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Paul Vanston, CEO of INCPEN
Is ‘partially good’ good enough?

Paul Vanston, CEO of the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN), calls on the resources and waste industry to be bold in its actions to combat climate change and advance the circular economy in 2020.

Andy Garside, Group Technical Waste Manager at Adler and Allan
Navigating waste regulations for businesses

Are you disposing of your business’ waste compliantly? Andy Garside, Group Technical Waste Manager at environmental risk reduction company Adler and Allan, discusses the impact that non-compliant waste management can have on businesses.

Sadie Westwood, Business Director at 23red.
The recipe for success: The behavioural nudges needed to combat food waste

Sadie Westwood, Business Director at creative agency 23red, discusses how communications campaigns should make use of nudges and targeted messaging to encourage people to waste less food.

Simon Weston, Director of Raw Materials for the Confederation of Paper Industries
Balancing our approach to packaging reform

Enthusiasm to simplify the recycling instructions on packaging risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater, writes Simon Weston, Director of Raw Materials for the Confederation of Paper Industries.

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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
EA to reduce packaging recovery operator site inspections
EA to reduce packaging recovery operator site inspections

The Environment Agency’s packaging producer responsibility monitoring plan 2020 has dropped its planned number of site inspections of accredited operators to 110 from 160 in 2019.

An image of nappy waste
AHP recycling project launches in Wales

A new project has been established to help Welsh local authorities develop treatment and recycling solutions for absorbent hygiene product (AHP) waste.

Bryson Recycling wins Conwy garden waste contract
Business in Brief – 13/01/20

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Enva, FEAD, UK Container Maintenance, Bryson Recycling and OPRL.

An image of paper bags
Plastic alternatives may cause greater environmental harm, says new report

A report from think tank Green Alliance has highlighted that supermarkets are under increasing public pressure to cut down on plastic, resulting in the increased use of alternative materials which often have greater environmental consequences. 

Binn Group has revised its plans for a £70-million EfW facility
Binn Group revises plans for £70m EfW facility

Scottish waste management firm Binn Group has submitted revised plans to build a £70-million energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Binn EcoPark near Glenfarg in Perth and Kinross.

Government releases plastic waste briefing paper
Government releases plastic waste briefing paper

The government has released a wide-ranging briefing paper on plastic waste ahead of the return of the Environment Bill, expected at the end of the month.

Birmingham Crown Court
Solihull brothers sentenced for £1.46m WEEE fraud

Two brothers have received custodial sentences for submitting fictitious claims for £1.46 million of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

The illegal site in Torpoint, Cornwall, overflowing with rubbish.
Suspended sentence for manager of Cornwall illegal waste site

The manager of a waste transfer station has been given a 12-month suspended sentence for running an illegal waste site in Torpoint, Cornwall.