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Imerys Group acquires Regain Polymers
West Yorkshire-based plastics compounding and recycling firm, Regain Polymers, has been sold to the Imerys Group – a supplier of mineral-based solutions, headquartered in France – for an undisclosed...
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‘More consultation’ needed on Scottish DRS
Shelves of Irn-Bru in an Asda store in Livingston, Scotland (picture: shutterstock) Businesses in Scotland have called for more consultation in the wake of confirmation that the Scottish Government’s...
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Plastics recycler fined over stolen bakery equipment
The owner of a Shropshire plastics recycling site has been ordered to pay £6,438.45 after a ‘substantial’ amount of stolen bakery equipment was tracked to the site. Last week (31 August), bakery...
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Government ‘looking into implications’ of China restrictions
The UK government is examining the potential impact of measures proposed by China regarding the export of recyclables. The monitoring comes in the wake of tighter controls drafted by China to ensure...
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Swindon council backs ‘plastics into oil’ technology
Swindon-based firm, Recycling Technologies Ltd, has announced that it has raised £5 million in funding and is now looking for further sites for its ‘breakthrough’ chemical recycling machine. Swindon...
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Defra hosts China recycling exports meeting
A meeting is being held today (September 14) at the offices of the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as part of a government bid to find out more about the concerns over export...
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Deposit scheme ‘not the same’ as carrier bag levy
Comparing the idea of a deposit refund scheme for drinks bottles and cans to the plastic bag levy is not a good idea, panellists at RWM said yesterday (12 September). Deposit panel: (l-r) chair Maxine...
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Veolia targets ‘high quality’ HDPE at Dagenham bottle plant
Veolia officially reopened the plastic milk bottle reprocessing plant in Dagenham yesterday (19 September), which the company has said will produce around 10,000 tonnes of high quality food grade HDPE...
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Former V10 Polymers site suffers second fire
A second fire involving waste plastics at a site previously operated by V10 Polymers in Blackburn has broken out in a matter of weeks. Over 70 firefighters from across Lancashire are dealing with the...
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Gove launches consultation over drinks container deposit scheme
Environment secretary of state, Michael Grove, today unveiled a consultation over the possibility of imposing a deposit on drinks containers in England. The measure was officially launched by the...
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Procter & Gamble to launch ocean plastic bottle
Multinational manufacturer Procter & Gamble has announced that it will sell a limited edition washing-up liquid bottle made from 100% recycled plastic and ocean plastic in 2018. The limited edition...
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Eunomia finds councils ‘will benefit’ from deposit scheme
A study supported by the Campaign to Protect Rural England and written by Eunomia has claimed that councils would benefit from the introduction of a Deposit Refund Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in...
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LARAC and Coffey cautious about DRS report
Both the local authority recycling advisory committee (LARAC) and recycling minister Therese Coffey have expressed caution in light of the latest report on Deposit Return Schemes from Keep Britain Tidy...
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RECOUP points to need for investment in kerbside recycling
Plastic recycling charity RECOUP has highlighted the need to invest in kerbside recycling collections infrastructure and communications, following the launch of its 2017 Household Plastics Collection...
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NIC concern over carbon emissions from burning plastics
The National Infrastructure Commission has produced a draft document suggesting that waste plastic materials should not be burnt in energy from waste plants because of the carbon emissions caused....
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BIR told plastics recyclers ‘insanely dependent on China’
New Delhi and the Taj Palace Hotel, venue for the BIR autumn event Global recycling association, BIR, has heard that the plastics recycling industry had become “insanely dependent” on China....
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Plastic performs ‘beyond expectations’ in Q3 data
Recycling targets for packaging materials are on track to be achieved for 2017, according to the latest set of figures published by the Environment Agency. The data, released on the National Packaging...
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China set to impose 1% limit rather than 0.3%
EXCLUSIVE: Indications are emerging that the revised standard for the export of materials to China for recycling could be set at 1% allowable levels of contrary material rather than the originally...
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BBIA and Ellen MacArthur Foundation call for oxo plastics ban
The Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has announced it is one of over 150 companies endorsing a call from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging....
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Balance needed over food waste and plastic liners, says WRAP
Operators of anaerobic digestor plants have signalled that concerns about plastic being found in digestate for spreading on fields will be reduced if guidance published this week by WRAP is followed....
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