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TerraCycle
TerraCycle partners with Evreka on new waste management system

Paper and card
Analysis identifies 12 items contaminating paper recycling streams

The ‘dirty dozen’ create 391 million bin bags-worth of plastic waste annually, DS Smith says

Carbon emissions
Textile waste tops Scottish emissions report

The material accounted for four per cent of waste weight in 2020, but 32 per cent of the country’s carbon impact

Christmas tree
How to waste less this Christmas
By
Emma Love
| 23 December 2021 |
Resource’s guide to reducing waste and recycling common festive items – trees, decorations, wrapping paper, and more.
Tidy Planet managers at Bovington plant
Business in Brief – 17/12/21
By
Emma Love
| 17 December 2021 |
A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including DS Smith, UKCM, and Tidy Planet
Sandwich packaging
Aldi to trial fully recyclable sandwich packaging
By
Kai Malloy
| 2 August 2021 |
The supermarket is working with its supplier Greencore to roll out ‘100 per cent paper’ packaging
Lenor paper bottle
Proctor and Gamble pilot paper Lenor bottles
By
Kai Malloy
| 28 July 2021 |
The consumer goods company has partnered with paper bottle company Paboco to trial the packaging prototype
A stack of paper, with orange, blue, yellow, pink, green, and purple pieces.
European paper industry delivers on emission reduction and recycling commitments
By
Emma Love
| 12 July 2021 |
The Confederation of European Paper Industries’ 2020 figures show a rise in renewable energy and a fall in CO2 emissions, alongside an increased recycling rate
Baled plastic waste
85.6 per cent of Surrey’s recycling is now processed in the UK
By
Emma Love
| 12 July 2021 |
The Surrey Environment Partnership’s recent report highlights the successes of Surrey’s waste management, but emphasises the need for residents to recycle correctly
Kemsley paper mill
Reigate and Banstead extends DS Smith recycling partnership
By
Lidia Creech
| 17 June 2021 |
The Borough Council has extended its 20-year recycling partnership with DS Smith 
Presona baler delivers economic solution for Diamond Box
By Resource |
15 June 2021 |
The packaging manufacturer has sought a solution from Presona that will save it money, time and energy
Northern Ireland records new low of 21.6 per cent for waste sent to landfill
By
Lidia Creech
| 22 April 2021 |
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 
Dry mixed recycling at kerbside
Keep Britain Tidy targets contaminated recycling in Milton Keynes
By
Lidia Creech
| 21 April 2021 |
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 |
The new recycling facility will be owned by eight local authorities through Sherbourne Recycling Limited 
Alvaro Morena paper packaging
Paper packaging saves retailer 90 tonnes of plastic
By
Patrick Jowett
| 6 April 2021 |
Spanish fashion retailer Alvaro Moreno expected to save up to 90 tonnes of plastic in switch to paper packaging
Casepak's new sorter
Casepak wins recycling contract with Tewkesbury Borough Council
By
Lidia Creech
| 31 March 2021 |
The contract will see Casepak process 10,000 tonnes of dry mixed recyclables for three years
Pringles cans will be recyclable at ACE UKs Bring Bank collection points
Bring Bank collection scheme to add paper container recycling
By
Patrick Jowett
| 23 March 2021 |
ACE UK and Sonoco Europe to see 334 recycling points across the UK begin the collection of paper containers with metal ends 
DS Smith Kemsley paper mill
Kent County Council signs paper recycling contract with DS Smith
By
Lidia Creech
| 17 March 2021 |
The packaging company has revealed 15,000 tonnes of Kent’s paper and card will be processed each year under the new contract
Wheeled recycling bins
England’s household recycling rate rises by 0.4 per cent
By
Lidia Creech
| 3 March 2021 |
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) statistics show slight growth in the level of recycling in the last financial year
Containerboard
Mondi considers £5 billion takeover of DS Smith
By
Lidia Creech
| 25 February 2021 |
The two packaging companies are in talks about a possible transaction worth around £5 billion
Mobile recycling centre
Mobile centre brings recycling to rural residents
By
Patrick Jowett
| 16 February 2021 |
A look into Conwy County’s Mobile Recycling Centre, developed to support the move to four-weekly residual waste collections
Bins on street
Significant drop in normal food waste service collections
By
Lidia Creech
| 12 February 2021 |
The 17th ADEPT survey on impact of Covid-19 on waste services has found fewer local authorities are reporting normal operations this month than in September
Crayford MRF
35,000 tonnes of recycling processed by Viridor’s Crayford MRF last month
By
Patrick Jowett
| 9 February 2021 |
Dry mixed recycling was up 6.8 per cent compared to last January at Viridor's Crayford MRF, with notable increases in fibre and glass recycling