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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’

Iain Gulland
Innovating recycling in Scotland

Iain Gulland, Executive Director and CEO of Zero Waste Scotland, outlines how Scotland is harnessing the pandemic's effect on waste behaviour.

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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
SAS White Cliffs Dover
‘The Dirty Dozen’: Surfers Against Sewage reveals top UK coastal and river polluters

Companies responsible for 70 per cent of recovered packaging waste include Coca-Cola and Tesco

Paper and cardboard packaging
DS Smith trials use of seaweed, cocoa shells and daisies for packaging

If successful, the materials will be used in the company’s paper and packaging making process

Plastic packaging
Specially-evolved enzyme degrades problematic packaging

The PET portion of mixed packaging is degraded, leaving behind an easier product to mechanically recycle

cartons
Vietnamese initiative promises to recycle ‘3,000 tonnes’ of cartons

The project will provide income to around 200 informal waste pickers

Black Plastic Packaging
Research finds plastic tax sign-ups 'surprisingly low’

Law firm Pinsent Masons points to ‘widespread confusion’ over the legislation

fly tipping
LGA warns that ‘lenient guidelines’ lead to low fly-tipping fines

Findings show that the average fines issued by courts averaged £65 less than the £400 fixed penalty notice

Supermarket plastic trays
RECOUP pushes for end to ‘material switching’ trend

The charity has produced case studies showing the need to consider overall recyclability

single use plastic
PM hopefuls prompted to make the UK plastic free by 2037

According to A Plastic Planet, 71 per cent of the public wants to see more plastic products banned