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| 5 September 2023 |
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Should you put tea bags in your food waste bin?
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Extended producer responsibility fees will now begin in October 2025
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| 11 July 2023 |
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| 10 July 2023 |
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The world-first full town trial of a digital deposit return scheme includes major UK retailers like Morrisons, Aldi and Co-op
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| 4 July 2023 |
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According to Zero Waste Europe, large-scale reusable packaging systems could become competitive with single-use counterparts if the right conditions are met
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| 23 June 2023 |
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Open 3P initiative to improve packaging sustainability, by developing consistent methodology for classifying, reporting and sharing data extended to glass, metals, paper, fibre-based composites and wood.
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Margaret Bates, Martin Trigg-Knight and Roger Wright discuss the merits of changing before you have to
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UK Government to exclude glass from Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme
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| 30 May 2023 |
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