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Efficiency

Bathroom products
Cosmetic brands urged to rethink packaging recyclability

Plastics Recycling Charity RECOUP has followed up its serial ‘Recyclability by Design’ reports with a new set of case studies, focused on the cosmetic and beauty industry.


The report, now available to the public, explores the current recyclability of several categories of bathroom goods, including dental care, personal hygiene, hair care, skin care, sun care, hair removal, nail care and cosmetic products.


Plastic pollution in Cameroon
WasteAid announces new partnership under UK Aid Match programme

WasteAid has announced a new partnership with Douala-based RED-PLAST, under its programme to prevent plastic pollution.

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.

Anna Querault Fuentes, Engagement Manager at Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)
What is circular design? Q&A with EMF’s Anna Queralt Fuentes
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Emma Love
| 7 September 2020 |
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Resource spoke to Anna Queralt Fuentes, Engagement Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), about the newly released Circular Design Toolkit and the wider implications of circular design.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new circular design toolkit
Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new circular design toolkit
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Emma Love
| 7 August 2020 |
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched a toolkit to assist manufacturers and designers in developing products with a minimal environmental impact.
Incinerator smoke
EfW the answer to national waste problem, says report
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Emma Love
| 17 July 2020 |
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A report from Policy Connect, supported by cross-party MPs, argues that energy-from-waste is the answer to the UK’s residual waste problem.
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New project to recycle Nigeria’s plastic waste
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Lidia Creech
| 15 July 2020 |
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A pilot project by packaging company Dow aims to collect and recycle Nigeria’s plastic waste, diverting around 300 million plastic waste sachets away from landfill.
Clement Gaubert
News in Brief – 02/07/20
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Emma Love
| 2 July 2020 |
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A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Ecosurety, Renewi, Carbios, SUEZ and the BMRA.
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Report outlines measures necessary for EU to achieve 2030 food waste goals
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Emma Love
| 2 July 2020 |
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A report released by WWF and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)  yesterday (1 July) outlines the measures that need to be taken within the EU to halve food waste by 2030, in accordance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13.1.
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Geminor signs contract to provide low-carbon RDF
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Lidia Creech
| 1 July 2020 |
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Resource management company Geminor has signed a contract with Danish energy-from-waste company ARC to provide low-carbon refuse-derived fuel to the Copenhagen region.
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What does the future hold for reusables post-Covid?
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Olivia Rutherford
| 15 June 2020 |
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The Covid-19 pandemic has raised urgent questions about public health and hygiene in almost every sector of society, with packaging no exception. With consumers and retailers turning back to single-use for hygiene reasons, what does the future hold for reusables? Olivia Rutherford investigates.
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£6.5m to support Welsh circular economy post-Covid
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Olivia Rutherford
| 15 June 2020 |
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The second round of the Welsh Government’s £6.5-million Circular Economy Fund has been launched to support a green recovery post-coronavirus and address the climate emergency. 
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Welsh Circular Economy Fund widens scope
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Olivia Rutherford
| 15 May 2020 |
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The Welsh Government has announced that it has ‘widened the scope’ of its £6.5-million Circular Economy Fund to help the Welsh economy become “more resilient” as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic. 
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£1.5m funding awarded to improve resource efficiency in glass industry
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Olivia Rutherford
| 12 May 2020 |
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Researchers at UK-based Glass Technology Services will lead a project identifying opportunities to turn waste materials into new feedstocks for products in the glass, ceramic and cement industries. 
Environment Secretary George Eustice
Environment Bill passes second reading despite MPs' concerns
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Imogen Benson
| 27 February 2020 |
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The government’s Environment Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday (26 February). 
The Reuse Network Social Impact Report 2019
3.7 million items reused in 2019, says Reuse Network
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Imogen Benson
| 19 February 2020 |
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The Reuse Network has published its 2019 Social Impact Report, revealing that its member  organisations reused 3.7 million furniture and electrical items in 2019. 
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Zero Waste Scotland launches £1m project to ditch disposables
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Imogen Benson
| 18 February 2020 |
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Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) has launched a £1-million pilot project to test alternatives to single-use disposable items. 
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Pure Lakes skincare launches refill scheme
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Imogen Benson
| 18 February 2020 |
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Cumbria-based skincare company Pure Lakes is offering customers the option to refill their existing jars, tins and bottles. 
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Viridor signs HDPE contract with P&G
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Imogen Benson
| 17 February 2020 |
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Viridor has signed a five-year contract with consumer goods group Procter and Gamble (P&G) for the supply of recycled plastic.
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MPs call for incineration tax in Commons debate
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Imogen Benson
| 13 February 2020 |
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MPs expressed concerns over the environmental and public health risks of incineration in a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday (13 February). 
Bristol's bio-methane powered buses
Bio-methane buses rolled out across Bristol
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Imogen Benson
| 11 February 2020 |
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First West of England is launching a fleet of 77 bio-methane powered buses in Bristol, drawing fuel from a new £2-million gas filling station at the company’s Lawrence Hill depot. 
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UK repair cafés to take part in nationwide Big Fix event
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Imogen Benson
| 11 February 2020 |
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75 repair cafés around the country will be running simultaneous community events as part of the UK’s largest nationwide repair project this Saturday.  
Circle Economy's Circularity Gap Report
Global resource consumption hits 100 billion tonnes
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Imogen Benson
| 21 January 2020 |
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A new report from Dutch social enterprise Circle Economy has revealed that the global economy is consuming a record 100 billion tonnes of materials a year, while the reuse of resources has gone into reverse.
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