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Simon Ellin
Business zoning proposals ‘disastrous’ for Scottish recycling industry

Simon Ellin, Chief Executive of The Recycling Association, on how the policy could potentially affect the market

John Ferguson, Head of Strategy at Binn Eco Park
Incineration policy must reflect wider waste management issues

John Ferguson, Head of Strategy at Binn Eco Park, considers how, following the Scottish incineration review, the industry can reduce the process' carbon impact

Louise Grantham
Circular transition: Steps to be taken by the WEEE sector

Chief Executive of REPIC Louise Grantham looks at how the WEEE sector can work towards a circular economy

Nigel Harvey
Are simple WEEE collection targets still fit for purpose?

Nigel Harvey, Chief Executive at Recolight, considers how the WEEE system could be shifted to become better focused on ‘delivering the right environmental outcomes’

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
Food waste
Hellmann’s launches ‘Fridge Night’ app aimed at reducing food waste

The app is hosted by Liam Charles and aims to give practical advice to consumers 

Plastic packaging
ZWE: Mechanical recycling of plastic packaging should be prioritised over pyrolysis

GHG emissions from mechanical recycling are lower than those from chemical processes ‘by a factor of nine’

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British Retail Consortium releases second-hand fashion guideline

The association aims to lengthen the lifecycle of clothing products and support the circular economy

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New scheme aims to reclaim hard-to-recycle reusable food containers and bottles

The initiative allows anyone to recycle old reusables and earn money for good causes

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WRAP: G7 could save 0.8 billion tonnes of CO2eq emissions

The NGO outlines seven strategies to assist G7 in preventing consumption-based emissions

ALDI soft plastic collection point
News in Brief – 27/09/22

A round-up of news in the waste industry including DS Smith, ALDI, TIPA and the Alliance Against Plastic Waste

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Energy crisis will have ‘disastrous’ impact on European recycling ambitions

With rising costs hindering recycling initiatives, Europe’s transition to circularity is now at risk

shipping containers
Report raises fears regarding UK plastic exports to Global South

The Plastic Soup Foundation is pushing for an urgent ban on all non-OECD plastic waste exports