Valpak models changes for packaging waste producers under EPR proposals
Compliance scheme Valpak has produced a report that looks at how packaging waste producers will be affected by the Government's proposals for...
Disappointment expressed at Defra delay to EPR
The Government has announced that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will be delayed until October 2025.
In a statement...
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.
BMRA latest trade association to support The Recycling Event
Nine trade associations are now collaborating to develop The
Recycling Event after British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) pledged its
support.
Taking...
Aluminium, glass and cartons might be as bad as plastic bottles for the environment
Replacing plastic bottles with aluminium cans, glass bottles or cartons will also damage the environment, according to a study by Green Alliance.
Exports are vital to the UK, and EA CEO should not undermine them
The Recycling Association has expressed its anger that the chief executive of the Environment Agency has undermined legitimate exports of recyclate by...
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...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 25 November 2022
The market remains focused on both the PRN/PERN price and the physical price for packaging grades.
Many of the...