Tesco and Mondi making paper shopping bags out of retailer’s own cardboard waste
Retailer Tesco and packaging manufacturer Mondi have partnered to produce food-safe paper shopping bags out of Tesco's warehouse corrugated waste.
Nine Dragons Paper reveals increased profits for last six months of 2020
Chinese paper giant Nine Dragons Paper has unveiled that it has increased profits in the last six months of last year.
Calls for Italy to return illegal waste from Tunisia
Environmental Groups have called on the Italian Government to immediately return 282 containers of illegal waste from Tunisia.
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Zara Home and other related retailers fined for packaging non-compliance
High street retailer Zara Home and other businesses associated with it, have agreed to pay £26,000 in civil sanctions after failing to...
Biffa to increase HDPE recycling capacity by 50% at Washington facility
Biffa has revealed that it plans to increase its HDPE recycling capacity by 50% at its Biffa Polymers plant in Washington.
Malaysian plastic trade associations rubbish Greenpeace ‘dumping ground’ claims
Two Malaysian plastic trade associations have criticised claims by Greenpeace that their country is a 'dumping ground' for plastic waste.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 26 February 2021
The paper and cardboard market saw the main price rises this week as demand for recovered fibre and lack of supply continues...
Soft drinks trade association pledges that PET bottles will use 100% recycled content by...
Trade association UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe has pledged that PET bottles will contain 100% recycled content by 2030.
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Activists write to shipping lines asking them not to export plastic waste
A network of 52 environmental organisations have written to major shipping lines asking them not to export plastic waste from rich to...
Leading Malaysian politician calls for plastic import ban in next five years
The vice president of Malaysian political party UMNO has called for a plastic import ban in the next five years.