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White plastic sachet
Survey finds majority supports ban on single-use sachets

A recent survey by OnePoll shows that 79 per cent of Britons believe that sample sachets used by the personal and home care industries should be prohibited in the UK.


More than four in five say that the British Government should not ignore the impact of sample sachets on plastic pollution.

Tata steel packaging
APEAL announces its 2025 vision for European steel recycling

The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has shared its 2025 vision for recycling, detailing four key areas that will prevent steel packaging from being wasted

beverage packaging recycling
EU beverage packaging to be fully circular by 2030

UNESDA outlines targets for a circular economy in the launch of its Circular Packaging Vision 2030

China could introduce further waste material restrictions by 2019
EU restrictions to plastic waste exports come into force
By
Lidia Creech
| 4 January 2021 |
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A ban on exporting unsorted plastic to non-OECD countries from 1 January 2021
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Reusable packaging up to 85 per cent more climate-friendly than single-use, says report
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Emma Love
| 10 December 2020 |
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Independent analysis has identified key measures to further the environmental sustainability of reusable packaging
Port of Dover
New rules on EU waste shipments from 1 January 2021
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Lidia Creech
| 8 December 2020 |
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Defra has published new guidelines on waste shipments to the EU, to come into effect from the start of 2021
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Sustainable finance essential for Covid-19 recovery
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Fiona Binns
| 3 December 2020 |
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New report published by Zero Waste Europe emphasises the importance of sustainable finance as the basis for the European Covid-19 recovery
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4evergreen pushes for full circularity of fibre-based packaging by 2030
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Fiona Binns
| 26 November 2020 |
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4evergreen held an online launch event that saw the fibre-based packaging alliance lay out plans of how the European industry will reach full-circularity target by 2030.
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European Week of Waste Reduction launches for 12th year
By Resource |
20 November 2020 |
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The week will run from 21-29 November and entail a range of awareness-raising events
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Paper industry outlines journey to European decarbonisation targets
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Fiona Binns
| 19 November 2020 |
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CEPI has laid out a decarbonisation manifesto for the European paper sector to follow in the years leading up to 2030.
Tim Gent
The PRN system is ripe for reform, not replacement
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Tim Gent
| 13 November 2020 |
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Replacing the PRN system with an ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme is not the answer for glass, says Recresco director Tim Gent
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Tackling ‘shoddy’ electronics can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions
By Resource |
6 November 2020 |
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Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
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Virtual event: Ecomondo and Key Energy 2020 from 3-15 November
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Ecomondo
| 2 November 2020 |
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Following Italy’s Prime Ministerial Decree on 25 October, which banned physical attendance at exhibitions, the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) has reorganised Ecomondo and Key Energy 2020 to take place on its digital platform from 3 to 15 November 2020.
David Newman
A System Change Compass - charting the path to the European Green Deal
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David Newman
| 29 October 2020 |
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David Newman, Managing Director of BBIA, considers the key messages of the new report 'A System Change Compass: Implementing the European Green Deal in a time of recovery', co-authored by SYSTEMIQ and the Club of Rome.
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88 per cent of Irish in favour of ‘all-in’ DRS
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Lidia Creech
| 21 October 2020 |
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A poll commissioned by environmental charity VOICE has revealed that almost 90 per cent of Ireland’s population is in favour of a deposit return scheme to include a wide range of drinks containers.
Industry calls for tougher action on WEEE treated as scrap metal
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Charles Newman
| 7 October 2020 |
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A new report published by WEEE Forum calls for action on the treatment of WEEE as scrap metal, urging competent authorities to penalise facilities that illegitimately incorporate WEEE into their unreported waste flows.
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Paper calls for a circular and resilient Covid-19 recovery in Latin America
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Fiona Binns
| 29 September 2020 |
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Latin America and the Caribbean must reconsider its economic model in order to fight the long-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new research paper by Chatham House.
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Recycling is not sorted
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Edward Kosior
| 29 September 2020 |
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Professor Edward Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek, argues the importance of shifting industry focus onto how sorted waste can be properly re-used.
Jamie Crummie
Why Zero Waste Cities are at the heart of reaching 2030 UN goals
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Jamie Crummie
| 29 September 2020 |
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Jamie Crummie explains how Zero Waste Cities are imperative to reaching UN food waste targets.
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Legal challenge launched over exclusion of EfW from Emissions Trading Scheme
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Fiona Binns
| 10 September 2020 |
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A legal challenge has been launched by an environmental campaigner against the UK Government on the grounds that it has unlawfully left out Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities from its post-Brexit Emissions Trading Scheme
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Oil industry threatened by projected fall in plastic demand
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Lidia Creech
| 4 September 2020 |
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A new report by think tank Carbon Tracker and consultancy SYSTEMIQ has found that global efforts to tackle climate change and plastic waste could result in £300 billion of stranded petrochemical assets for the oil industry.
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EuPC launches survey on impact of Covid-19 on use of recycled plastic
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Fiona Binns
| 3 September 2020 |
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The European Plastics Converters trade association has announced it will be running a survey to explore the effects that Covid-19 pandemic has had on the uptake of recycled polymers.
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Earth Overshoot Day falls three weeks later this year – but are we really making progress?
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Emma Love
| 21 August 2020 |
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The coronavirus pandemic means Earth Overshoot Day has fallen just under a month later than last year, and Global Footprint Network has developed new solutions to continue to #MoveTheDate.
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