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Tim Gent
The PRN system is ripe for reform, not replacement

Replacing the PRN system with an ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme is not the answer for glass, says Recresco director Tim Gent

David Newman
A System Change Compass - charting the path to the European Green Deal

David Newman, Managing Director of BBIA, considers the key messages of the new report 'A System Change Compass: Implementing the European Green Deal in a time of recovery', co-authored by SYSTEMIQ and the Club of Rome.

Edward Kosior of Nextek
Recycling is not sorted

Professor Edward Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek, argues the importance of shifting industry focus onto how sorted waste can be properly re-used.

Jamie Crummie
Why Zero Waste Cities are at the heart of reaching 2030 UN goals

Jamie Crummie explains how Zero Waste Cities are imperative to reaching UN food waste targets.

Video

Can you imagine how much recycling gets missed across a county?
Over 32,000 tonnes of material that could be recycled is instead put in residual waste bins each year in West Sussex, costing the council an estimated £3 million a year in disposal costs. To highlight the scale of this waste, West Sussex County Council has created a video that visualises it on a personal and then county-wide level.
Gum Forest sprouts in London to make litterers reconsider spitting out their gum
Old batteries
Zero Waste Scotland reminds public to recycle old batteries

The advice follows a survey in which 25 per cent of respondents admitted to recycling batteries incorrectly

beverage packaging recycling
EU beverage packaging to be fully circular by 2030

UNESDA outlines targets for a circular economy in the launch of its Circular Packaging Vision 2030

Home compostable packaging
Riverford replaces 1 million plastic bags with TIPA compostable packaging

Riverford has switched from plastic bags to home compostable alternatives supplied by TIPA, citing savings of up to 1.25 million plastic bags each year

Houses of Parliament
MPs look to green sector for post-Covid recovery

The Environmental Audit Committee calls for green job creation and net-zero commitments to be put at the centre of the UK’s economic recovery

AquaDot cutlery
EcoTensil launches new range of plastic-free paperboard cutlery

 California-based EcoTensil has launched its AquaDot range of plastic-free paperboard cutlery

Vegware compostable cup
Paper Round installs compostables-specific sorting line in Essex facility

A new sorting line for compostable catering disposables has been installed by Paper Round in its Essex facility

Clothing in a shop
WRAP guide aims to increase clothes recycling post-lockdown

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is targeting textiles recycling with its recently published guidance on retailer-led collection schemes for old clothes

Beverage containers
MPs begin inquiry into future DRS

The Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into introducing deposit return schemes in England