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...
Glitter removed from M&S Christmas cards and wrapping paper to help recycling
No more glitter will be seen on M&S' Christmas cards and wrapping paper from this year.
The retailer has...
Bottled water company only uses UK rPET
Britain's oldest bottled water brand, Harrogate Water, is now using 50% rPET in all of its bottles. The rPET being used is all from...
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...
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,...
Just Eat trials home compostable sauce sachets
Takeaway food packaging is just one aspect of the plastic pollution issue. To combat this, Just Eat has launched a six-week trial of home...
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.
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...
WRAP launches new Recycle Now campaign to fight plastic waste
A focus on recycling plastic is being launched by WRAP’s Recycle Now campaign.
Its Plastic Planet programme will include hard-hitting digital images and message aimed...
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...