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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.

Illustration of a cardboard Parliament sticking out of a recycling bin
Recycling Parliament

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

Victoria Hutchin headshot
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
TRAID's Taking Stock report
Public unaware that textile donations benefit commercial companies, says new report

A new report from textile reuse charity TRAID has revealed that two thirds of textile bank users are unaware that many clothing banks are run by commercial operators. 

Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers
UK may not keep EU environment laws post-Brexit, MPs told

The government cannot rule out diverging from EU environmental laws transposed into UK law post-Brexit, new Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers told MPs.

PlasticFreeLand illustration
Plastic-free space to debut at London packaging exhibition

PlasticFreeLand™ will be exhibiting at Packaging Innovations in London this week, providing an insight into what a plastic-free future could look like.

WRAP is targeting restaurant food waste with a month of action
WRAP running month of restaurant food waste action


WRAP’s Stand Up For Food month of action is targeting restaurants to reduce the amount of food thrown away. 

An image of a charity clothing bank
New accreditation standard for textile recyclers trading with charity shops

A new accreditation standard, TRUST (Trader Recycling Universal Standard), has been established for recyclers who trade with charity shops, to ensure that collectors meet health and safety, legal and environmental guidelines. 

Therese Coffey giving evidence to the EAC.
More Defra upheaval as Coffey departs

Resources Minister Therese Coffey has been appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following Amber Rudd’s departure from the Cabinet, leaving no minister in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs directly responsible for resources and waste.

Children from St Andrews C of E Primary School unveiling a plague for the Lincolnshire EfW site
News in brief – 09/09/19

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Ken Mills, Andusia, BMRA, Lincolnshire EfW and Hubbub. 

The Sheehan C&D waste recycling plant in Oxford
Resources Council extends consultation deadline for Sector Deal

The UK Resources Council has announced an extension to its consultation on a new Sector Deal between the resources sector and the government.