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Ben Brown
2021 to herald biggest change in biowaste market in recent years

With mandatory food waste collections now on the horizon decisions need to be made about collection and treatment. WRM Director Ben Brown considers what this means for the coming year

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.

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
ACE UK appoints Printwaste Recycling as new bring bank contractor
ACE data highlights improved environmental performance of beverage cartons

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) has shared data that highlights the improved environmental performance of beverage cartons 

Clothing rails in a clothes store
WRAP launches sustainability action plan Textiles 2030

WRAP has referred to its sustainable action plan Textiles 2030 as ‘the most ambitious 10-year programme for clothing and textiles in the world’ 

Ray Parmenter (L) and Richard Hudson (R)
CIWM announces two additions to policy and technical teams

Ray Parmenter and Richard Hudson will both join the Chartered Institute of Waste Management with over 30 years of industry experience each

recycling truck
Suez interactive map highlights ‘lacklustre’ local recycling rates

SUEZ’s digital map profiles the latest local authority recycling data, showing recycling rates for the 2019/20 financial year

Industry ‘very concerned’ about impact of tax increase for AD plants

ABDA and other industry experts have spoken out against the change in tax methodology that would see tax increase for anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the UK

Northern Ireland records new low of 21.6 per cent for waste sent to landfill

Though recycling rates have shrunk by 1.7 per cent, the nation has reached a new low for waste sent to landfill at 21.6 per cent 

Dry mixed recycling at kerbside
Keep Britain Tidy targets contaminated recycling in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes Council has marked recycling as contaminated in an effort to educate residents as part of a Keep Britain Tidy campaign

Glass recycling
British Glass – a case study

The evolution of the glass recycling sector is tracked by industry expert British Glass