10/09/2018
EU Ombudsman complaint over single-use packaging law
A pan-European trade body for the packaging sector has complained to the European Union Ombudsman…
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07/09/2018
Agency suspends plastic packaging waste exporter
The Environment Agency announced on Friday 7 September that an exporter of plastic packaging waste…
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07/09/2018
Local authority news round-up (07/09/2018)
With news on: North Lincolnshire council bin collections; Stockport council’s recycling campaign and Wrap’s announcement…
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07/09/2018
Carlsberg substitutes plastic packaging
Carlsberg has announced a new ‘Snap Pack’ packaging design, as part of a move to…
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07/09/2018
Valpak and OPRL announce ‘close alliance’
Valpak, the UK’s largest packaging compliance scheme and OPRL, the industry standard for packaging recycling…
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06/09/2018
Eunomia welcomes Burberry hierarchy move
The decision by high-end retail brand Burberry to no longer send unsold products to energy…
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06/09/2018
People news round-up (06/09/2018)
With news on: Biffa boosts retail offering with corporate head; Burdis joins Oxfordshire waste team;…
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06/09/2018
Farmer gets second jail sentence for illegal waste activities
A farmer who is already serving 26 months imprisonment for dumping, burying and burning hazardous…
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05/09/2018
BIR calls for official recognition of Global Recycling Day
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) today…
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05/09/2018
Veolia to trial waste-powered electric RCVs
Veolia has announced it is to trial ‘the world’s first’ electric refuse collection vehicles (RCV)…
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