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Planning permission granted for £390m Welsh glass bottle plant

Today (16 June), Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (BGCBC) agreed a resolution to grant planning permission to CiNER Glass UK. The company will build a glass container manufacturing facility at the Rassau Industrial Estate, north of Ebbw Valewhich. The facility will use recycled glass.

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Again secures £2.55m to create packaging supply chain infrastructure

The company hopes to lessen reliance on single-use products

DRS
RLG to manage IT infrastructure for Scottish DRS

The company has been named as the preferred bidder for the scheme by Circularity Scotland

Recresco
Recresco and Encirc sign five-year contract
By
Emma Love
| 21 February 2022 |
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The deal will see Recresco supply Encirc with glass cullet for remelt
Glass bottles
British Glass calls for government support in face of energy crisis
By
Emma Love
| 13 January 2022 |
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In an open letter, the group warns that the crisis could ‘ultimately impact the consumer’
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Government will ‘continue to monitor’ glass remelt PRN prices
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Emma Love
| 7 January 2022 |
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The minister acknowledged the ‘challenges’ prices have caused, but said Defra ‘cannot intervene’
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How to waste less this Christmas
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Emma Love
| 23 December 2021 |
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Resource’s guide to reducing waste and recycling common festive items – trees, decorations, wrapping paper, and more.
Sibelco British Glass
Sibelco: A British Glass case study
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Kai Malloy
| 2 December 2021 |
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A reflection on Sibelco in relation to the wider glass recycling industry
SUEZ restoring Beacon Hill
Business in Brief – 12/10/21
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Emma Love
| 12 October 2021 |
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A roundup of business news in the waste and resource management industries
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URM celebrates 100 years of recycling glass
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Resource
| 13 August 2021 |
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Established operator says quality still a key issue, but DRS is not the answer for glass recyclers
British Glass forecasts negative impact of DRS on glass recycling
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Lidia Creech
| 4 June 2021 |
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The trade association has warned of the scheme’s potential negative impact on glass recycling 
Bottles in supermarket
Digital DRS could achieve huge savings
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Lidia Creech
| 2 June 2021 |
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The Digital DRS Industry Working Group has released a new report finding an ‘all-in’ digital DRS model could save millions compared to current proposals for DRS
Glass bottles
DRS fundamental to Greece reaching recycling targets
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Lidia Creech
| 27 May 2021 |
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Eunomia and the Association of the Greek Manufacturers of Packaging and Materials (AGMPM) have made several suggestions for a successful and sustainable DRS
Glass recycling collection exposes workers to dangerous noise levels
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Lidia Creech
| 21 May 2021 |
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A report by WRAP Cymru has found that glass recycling collection workers are frequently exposed to excessive levels of noise 
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British Glass partners with recycling organisations to support OPRL’s recycling and refill labels
By
Lidia Creech
| 18 May 2021 |
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The glass association will join OPRL’s seven existing guarantors to support recycling and refill labels on glass containers
DRS and EPR most effective policy measures to tackle plastic waste in the Mediterranean
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Lidia Creech
| 29 April 2021 |
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Research carried out by Eunomia Research and Consulting found that these schemes will effectively reduce the amount of single-use plastic litter in the Mediterranean region
DRS and EPR most effective policy measures to tackle plastic waste in the Mediterranean
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Lidia Creech
| 29 April 2021 |
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Research carried out by Eunomia Research and Consulting found that these schemes will effectively reduce the amount of single-use plastic litter in the Mediterranean region
Northern Ireland records new low of 21.6 per cent for waste sent to landfill
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Lidia Creech
| 22 April 2021 |
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Though recycling rates have shrunk by 1.7 per cent, the nation has reached a new low for waste sent to landfill at 21.6 per cent 
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Keep Britain Tidy targets contaminated recycling in Milton Keynes
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Lidia Creech
| 21 April 2021 |
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Milton Keynes Council has marked recycling as contaminated in an effort to educate residents as part of a Keep Britain Tidy campaign
Coventry MRF
Construction to begin on new Coventry MRF
By
Lidia Creech
| 7 April 2021 |
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The new recycling facility will be owned by eight local authorities through Sherbourne Recycling Limited 
Casepak's new sorter
Casepak wins recycling contract with Tewkesbury Borough Council
By
Lidia Creech
| 31 March 2021 |
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The contract will see Casepak process 10,000 tonnes of dry mixed recyclables for three years
Industry responds to Defra consultations on EPR and DRS
By
Lidia Creech
| 25 March 2021 |
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The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee has expressed concerns about the timings of Defra consultations on consistent recycling collections
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England’s household recycling rate rises by 0.4 per cent
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Lidia Creech
| 3 March 2021 |
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) statistics show slight growth in the level of recycling in the last financial year
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