style incentive...
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Global markets impact on recyclable commodities prices
Global market demand, and in particular orders from China, have seen prices for two recovered – waste paper – grades fall sharply this month. At the same time, ferrous scrap markets continue to show...
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Q1 packaging data shows plastic, steel and wood rise
Latest packaging recycling data published this week has suggested that processing of plastics, wood and steel has increased in the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period 12 months earlier....
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Obligation data offers clearer picture of 2017 packaging targets
Data published this week has confirmed that packaging recycling targets for 2017 look largely on course to be met by the end of the year, with performance in steel, paper and wood ahead of schedule....
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Deposit scheme would hit councils, warns Vanston
Plastic bottle deposit schemes could threaten the investment made by local authorities in infrastructure and collection services, the packaging industry has warned. Concerns over the impact of deposit...
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New recycling line at Biffa plant set to ‘double output’
Biffa Polymers’ new recycling line at its Redcar plant in Cleveland is up and running, following a £7m investment. The company, which is part of waste management services provider, Biffa, said the...
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