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Female student putting a plastic bottle into a deposit return machine

Scottish college launches reverse vending machine trial offering 20p per bottle

Students at New College Lanarkshire can earn 20p for every can or plastic bottle returned through reverse vending machines (RVMs) in a deposit return scheme trial.

Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful is partnering with the college and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) to assess how personal financial incentives influence recycling behaviour among students. Insights from the four-week study will inform the rollout of Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in October 2027... More

Recyclables being emptied out back of waste vehicle

Quarter of councils plan recycling service change with gate fees expected to rise

WRAP's latest annual report of treatment costs finds many councils have delayed decisions until government policies on Simpler Recycling and EPR are implemented.

Huw Irranca-Davies holding a glass bottle

Wales launches reuse-focused deposit return scheme consultation

Stakeholders asked for views on proposed reuse targets for 2031-2040 and phased glass inclusion with zero deposit transition approach

Bins behind a restaurant

Three-quarters of UK small businesses unprepared for Simpler Recycling reform

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| 8 August 2024 |

New survey, conducted by First Mile, has found that only 24.5 per cent of small business owners are prepared for new waste regulations

Owen Derbyshire

Labour has an opportunity with the DRS; it’s time to take it

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Owen Derbyshire

| 31 July 2024 |

Owen Derbyshire, CEO of Keep Wales Tidy, makes the case for glass to be included in proposed deposit return schemes throughout the UK

Waste Segregation Officer stood behind close-up of a bin containing flattened cardboard

Avanti West Coast improves station recycling with Waste Segregation Officers

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| 23 July 2024 |

New role at four stations saves 494 tonnes of recyclables in first year

Plastic-hulled boat sunk on the sea bed

Study reveals alarming level of waste fibreglass in marine life

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| 1 July 2024 |

Particles from discarded boat materials find their way into human food chain

Houses of Parliament

Government publishes Statutory Instrument for Simpler Recycling

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16 May 2024 |

Amendment to the Environment Act sets out requirement for separate collection of recyclable material including food waste by 2026

Bins lined up near Westminster

Defra endorses single-stream commingling and frequent residual bin collection

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| 9 May 2024 |

Government makes convenience to the public its priority, despite doubts from industry

Bleu plastic flakes for use in manufacturing recycled products

European leaders asked to introduce an EU Circular Material Use Act

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8 May 2024 |

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, has published a manifesto to drive up industrial demand for secondary materials to spur on the economics of recycling

Greyparrot Facility Dashboard displayed at a Plastics Recycling Facility

Greyparrot launches AI sampling dashboard to enhance materials facility efficiencies

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| 7 May 2024 |

Recycling technology company's new Facility Dashboard provides real-time data insights and AI analytics

Packaging

Defra publishes draft of packaging EPR regulations

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| 1 May 2024 |

Revision of statutory instrument has been sent to EU and WTO, paving the way for legislation to go before UK Parliament later this year

reverse vending

Governments confirm postponement of DRS until 2027

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| 25 April 2024 |

Defra and Devolved Administrations outline plans for interoperable yet separate container deposit return schemes

Someone scanning a QR code on side of a can in the Brecon digital deposit return scheme trial

Brecon trial demonstrates feasibility of digital DRS

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| 18 April 2024 |

The Scan|Recycle|Reward pilot captured 97.6 per cent of containers that were refunded to residents

Materials Recycling Facility

Environment Agency launches consultation on higher MRF charges

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12 April 2024 |

Proposed fee of £4,154 to cover regulation of materials facilities to coincide with new sampling rules from October 2024

Empty Conveyor Belt highlighting reduced consumption

Call for Europe to adopt new Materials Framework Directive

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| 28 March 2024 |

Eunomia report outlines strategies for the EU to adjust its material and waste management laws that will help meet targets to limit global warming to under 1.5°C

Environment Secretary, Steve Barclay, discusses implementation of a UK deposit return scheme with the EFRA Committee

UK DRS likely to be delayed until 2027 and not include glass

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27 March 2024 |

Environment Secretary tells MPs that introduction of deposit return scheme by 2025 is ‘not realistic’

Recyclables at a materials recycling facility are going to be subject to new sampling rules from October 2024

Guidance for MRF sampling requirements permits use of AI technology

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| 22 March 2024 |

Defra sets out the scope for materials facility operators to develop a methodology that meets the forthcoming Environmental Permitting Regulations

Bins that meet separate collection requirements at Bluestone Holiday Park

How businesses are implementing Wales' new recycling regulations

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| 15 March 2024 |

Case studies of organisations adopting new Workplace Recycling regulations

EU legislators strike deal to tackle packaging waste

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| 5 March 2024 |

The European Council and Parliament provisionally have agreed to update rules for recycling and reuse of packaging.

Glass recycling bin

New Roadmap reveals how to achieve closed loop glass recycling by 2030

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| 12 February 2024 |

British Glass and WRAP have published new recommendations which set out how to achieve 90 per cent glass recycling capture in the UK by 2030.

Can returned via Deposit Return Scheme

A third of adults confused about using Ireland’s new Deposit Return Scheme

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| 5 February 2024 |

New research reveals ‘feeling unclear’ on the recycling process and ‘having insufficient storage space’ as top reasons for not using Ireland’s new Deposit Return Scheme

Recycling technology

How AI recycling technology can transform the circular economy

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Josh Templeman

| 15 November 2023 |

Use of machine learning is powering a new generation of recycling robots in materials recovery facilities (MRFs) highlighting the potential for further innovation.

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