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Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro
DRS: A whole can of worms

Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro, the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation, gets his teeth into the issues surrounding deposit return schemes and their impact on aluminium can recycling.

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Recycling Parliament

Ray Georgeson imagines a sustainable solution to fix the historic but crumbling Palace of Westminster

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Who's really responsible for litter?

Victoria Hutchin, Associate Waste & Resource Management Consultant at WYG, assesses how extended producer responsibility reforms could impact how we deal with litter.

Vegware applaud the University of Plymouth’s research on biodegradable carrier bags.
Cut the confusion on compostables

Lucy Frankel, Communications Director at compostable packaging manufacturer Vegware, applauds the University of Plymouth’s research on biodegradable carrier bags – it’s a timely reminder that each material can only be recycled in its correct facility.

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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
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Turkish DRS could increase recycling rates by 253 per cent, says report

A report published by Eunomia Research and Consulting has revealed that a DRS could bring Turkey benefits worth £96 million.

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DS Smith takes coffee cup recycling scheme to Europe

Packaging company announces it will be rolling out its coffee cup recycling scheme to its De Hoop Mill in the Netherlands.

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Business in Brief – 11/10/19

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including UKWSL, Kiverco, Egbert Taylor, Reconomy and Grundon.

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New North London incinerator crucial to reaching Net Zero, says consultancy

Analysis suggests that failure to replace Edmonton EcoPark incinerator with a new energy recovery facility could lead to the release of an additional 215,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

The Mayors of West Devon and Tavistock at the Tavistock Goose Fair
Reverse vending machine raises charity funds at Devon fair

The reverse vending machine was put into action at the Tavistock Goose Fair yesterday (9 October).

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Cycling challenge tackles plastic pollution

Recycling company First Mile has partnered with the Kik-Plastic cycling challenge to undertake beach cleans along the UK coastline. 

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Viridor report highlights UK investments

Pennon Group subsidiary has published its 2019 Sustainability Report, outlining the company’s plans for development in plastics, biodiversity and sustainable finance. 

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Unilever announces plans to reduce plastic footprint

Multinational company Unilever has announced its intention to halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025.