Packaging Producers

Warehouse worker with hardhat wrapping boxes in stretch film parcel on pallet

UK plastic packaging tax undermined by fraudulent recycled content claims

Fraudulent recycled content claims on imported plastic packaging are undermining the UK's Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) and threatening the survival of domestic recycling operations, according to a new report from RECOUP, the UK’s plastics recycling charity.

Toothpaste tube in a bathroom bin

Industry collaboration eliminates toothpaste tube contamination from recycling streams

HDPE redesign removes aluminium barriers and reduces wish-cycling ahead of 2026 collection requirements

CityToSea campaigners stood in a park holding banners to promote World Reuse Day

City to Sea closes after 10 years of plastic pollution campaigns

Environmental charity that helped to build a global refill network to cease operations citing competitive grant environment

Revantis pilot plant equipment

Start-up secures Series A funding for plastic recycling technology

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| 30 May 2025 |

Scottish start-up Reventas raises investment to scale chemical recycling process for polyethylene and polypropylene from pilot to commercial operation

Cardboard packaging with RFID tag

PackUK eases 'red' and 'amber' ratings for Recyclability Assessment Methodology

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| 29 April 2025 |

New exemptions for all DRS-covered containers included in RAM update, following simplification sprint with stakeholders

Holiferm's biosurfactant plant in Wallasey, which uses a patented fermentation technology to produce 1650 tonnes per year

UK at risk of losing bio-based innovation as scale-ups move abroad

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28 April 2025 |

New research reveals £500 million potential economic gain from better supporting domestic bio-based manufacturing

Scene at a Household Waste Recycling Centre where three people look at the camera next to a newly unveiled compartment for recycling used coffee pods

Coffee pod recycling service reaches 200 local authority sites

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28 April 2025 |

Three in ten UK households now have access to pod recycling points at waste and recycling centres

Man using smartphone app to use AI detection to claim a deposit on a returned paper coffee cup

AI app rewards paper cup recycling in Cardiff trial

By Resource |

22 April 2025 |

National Cup Recycling Scheme trial rewards consumers for returning cups using vision-based artificial intelligence

Laptop screen with text highlighting Open 3P Standard for packaging data

Open 3P endorsed as standard for global packaging data

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| 8 April 2025 |

Report for World Business Council for Sustainable Development identifies potential for UK-developed open source data model to provide a common metric for producers

Natalie Fee, Founder of City to Sea presenting at the Global Reuse Summit

Sector calls for five per cent EPR fee allocation to drive reuse

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| 14 March 2025 |

Packaging stakeholders urge UK government to match French model in funding transition from single-use options

EU packaging label prototype

EU harmonised waste sorting labels face design challenges

By Resource |

11 March 2025 |

JRC consultation reveals competing priorities for packaging and waste receptacle labelling as 2026 implementation deadline approaches

EMERGE bin truck

Low-density polyethylene recycling pilot launched in Manchester

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| 5 March 2025 |

Duo UK and EMERGE Recycling are collaborating to recycle LDPE film collected from local businesses into ecommerce mailing bags

Worker in packaging warehouse

Four nations jointly issue requirements for PackUK’s implementation strategy

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| 27 February 2025 |

Joint policy statement details check list of scheme administrator duties, with June 2025 deadlines set for key governance documents

Alupro's Infinity Room Education Exhibit at Newcastle University

Life Science Centre unveils infinite recycling experience in Newcastle

By Resource |

31 January 2025 |

Interactive mirrored installation demonstrates aluminium can sustainability through immersive educational display

Boy putting a bottle into a reverse vending machine

Government sets out operational framework for 2027 Deposit Return Scheme

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| 27 January 2025 |

Applications for scheme administrator close next week, as guidance sets out detailed implementation plans for retailers, hospitality venues and collection points

Flexible Plastic Collection

UK councils face unprecedented plastic collection expansion by 2027

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| 17 December 2024 |

RECOUP survey reveals 312 councils must add film and flexible plastic collections within two years if current Government requirement is to be met

Single use cups ina bin

Government scraps mandatory cup takeback scheme for retailers

By Resource |

6 December 2024 |

Defra cites £52 million cost and limited environmental impact as reasons for policy reversal

Biodegradable cup

Industry network secures £474k to boost bio-based materials regulation

By Resource |

2 December 2024 |

BB-REG-NET to develop new standards and frameworks for sustainable chemical alternatives to fossil-based materials

Plastic bottle placed in a reverse vending machine

Trade bodies call for deposit scheme pause after Welsh withdrawal

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| 22 November 2024 |

NAWDO, LARAC and The Recycling Association urge government to reconsider DRS plans following Wales's exit from UK-wide system

Glas bottles on a conveyor belt in production

Wales to develop separate deposit return scheme to protect recycling progress

By Resource |

18 November 2024 |

Deputy First Minister confirms nation will exit UK-wide DRS process over Internal Market Act constraints

Outside Scottish Parliament

Scottish Government estimates £951m cost for packaging EPR reform

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| 15 November 2024 |

Impact assessment outlines costs and environmental benefits of incoming extended producer responsibility system

Tesco pasta in new paper packaging

Tesco’s switch to paper pasta packs to save 10M pieces of plastic yearly

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| 15 November 2024 |

Retailer set to transition own-brand product range to fully recyclable paper packaging as part of the brand’s 4R recycling strategy.

Mandatory cup takeback scheme will require transformation of recycling infrastructure

By Resource |

12 November 2024 |

Valpak report says waste sector should prepare collection systems for 3.2 billion disposable cups used annually

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