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Campaign to Protect Rural England Collects Over 11,200 Drinks Containers Today, 14:54 Containers of All Sizes Must be Covered by Deposit Return Scheme to Cut Litter The Campaign to Protect Rural England has published new data on the types and sizes of drinks containers littered in England, to help influence the design of England’s deposit return system. read more …
All Cartons Collected to be Recycled by 2025 Today, 12:48 Tetra Pak & Veolia Team-Up to Recycle All Beverage Carton Components in EU Tetra Pak has joined forces with waste and resource Veolia in a bid to recycle all of the components of used beverage cartons collected within the European Union by 2025. read more …
Plastic Bottle Recycler to Build Third US Plant in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania Friday, 15:32 CarbonLITE to Recycle 2bn PET Bottles in New Facility Following Nestlé Waters Deal Nestlé Waters North America has signed a significant agreement with recycled PET plastic (rPET) supplier CarbonLITE, which will expand its US operations by building a third facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. read more …
Strong Domestic Recycled PET Demand Continues Friday, 15:09 PET Recycling Rate Returns to Growth in US & Canada in 2017 In the US and Canada, the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) announced today the release of the Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity in 2017. read more …
Digital Vouchers Issued to Customers for Recycling in Queensland, Australia 02.11.2018 11:41 TOMRA Rolls Out First Paperless Reverse Vending System TOMRA Collection Solutions is now offering digital vouchers as a payout option for container deposit schemes, where consumers receive refunds for returning empty bottles and cans for recycling at a reverse vending machine. read more …
Move to Cut Fresh Food Firm’s Plastic Use by 50,000 lbs Annually 24.10.2018 12:33 Snap Kitchen Moves to Compostable Plant Based Packaging In Austin, Texas Snap Kitchen, an omnichannel fresh food retailer, has launched a rollout of compostable eco-friendly packaging materials as part of its efforts towards an more sustainable business model. read more … Funding Expected to Divert 1m Tonnes of Recyclable Material from Landfill 24.10.2018 11:22 $10m Amazon Investment in Closed Loop Fund to Increase Recycling across the US Seattle based tech and retail giant, Amazon, is to invest $10 million in Closed Loop Fund to support recycling infrastructure in the United States. read more … Lifecycle of a Bean Can from Manufacture to Consumption to Recycling 18.10.2018 13:14 VIDEO: Heinz Encourages Steel Packaging Recycling Following its recent commitment to shift its packaging to 100% recyclable, compostable, or reusable materials by 2025, global food manufacturing firm Kraft Heinz has published a new video explaining lifespan of a can. read more … Valpak and OPRL Alliance for Mutual Member Benefits 07.09.2018 13:27 Packaging Recycling Organisations Join Forces Valpak, the UK’s largest packaging compliance scheme and OPRL, the industry standard for packaging recycling labelling, are forming a close alliance to support their overlapping memberships. read more … Zero Waste Scotland Aims to Secure High Quality Recycling 21.08.2018 11:27 New Dates for Public Consultation Event Dates for Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme Zero Waste Scotland has confirmed further dates and venues as part of its commitment to talk to people about how Scotland’s new national deposit return scheme could work best. read more … Ecosurety Members to Have Access to Aligned Service on Recyclability and Labelling 06.08.2018 15:28 Ecosurety Joins OPRL’s Package Labelling for Recycling Scheme OPRL Ltd, which operates a UK-wide On-Pack Recycling Label scheme used by over 600 brands has expanded its membership rapidly with the latest addition being compliance scheme. read more … Recycling of Plastic Packaging Overtakes Energy Recovery for First Time 03.08.2018 13:50 Plastic Recycling Key to Recovering More of Germany’s 18m tonnes of Packaging A total of 18.16 million tonnes of packaging waste was generated in Germany in 2016, an increase of .05% over 2015, according to an updated report by the German Environment Agency. read more …
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