The UK’s Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has collaborated with British Glass and the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) to launch a new recycling communications initiative for local authorities. Aimed ...
The call was made at a parliamentary reception last week hosted by Plastics 2020, the industry umbrella group run by the British Plastics Federation (BPF), the Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) and Plastics Europe. The plastics ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Plastics Industry
As environment ministers await the final economic analysis on a national container deposit system(CDS), a recently released study has confirmed significant savings for local councils.* “Some members of the beverage and packaging ...
Tags: Container Deposit System, Service
The quantity of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons from the kerbside has reached 50%, leading to an increase of their recycling, according to The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK. The achievement, ...
The news came from the Environment Agency, which revealed yesterday that five companies, who were not named, had “been identified as not meeting their obligations” under the PRN and PERN systems. “The relevant agencies are ...
Tags: Five Companies, Investigation, UK Recycling, 2012
Beverages company Coca-Cola is adopting the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC’s) On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL), in a bid to lessen the proportion of plastic drinks bottles going to landfill. Through the OPRL system, Coke will ...
The recycling rate for all aluminium packaging in the UK based on the figures released by Defra show that it has increased by more than 4% putting the overall recycling rate at 45%, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling ...
Tags: Aluminium Packaging Recycling, Packaging Recycling, metal packaging
It has been found in a study across the UK that 40% of bulky items collected at the kerbside, such as sofas and televisions, could be re-used. Of bulky items taken to a household waste and recycling centre (HWRC), it is estimated that 32% ...
Tags: bulky items, kerbside, recycling centers
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK, which represents Elopak, SIG Combibloc and Tetra Pak, and paper and packaging producer Sonoco Alcore have teamed up to establish a beverage carton recycling facility in Halifax, ...
Tags: Carton Recycling, beverage cartons, paperboard products
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK, comprising of Tetra Pak, SIG Combibloc and Elopak, has entered into an agreement with paper producer Sonoco Alcore to set up a beverage carton recycling plant near Halifax. ...
British retailer, Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced that it saved £11m in 2010/11 as a result of packaging reduction initiatives carried out under its ‘Plan A’ sustainability initiative. M&S said it has reduced the ...
Tags: Packaging Weight, Non-glass Packaging, packaging reduction
Closer partnerships between textile recyclers, local authorities and waste management companies can play a major role in diverting greater volumes of discarded clothing and household textiles from landfill, delegates at the UK’s ...
Tags: United Kingdom, Textile Recycling
The recycling processes of contaminated textiles, extracted from landfills and co-mingled kerbside collections, are not environmentally and economically viable, according to two UK recycling firms, I & G Cohen Limited and Axion Consulting, ...
New research from Waste and Resources Action Programme(WRAP)suggests it's time to unlock the potential economic value of discarded textiles thrown out by consumers for waste collection. The new report reveals that consumers are throwing ...
Tags: WRAP, Textile Recycling, waste collection
Sainsbury's is seeking to work with local authorities throughout the UK to reinvigorate its customer recycling facilities.The transformed facilities will offer a more consistent and comprehensive service,making it easier for customers to ...
Tags: Sainsbury, recycling facilities, household materials, Palm Recycling