20 September 2018
Council plastic collection quality ‘a concern’
The quality of plastic packaging collected by local authorities “is increasingly becoming a concern”, despite collection rates for plastic packaging increasing from last year. The comments come as part of RECOUP’s 2018 UK ...
19 September 2018
Ecosurety agrees PRN deal with Recycling Technologies
UK packaging compliance scheme Ecosurety has agreed to buy PRNs which are expected to be produced from Recycling Technologies' plastics reprocessing machines in the future. The deal is estimated by Recycling Technologies to be ...
18 September 2018
Plastic exporter hit by PRN suspension
Plastic waste exports from the UK have been dealt a further blow with the Environment Agency confirming this week that an exporter of plastic packaging waste for recycling has had its accreditation suspended under the PRN system. ...
18 September 2018
WEEE projects ‘fast-tracked’ for Fee funding
Two projects have been fast-tracked for funding worth nearly £1 million as part of a payout of money raised last year through the WEEE Compliance Fee. The largest project will be led by the Industry Council for Electronics ...
17 September 2018
Coffey outlines waste strategy contents
Councils could have to pay back money to householders for bottles that residents put out for recycling at the kerbside under proposals for the Deposit Return Scheme. And, there will be a connection between Defra’s Resources and ...
14 September 2018
European Parliament passes plastics strategy
A “positive” vote by the European Parliament yesterday (September 13) on an EU strategy for plastics, has been broadly welcomed by the waste management sector. Pan-European waste body, FEAD, whose members are national waste...
13 September 2018
Plastic policy at centre of Biffa talk
The prospect of transforming the plastics system in the UK was at the centre of discussions yesterday (September 12) at the Biffa breakfast meeting. Jeff Rhodes, head of environment & external affairs at Biffa, was ...
10 September 2018
Agency lifts suspension on plastic packaging waste exporter
The Environment Agency has reinstated the accreditation for plastic recycler and exporter J & A Young under the PRN system, it has confirmed today. This comes just three days after the Agency had stated that it had suspended ...
10 September 2018
EU Ombudsman complaint over single-use packaging law
A pan-European trade body for the packaging sector has complained to the European Union Ombudsman about the way the European Commission has prepared its draft plastics strategy for a proposed law on single use plastics. And, the ...
Packaging Forum launched ahead of reforms - https://t.co/MZsHdnM1cx
REPIC publishes WEEE target method research - https://t.co/pAubEIVtiq
Agency to extend RPS on waste wood classification - https://t.co/bdtX3cLINx
