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Clare Galland Everflow
The wasteful turn in hospitality: Rethinking disposable culture

Clare Galland, Sustainability Manager for Everflow, warns of the environmental and economic costs as restaurants increasingly opt for single-use items

Gaspard Duthilleul, COO of Greyparrot
Powered by AI, automated MRFs can revolutionise the business of recovery

Gaspard Duthilleul, COO, Greyparrot considers the efficiency and improvement that advances in computer vision-based sampling will bring to future recycling operations.

Owen Derbyshire
Labour has an opportunity with the DRS; it’s time to take it

Owen Derbyshire, CEO of Keep Wales Tidy, makes the case for glass to be included in proposed deposit return schemes throughout the UK

Gwen Frost from Resource Futures
Outlining an expanded vision for the circular economy in Wales

As Wales grapples with hitting its 70 per cent recycling target, Gwen Frost highlights the gains of a longer-term strategy to invest in reuse and repair

Graph showing recycling performance of England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland
'Deeply disappointing' as UK household recycling rate falls to 44.1 per cent

Annual data shows England's recycling rate drops to 43.4 per cent, while Wales maintains lead at 56.9 per cent

Shotton Mill
Shotton Paper Mill redevelopment sees £1 billion investment

North Wales plant to become UK’s largest recycled fibre manufacturing facility

Small electrical items
Environment Agency announces new waste shipping codes for WEEE

New classifications for hazardous and non-hazardous WEEE will be implemented from 1 January 2025

Clothes on hangers
UK fashion industry pioneers innovative approach for a textiles EPR

Proposed variable fee system would deliver fairer, more effective incentives for managing environmental impact of clothing production

Reposit return point in-store
Reposit scheme expands packaging reuse to beauty and e-commerce sectors

The reuse platform collaborates with ARRAN Sense of Scotland and Mama Bamboo to offer a total of over 60 products across partner stores

Algae on rocks
MiAlgae reaches 2024 Earthshot Prize finals

The Edinburgh-based startup earns recognition for its growth of Omega-3-rich algae using recycled whisky waste

London Eye
London's packaging footprint equivalent to half of capital's transport emissions

ReLondon report shows plastic packaging alone contributes 1.9 million tonnes of CO2eq annually

Waste carpet piled up for recycling
Database launched enabling UK households to find local carpet recycling options online

Carpet Recycling UK creates resource to help public locate local recycling centres accepting carpet waste