RECOUP celebrating 30th birthday
Plastics recycling charity RECOUP is celebrating its 30th birthday this year.
When launched in 1990, it was only supposed...
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.
M&S to offer discount to people bringing own containers
Retailer M&S will give people a 25p discount if they bring their own container to its fresh food-to-go Market Place counters.
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...
Reconomy buys broker Waste Source
Waste Source has been bought by outsourcing resource management firm Reconomy for an undisclosed sum.
The waste broker is...
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.
Alupro becomes an OPRL guarantor
Aluminium recycling organisation Alupro is joining the list of guarantors of the OPRL packaging labelling scheme.
Alupro will represent...
The Recycling Podcast has been launched
A new podcast, The Recycling Podcast, discussing the latest issues in the recycling sector has been launched.
The first...
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...
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.