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Meeting the New German Packaging Act Friday, 15:46 STEINERT & Christian Hündgen on Germany’s Largest Packaging Recycling Facility Germany’s largest approved single site for recycling post-consumer packaging, commissioned by company owner Christian Hündgen and recycling equipment manufacturer STEINERT. Here the two discuss their collaborated to comply with new packaging legislation. read more …
Over 80% of people say they would use reverse vending machines Friday, 15:23 Veolia and LEON pilot deposit return scheme to solve on the go recycling Veolia has teamed up with health conscious fast food chain LEON to deploy a reverse vending machine designed to accept plastic bottles and aluminium at King’s Cross in central London. read more …
Aim to Achieve 70% Recycling Rate for Plastic Packaging by 2025 28.02.2019 14:36 Strategic Partnership Between WRAP & OPRL to Meet Recycling Targets WRAP and OPRL have entered into a strategic partnership which sets out how the two organisations will work together towards meeting the UK’s recycling targets. read more …
South Dakota Recycling Facility to Send Paper to WestRock Mill 26.02.2019 14:22 Millennium Recycling Adds Paper Cups to Single Stream System Millennium Recycling, Inc., a material recycling facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota has added paper cups to its recycling list through a partnership with the Foodservice Packaging Institute. read more …
Industry Lobbyists Aiming to Water Down All-In Scheme 25.02.2019 16:21 Greenpeace Urge Gove Not to Lose His Bottle Over Deposit Return Scheme Greenpeace has delivered a 29ft long plastic bottle artwork to Environment Secretary Michael Gove as they urged him not to lose cave in to lobbyists over the planned bottle deposit return scheme. read more …
Government Urged to Include Bottles of All Sizes 18.02.2019 15:11 CPRE Calls for Comprehensive Deposit Return Scheme as Defra Launches Consultation The Campaign for Rural England has urged the government to ensure that its proposed Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for bottles covers drinks bottles of all sizes. read more … Producer Responsibility Scheme on Glass Beverage Containers 08.02.2019 13:52 Glass Bottle Recycling Scheme Introduced in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department has rolled out the Glass Container Recycling Charter and a series of promotional and publicity activities to further raise public awareness on glass bottle recycling. read more … Envipco Reverse Vending Machines to Return 10p for Bottles & Cans 09.01.2019 13:11 Viridor Takes Charge of Collections in Scottish Bottle Deposit Trial Viridor is working with the Scottish Grocers Federation and a reverse vending machine manufacturer on a three-month deposit return scheme trial in Scotland. read more … Growing Environmental Awareness on Avoidable Wastes 04.01.2019 15:01 ‘Single-Use’ Secures Collins’ Word of the Year Spot English Dictionary compiler and publisher, Collins, has selected the term ‘single-use’ as this year’s Word of the Year. read more … McVitie’s Owner Extends Packaging Recycling Scheme with Terracycle 02.01.2019 15:26 Digestive Maker: Potential to Recycle Billions of Biscuit Packets The owner of biscuit maker McVitie’s, pladis UK&I, has said that billions of plastic wrappers could be reused in 2019 if Britain’s snack-lovers made a new year’s resolution to recycle through the company’s partnership with TerraCycle. read more … No Cost-Benefit Analysis Conducted for Alternatives 21.12.2018 11:59 EuPC: EU Proposal on Single Use Plastics Will Not Cut Plastic Waste in the Oceans EU politicians have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with its Directive on the reduction of certain types of single-use plastic packaging, according to trade association EuPC read more … EXTR:ACT to Drive Value for Mulitmaterial Recycling 20.12.2018 11:25 ACE Platform to Drive Carton Recycling Across Europe The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment has launched a new platform to drive the industry’s engagement in carton recycling across Europe. read more …
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