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Southeast Asian communities flooded with plastic waste since China ban

Southeast Asian communities flooded with plastic waste since China ban

Communities in Southeast Asia have been flooded with plastic waste diverted from China following the introduction of the Chinese Government’s waste ban at the start of 2018, according to a new report.

The report by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and Greenpeace, entitled ‘Discarded: Communities on the frontlines of the global plastic crisis’, brings the... More

Biffa calls for separate collections of paper and card in consistency report

Biffa calls for separate collections of paper and card in consistency report

Waste management company Biffa has called on the government to recommend the separate collection of paper and card from households in addition to food waste in its eventual core materials collection model.

Bühler's PolyVision technology in use at STF Recycling's recycling plant.

Waste sector cleans up at Queen’s Awards

Technology company Bühler UK Ltd and litter collection tool company The Helping Hand Company have been awarded Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in the fields of Innovation and International Trade.

Simply Cups to launch cup recycling service in the Netherlands and Belgium

Simply Cups to launch cup recycling service in the Netherlands and Belgium

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| 18 April 2019 |

Cup collection and recycling service Simply Cups is set to expand its coverage into the Netherlands and Belgium from June in a bid to capture the 4.5 billion cups used in the two countries every year.

Partnership brings UK step closer to first waste-to-hydrogen plant

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| 17 April 2019 |

PowerHouse Energy, the developer of waste-to-hydrogen technology, has signed an agreement for engineering services with Waste2Tricity.

The new cardboard Guinness case

Guinness to replace plastic six pack rings with cardboard

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| 15 April 2019 |

Diageo, parent company of Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s beers, has pledged to remove plastic rings from its multipacks of cans as part of a drive to reduce plastic waste.

Starbucks to finance UK’s largest coffee cup recycling fund

Starbucks to finance UK’s largest coffee cup recycling fund

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| 11 April 2019 |

Coffee chain Starbucks and environmental charity Hubbub have come together to launch The Cup Fund, which will see grants going to at least 10 large-scale cup recycling projects.

Biffa announces three-year partnership with WasteAid

Biffa announces three-year partnership with WasteAid

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| 10 April 2019 |

Waste management company Biffa has announced a three-year partnership with UK-based charity WasteAid, which will see the company support WasteAid financially and share its expertise with communities in low-income countries to improve the management of waste.

Glasgow retailers join movement to reduce Scotland’s coffee cup waste

Glasgow retailers join movement to reduce Scotland’s coffee cup waste

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| 5 April 2019 |

Glasgow Fort and Buchanan Galleries have given their support to Cup Movement in Glasgow, the first initiative of its kind in Scotland to stop single-use cups from going to landfill or ending up being littered.

Some of the types of plastic that will be accepted in the Tesco stores

Tesco trials recycling scheme for soft plastic packaging

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| 2 April 2019 |

Tesco has launched a new collection scheme for hard-to-recycle plastics in partnership with Swindon reprocessing company Recycling Technologies.

Plastic bag underwater

Australia could ban microbeads and single-use plastic bags

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| 1 April 2019 |

Australia could become the latest country bring in stricter single-use plastic restrictions after the Labor Party announced plans to ban microbeads and lightweight plastic bags.

European Parliament votes to ban single-use plastics

European Parliament votes to ban single-use plastics

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| 28 March 2019 |

MEPs in the European Parliament have approved plans to ban some single-use plastic products and increase the collection and recycling of plastic bottles, with legislation to be implemented in member states by 2021.

Locations chosen for Hubbub’s plastic fishing tour

Locations chosen for Hubbub’s plastic fishing tour

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| 26 March 2019 |

Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and central Scotland will each play host to Hubbub’s new boat made from 99 per cent recycled plastic, in order to raise awareness of growing levels of plastic pollution in the country’s waterways.

Drinking fountains installed in Bury as part of Refill pilot

Drinking fountains installed in Bury as part of Refill pilot

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| 25 March 2019 |

Two new public drinking fountains have been installed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in a bid to reduce plastic pollution and encourage the uptake of free drinking water.

TOMRA e-book on the benefits of using 100 per cent recycled plastics

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TOMRA

| 20 March 2019 |

TOMRA Sorting Recycling has published a new e-book on the viability of using 100 per cent recycled plastics in goods production.

Coral opens new plastics recycling facility in Merseyside

Coral opens new plastics recycling facility in Merseyside

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Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd

| 20 March 2019 |

Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd has just launched its new 360-degree circular economy plastic recycling plant in Haydock, Merseyside, as it seeks to minimise plastic waste sent to landfill.

Household waste disposal solution enters technical trials

Household waste disposal solution enters technical trials

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| 15 March 2019 |

The HERU (Home Energy Resource Unit), a new domestic waste disposal appliance found to be less impactful in terms of CO2 emissions than more traditional waste collection methods by environmental consultants Ricardo Energy and Environment, has gone out for technical trials this month.

Recycled plastic products celebrated at EPRO awards

Recycled plastic products celebrated at EPRO awards

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| 14 March 2019 |

A toothbrush and bottle made from 100 per cent recycled plastic have taken home the Best Recycled Plastic Product Innovation and Sustainability Awards run by the European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO).

India implements ban on imports of plastic waste

India implements ban on imports of plastic waste

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8 March 2019 |

The Indian Government has banned all imports of solid plastics waste as part of a drive to tackle pollution and littering.

Bringing waste full circle

TerraCycle: Bringing waste full circle

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| 7 March 2019 |

TerraCycle offers recycling programmes for all sorts of complex waste streams –and now it has announced Loop, its new ‘waste-free’ online shopping service. Kate Dickinson talks to Tom Szaky, founder and CEO, about addressing the root cause of waste.

Faerch aims to replace hard-to-recycle black plastic in three years

Faerch aims to replace hard-to-recycle black plastic in three years

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| 5 March 2019 |

Swiss food packaging manufacturer Faerch has announced the introduction of a new product family that it says could replace all carbon black-based colours of CPET ready-meal packaging in the UK within three years.

WasteAid community recycling project in Kenya receives UK Aid funding

WasteAid community recycling project in Kenya receives UK Aid funding

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| 4 March 2019 |

Recycling charity WasteAid is set to establish a new recycling centre in Kenya after being awarded a grant from UK Aid Direct, the government fund for projects working towards poverty reduction.

Black plastic recycling project wins £800k of government funding

Black plastic recycling project wins £800k of government funding

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| 28 February 2019 |

A new collaborative project aimed at making black plastic easily recyclable has been awarded £800,000 by the government’s Innovate UK grant scheme.

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