Environment Bill brings more producer responsibility and plastic export ban
The Government will introduce its Environment Bill before Parliament today that will make manufacturers responsible for the products they bring to market.
FREE Webinar – Losing the PRN: How will it affect your recycling business?
A FREE webinar will take place on 28 April 2021 at 2pm that will look at proposals in the Extended Producer Responsibility...
First Mile attacks Government adding new “unlawful” last minute fourth option to EPR business...
Waste and recycling company First Mile has warned that a new fourth option for business waste collections under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)...
Government proposals for business collections will wipe out recycling companies, says The Recycling Association
The proposals in the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) consultation on business waste are anti-competitive and will force successful recycling businesses into administration,...
Biffa announces revenue fall in first half of year due to pandemic
Waste management company Biffa has unveiled lower revenue in the first half of its financial year as a result of the coronavirus...
Highest level of waste sector deals since 2010
UK waste sector mergers and acquisitions activity was higher in 2017 than in any of the previous six years.
Financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP's...
OPRL launches recyclability certification scheme
Packaging recycling label organisation OPRL has launched a new UK certification scheme called Certified as Recyclable that will provide evaluated and tested...
Recycling Insights brings AI and data science to the recycling market
A new data science service Recycling Insights will give users the tools to fully understand recycling industry market data like never before.
Confirm Centre and AMCS working on project to boost material quality through technology
Ireland's University of Limerick Confirm Centre and recycling and waste industry software provider AMCS are working together on a project to drive...
Queen’s Speech promises extension of producer responsibility
The Government plans to extend producer responsibility and introduce charges on more specified single use items, the Queen's Speech has revealed.