Recycling

Recycleye Qualibot sorting technology

Tetra Pak invests in robotic sorting technology at UK recycling facility

Tetra Pak has announced a new investment to upgrade the food and beverage carbon sorting capabilities at J&B Recycling’s material recycling facility (MRF) in Hartlepool.

The project, delivered in collaboration with British tech start-up, Recycleye, involves the production and installation of two robotic arms designed to improve sorting at the MRF.

Futamura teriyaki sauce sachet

Compostable packaging solution developed for condiment sachets

Collaboration creates bio-degradable alternative for hard-to-recycle liquid pouches used for food, sauces, and personal care creams

Mattress recycling

Circular Sleep project aims to improve mattress recycling rates

FEAD leads new initiative to target 80 per cent recovery of end-of-life bedding materials through cross-industry collaboration

Alupro's Infinity Room Education Exhibit at Newcastle University

Life Science Centre unveils infinite recycling experience in Newcastle

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31 January 2025 |

Interactive mirrored installation demonstrates aluminium can sustainability through immersive educational display

rPET bottles

Enzyme research offers solution for PET plastic recycling

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| 28 January 2025 |

Kyungpook National University researchers discover new biocatalyst that can break down PET under industrial conditions

Bristol recycling vehicle and truck

Bristol consults householders on four-weekly residual waste collections

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| 28 January 2025 |

Council seeks public views on waste service changes aimed at reaching 65 per cent recycling target

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

Asda employee holding Podback bags

Coffee pod recycling scheme expands into 600 Asda stores

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| 23 January 2025 |

Partnership between retailer and Podback will allow customers to return used pods through toYou parcel returns service

Red and blue collection sacks

Final phase of recycling scheme rolled out across Cardiff

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| 22 January 2025 |

Cardiff Council expands its ‘sack sort’ scheme to 36,000 households in an effort to meet the Welsh Government’s recycling targets

Managing mixed plastics

Framework developed for basic mechanical recycling of mixed plastic

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| 9 January 2025 |

Alliance to End Plastic Waste guide identifies methods and supporting processes to create marketable products from problematic waste streams

Scottish Parliament

Scottish Government sets out vision for circular economy transition to 2030

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| 20 December 2024 |

New roadmap outlines priority actions across waste reduction, recycling modernisation, and disposal to deliver circular economy legislation

Recycled vapes in hazardous waste bin

8.2 million vapes are wrongly discarded each week

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| 18 December 2024 |

Material Focus study shows that vape use continues to rise, with the government’s disposable vape ban unlikely to prevent increasing environmental damage

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

Separate commercial waste collection

No minimum threshold set for business food waste collections under Simpler Recycling

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| 13 December 2024 |

Defra stakeholder briefing sets out universal food waste separation requirement and streamlined approach to written assessments for exemptions to separately collect paper and card

Beverage carton waste at recycling plant

Second beverage carton recycling plant to open in the Netherlands

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| 12 December 2024 |

Tetra Pak and Yellow Dreams announce new Ittervoort plant set to open in late 2025, handling waste from Belgium, the Netherlands, and parts of Germany

David Gudgeon, Head of External Affairs at Reconomy

Preparing for Simpler Recycling legislation

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David Gudgeon

| 11 December 2024 |

David Gudgeon, Head of External Affairs at Reconomy, outlines the current limits and future opportunities to push UK recycling towards a circular system

Washing machines in a warehouse

Online retailers required to pay fair share of e-waste recycling costs

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| 10 December 2024 |

Government announces plan to address longstanding disparity in WEEE regulations between traditional retailers and online marketplaces

Recycled plastic

Recycled plastics partnership aims to drive electric vehicle circularity

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| 5 December 2024 |

Polestar and MBA Polymers UK collaborate to integrate plastic waste in EV interiors, aiming for less waste in landfill and carbon emissions

Textile production - photo by Seyfi Durmaz

Textile production relies on 99.7 per cent virgin materials

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4 December 2024 |

Analysis reveals global industry uses 3.25 billion tonnes of materials a year, highlighting challenges for a textiles circular economy

Biodegradable cup

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

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2 December 2024 |

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

Recofloor collection bags being used on site for collecting unneeded vinyl off-cuts

Resource Futures to manage vinyl flooring recycling scheme

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2 December 2024 |

Consultancy takes over Recofloor programme from Axion Group to boost commercial flooring recovery

Bins near parliament

Simpler Recycling revision mandates separate collection of paper and card

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| 29 November 2024 |

Defra publishes new guidance with TEEP clause likely to maintain status quo for commingled collection of dry recyclables

©Photo by Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0

Northern Ireland’s recycling rate hits 50.5 per cent in 2023/24

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| 29 November 2024 |

Country makes significant progress in sustainably managing waste despite not having a functioning political government for most of the year

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