22 June 2018
Companies pay nearly £300,000 for packaging waste offences
Figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that it has accepted 16 charity donations from companies who have not met their producer responsibility obligations for packaging waste. The accepted donation offers range ...
18 June 2018
DS Smith recovers paper costs increase
DS Smith today (18 June) reported strong organic box volume growth of +5.2% with growth in all regions, in its 12 months annual figures to 30 April 2018. An upbeat chief executive, Miles Ropers declared that the company has been ...
5 June 2018
Zero Waste Scotland highlights lost packaging revenue
More than 64,000 tonnes of plastic packaging is disposed of in household general waste bins and sent to landfill in Scotland each year, costing around £11 million. The figures were released today by Zero Waste Scotland, in ...
31 May 2018
Costa to ‘review’ cup pledge if levy passed
A tax on single-use coffee cups would cause Costa Coffee, part of Whitbread, to “review” its pledge to recycle the same volume of cups that it puts on the market by 2020. That’s according to James Pitcher, head of ...
14 May 2018
PRN consultant jailed for tax fraud
A trader in PRNs – packaging waste recovery notes – has been jailed for 21 months for tax fraud. John Gerald Hamill, of McCardel Way, Kilmarnock, Scotland, who was described in court as a “recycling consultant”, was ...
10 May 2018
James Cropper receives first load of London coffee cups
Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper is reminding businesses “to do the right thing” and set up coffee recycling schemes, after investing in technology to recycle the material. James Cropper, based in Kendal, has developed ...
27 April 2018
Veolia progresses with ‘street solution’ to coffee cups
VIDEO REPORT: Veolia, Westminster city council and the Heart of London Business Alliance, talk about the progress of their scheme to collect and recycle coffee cups in the West End of London. “Tens of thousands” of coffee cups...
26 April 2018
‘UK Plastics Pact’ largely welcomed by industry
The ‘UK Plastics Pact’ has been largely welcomed by the industry and wider sector, although some have called for government measures to ensure the voluntary targets are met. The Pact, launched today by WRAP, aims to eliminate...
26 April 2018
Producers argued ‘business rates help fund recycling’
The packaging and retail sectors told the government last year that they should not pay more for producer responsibility on packaging because they are paying massive sums in business rates. The business rates case was made by ...
Black plastic to go in mixed coloured stream - https://t.co/QYArOPMeXi
WasteAid London bridges walk raises over £5,000 - https://t.co/Q04Oz93rMX
RCV races raises £20k for Alzheimer’s Society - https://t.co/ymUHb5K07I
