Packaging
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Waste paper markets see fall in prices
15 May 2012Cardboard and office grades are all seeing a fall in prices as export demand remains weak alongside concerns over the European economy
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Split plastic packaging recycling target proposed
3 May 2012Plastics recyclers call for government to amend PRN system which it claims currently favours plastic export over UK reprocessing
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Minister calls for plastic bottle recycling 'push'
3 May 2012Government considering a new plastic bottle recycling responsibility deal ahead of introduction of higher packaging recycling targets
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Plastics PRN prices rise on back of Q1 figures
24 April 2012Significant falls in levels of packaging waste recycling reported on National Packaging Waste Database
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Four plead not guilty to fraud at Nationwide Recycling
20 April 2012Two directors and two employees of glass recycling company enter pleas at Swansea Crown Court
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Defra seeks ways to improve Packaging Regulations
19 April 2012Department holds workshop in London looking at how to improve producer responsibility regime and better align it with systems for WEEE and batteries
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News in Brief
5 April 2012With news on Liverpool’s bulky waste; a packaging survey; SITA fuel consumption; Devonport EfW ruling; and, the BDR PFI deal
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Luxury Easter eggs 'using excessive packaging’
30 March 2012Report shows that chocolate egg producers taking steps to make packaging easier to recycle, but luxury eggs lagging behind
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‘Missed opportunity’ to raise steel targets
27 March 2012Steel producer Tata Steel says government decision not to raise steel packaging recycling target above 1% a year could jeopardise price of PRNs
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Recoup publishes 2011 plastics recycling survey
26 March 2012Report sheds light on plastic recycling network in UK, showing that collection of non-bottle plastics on the rise
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