Compostable Plastics Could be Particularly Useful for Flexible Packaging 2020-02-06 12:16:27 New WRAP Guidance Over Compostable Plastic Packaging Based on the products and infrastructure that are available to packaging designers and specifiers, WRAP has published new guidance to help businesses make informed choices when considering the use of compostable packaging. read more ...
New TOMRA R1 Makes In-Store Recycling Easier for Consumers 2020-01-16 15:24:22 Reverse Vending Machine from TOMRA Takes 100 Bottles for Recycling at Once Reverse vending machine manufacturer, TOMRA, has launched its R1 machine which is able to handle up to 100 empty beverage containers being poured into it  in a single go, as opposed to inserting each container one by one. read more ...
Machine to Remove Labels at Start of Bottle Recycling Plants 2019-12-13 16:14:01 New Delabeler from STADLER Increases Output & Purity for Bottle Recyclers German recycling equipment manufacturer, STADLER, has launched a new Delabeler for plastic bottle sorting plants, where it can significantly increase the output and purity rates. read more ...
Preparations for Deposit Return Scheme 2019-12-13 15:54:37 TOMRA Designs New Compact Reverse Vending Machine for Scotland Scottish retailers have inspired the design of a new compact reverse vending machine from TOMRA, which saw that many retailers would face a challenge with space and also heard feedback from the industry as talks on a DRS for Scotland began to gather pace. read more ...
Hertfordshire Zoo Keepers Pick Nearly 600 kg of Waste 2019-11-08 13:13:07 VIDEO: Paradise Wildlife Park Volunteers Pick Litter Equivalent in Weight to 715 Meerkats Paradise Wildlife Park, a zoo in Hertfordshire, UK, has been raising environmental awareness through beach cleaning and school activities creating models of animals out of waste. read more ...
CEO Stefan Ranstrand Addresses Our Ocean Conference 2019-10-28 14:22:29 TOMRA Commitment to Enable 40% of Plastic Packaging Collectable for Recycling At Our Ocean conference in Oslo, TOMRA president and CEO, Stefan Ranstrand recently launched a commitment to enable 40% of plastic packaging produced globally each year to be collected for recycling by 2030. read more ... New Study in Collaboration with Polymer Comply Europe 2019-09-06 14:48:54 European Plastics Converters Launches 3rd Edition of Recycling Survey Trade association, European Plastics Converters, decided to conduct the third edition of its survey on the use of recycled polymers by plastics converters in Europe in cooperation with Polymer Comply Europe. read more ... Millennials and Generation Z Supportive of Recycling Despite Negative Publicity 2019-08-21 16:41:16 POLL: Americans Keep Recycling, But Just 35% Believe Materials Are Actually Recovered In the US, a new national poll conducted by Mason-Dixon has found that 85% of respondents recycle despite having little confidence that the materials actually get recycled. read more ... First Sustainability Consultancy Member 2019-08-14 15:14:10 Ricardo Joins UK On-Pack Recycling Label Scheme International sustainability consultancy, Ricardo, has signed up to support the UK-wide On-Pack Recycling Label scheme which used by hundreds of brands owned by over 370 members. read more ... Beverage Container Recycling Rate Dropping 2019-08-13 12:35:57 Container Recycling Institute Responds to Recent Redemption Center Closures in California In California, the Container Recycling Institute (CRI) has called the recent closure of 284 recycling redemption centers by rePlanet “the latest and most significant setback to the state’s container deposit system”. read more ... Zero Waste Scotland Figures Highlight Potential Benefits of 20p Deposit 2019-08-01 17:02:53 DRS Could Keep 31,000 Waste Bottles from Scottish Beaches & Streets Figures published by Zero Waste Scotland show the dramatic scale of litter reduction of nearly 31,000 plastic bottles from Scotland’s streets, beaches and green spaces every single day, thanks to the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme. read more ... Prevention the Only Solution to Marine Litter & Plastic Pollution 2019-07-29 11:09:48 Clean-Up on ‘World’s Most Polluted Beach’ Bags Six Tonnes of Waste Valpak's James Beard has helped bag six tonnes of waste from the most densely-polluted beach in the world and concluded that prevention is the only viable option to halt the tide of marine plastic litter. read more ...
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