RECOUP finds 584,000 tonnes of household plastic packaging was recycled in 2020
RECOUP's 2021 UK Household Plastics Collection Survey has estimated that 584,000 tonnes of household plastic packaging was recycled in 2020.
Call to stimulate recycling markets following EU President’s State of the Union Address
European recycling and waste trade association have welcomed EU President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address, but called for...
Chiltern Railways to install coffee cup recycling at all of its stations
Train operator Chiltern Railways has implemented coffee cup recycling at all of its stations, with the official launch at Marylebone Station in London.
£30 million funding from UKRI announced for supporting reuse and recycling of plastic packaging
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced £30 million funding for 18 projects to help reuse and recycling of plastic packaging.
Recycling Insights launches daily 8am markets information email
Recycling Insights has launched a daily 8am markets information and data email.
Each weekday, subscribers to Recycling Insights will...
Waitrose to replace black plastic trays with multi-coloured recyclable ones
Supermarket Waitrose & Partners has announced that it will use coloured plastic trays instead of black plastics.
The new...
Costa Coffee to pay £70 a tonne for recycling of coffee cups
Major coffee chain Costa is to pay waste management companies a guaranteed £70 per tonne to collect coffee cups for recycling.
The company plans to...
OPRL says PVC and PS no longer recyclable packaging
Packaging recycling label organisation OPRL has developed new rules that mean there mostly becomes a binary Recycle or Don't Recycle label.
OPRL to take recycling infrastructure into account on packaging recycling labels
Recycling label organisation OPRL has revealed that it will now take into account materials recycling facilities (MRF) and council collections on packaging...
RECOUP calls on packaging designers to remember the recyclability basics
Plastics recycling charity RECOUP has said that packaging designers and specifiers should not forget the basics when it comes to plastic packaging...