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New balls please: what happens to the 300 million tennis balls discarded every year?
New balls please: what happens to the one billion tennis balls used each year?

Every year Wimbledon uses 55,000 of the one billion tennis balls produced, used and thrown away worldwide – with the components used in their manufacture travelling along supply chains more than 80,000 kilometres long before arriving on the court. Unfortunately, many of these balls are only used a few times before being discarded, and though Wimbledon sells many... More

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What do new details of deposit return scheme mean for industry?
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Savannah Coombe
| 20 January 2023 |
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Defra has announced implementation of a deposit return scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is set for 1 October 2025, with legislation to follow later this year
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What do EU plastic and packaging reforms mean for the industry?
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Savannah Coombe
| 6 December 2022 |
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​​Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Recycling and reuse targets are 'unlikely to be met'
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| 3 November 2022 |
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Defra and industry respond to proposed packaging reforms
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Amelia Kelly
| 1 November 2022 |
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Current issues in the systems, including ‘price volatility’ and ‘a lack of transparency’ are to be addressed
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Research by RECOUP reveals bottleneck in UK plastic recycling infrastructure
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Savannah Coombe
| 25 October 2022 |
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A nine-time increase is needed in the case of food-grade plastic and five times for household packaging
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CPI publishes revised Design for Recyclability Guidelines
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£10m project promises to capture plastic lost to residual streams
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| 28 July 2022 |
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| 21 July 2022 |
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Additional costs are attributed to the rise in prices of diesel and electricity
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Recresco and Encirc sign five-year contract
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Emma Love
| 21 February 2022 |
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The deal will see Recresco supply Encirc with glass cullet for remelt
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New project to upscale polyester recycling technologies
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Kai Malloy
| 14 December 2021 |
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The Full Circle Textile Project is seeking investment into cellulosic processes
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£500k funding for lithium-ion battery recycling process
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Kai Malloy
| 13 December 2021 |
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The CellMine procedure will see solvents being used to recover finite metals from cathodes
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Sibelco: A British Glass case study
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Kai Malloy
| 2 December 2021 |
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A reflection on Sibelco in relation to the wider glass recycling industry
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Western Riverside Waste Authority retains new booking system
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Kai Malloy
| 29 November 2021 |
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The infrastructure is integrated into ANPR technology to reduce queue times
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First advanced polystyrene recycling plant in Europe announced
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Kai Malloy
| 29 November 2021 |
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The Swindon facility will see INEOS Styrolution and Recycling Technologies collaborate
ETM UNTHA XR
UNTHA XR technology spurs ETM’s shredding ambitions
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Kai Malloy
| 25 November 2021 |
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The infrastructure breaks down waste ready for gasification projects
Critical raw material mining
Report outlines circular strategy for critical raw materials
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Kai Malloy
| 23 November 2021 |
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It details the need to recycle and recover elements used in renewable infrastructure
TOMRA AUTOSORT and GAIN processor
TOMRA unveils deep learning technology for sorting wood
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Kai Malloy
| 17 November 2021 |
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The infrastructure will sort materials using artificial intelligence
Circularity
Report identifies actions waste sector must take to achieve circularity
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Kai Malloy
| 17 November 2021 |
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The recommendations come in advance of the Second National Infrastructure Assessment
Soft plastics
Morrisons to co-own soft plastics recycling plant
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Kai Malloy
| 16 November 2021 |
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The processing facility will be co-owned and constructed by Yes Recycling
Recolight Circular Economy webinars
Recolight Circular Economy webinars promote reuse across lighting sector
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Kai Malloy
| 16 November 2021 |
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The discussions map out the industry’s trajectory towards attaining complete circularity
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