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Innovation in bioplastics and plastics recycling on upward trajectory – new report
Innovation in bioplastics – based on global patent activity – is at its highest point for almost two decades, while investment in plastics
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INEOS Styrolution confirms its investment decision for Europe’s first polystyrene advanced recycling pilot plant
INEOS Styrolution, has confirmed its decision to invest into a pilot plant for advanced recycling of polystyrene. The site will be set up in
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Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and WasteAid launch strategic partnership in The Gambia
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has entered into an 18-month funded partnership with WasteAid, the international
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It’s Crunch Time for Plastic Packaging Recycling – says Recoup
The plastics recycling member-based charity, RECOUP, has published its 2021 UK Household Plastics Collection Survey, which analyses the collection
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Laser scans show devastating impact of wet wipes on the Thames
River charity Thames21 has today released data showing a mound created by wet wipes, which has grown to the size of two tennis courts and over a
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EU Waste Shipment Regulation ‘should not incentivise landfill capacity’ – ESWET
To safeguard sustainable treatment of waste in Europe, the proposed new waste shipment Regulation needs clear rules for intra-EU shipments,
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Eunomia produces first-of-its-kind model to calculate the cost of litter
Sustainability consultancy Eunomia Research & Consulting has created a new model to calculate the cost of dealing with littered items to inform
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Veolia launches StreetKind campaign to protect its teams
After a year in which essential services and the key workers who provided them were celebrated, over half of public-facing staff have reported a
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Apple announces Self Service Repair
Apple has announced the launch of Self Service Repair, which will allow customers who are comfortable with completing their own repairs access to
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The John Lewis Partnership launches The Circular Future Fund: The Million Pound Challenge
The pot will fund innovative projects, businesses and services that have found inventive ways to “design out” waste or renew and extend product
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SEPA uncovers largest single illegal export of household waste from Scotland
A UK and European recycling company was fined £20,000 at Airdrie Sheriff Court recently after the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
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‘Rapidly expand’ critical material recycling to avoid UK supply chain risks – Green Alliance
A new report by think tank Green Alliance says growing UK green industries will face critical raw material supply risks, ‘unless action is taken
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Wales maintains high recycling rates, despite pandemic
The latest national recycling figures for Wales show that the country recycled 65.4% of its local authority collected waste during
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Scotland outlines ‘next steps’ in creating a circular economy
The ‘next steps’ in creating a circular economy in Scotland have been announced, as Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater provided an update to
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Morrisons to become the first supermarket to own its own recycling operations
Morrisons will become the first supermarket to own its own recycling operations through the acquisition of a significant stake in a new recycling