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European Aluminium Beverage Can Recycling Reaches Record Level

Jun 15, 2018

European Aluminium has announced that aluminium beverage cans are well above the future EU Circular Economy recycling targets. With an increase of 0.7%, the overall recycling rate of aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, ...

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DS Smith Recycling Wins Paper Recycling Business of The Year 2018

May 15, 2018

DS Smith has been awarded paper recycling business of the year at the Awards for Excellence in Recycling & Waste Management 2018. The Awards for Excellence, run by LetsRecycle.com, is one of the most prominent events in the environmental ...

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DS Smith Seeks Far Better Infrastructure for Cup Recycling

Mar 21, 2018

UK-based packaging and paper company DS Smith has called for far better recycling collection infrastructure to address the issue of coffee cup recycling. After months of in-depth research, the company said its paper mill in Kent could ...

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UK Government Rejects Latte Levy on Disposable Coffee Cups

Mar 13, 2018

The UK Government has rejected a proposal from the Environment Audit Committee (EAC) to introduce a latte levy on disposable coffee cups. Earlier this year, the EAC has urged the government to charge 25p ‘latte levy’ on ...

Tags: Coffee Cups, reusable cup

Revised Legislative Package on Waste Recognizes Bioplastics Play Key Role in Achieving EU Recycling Goals

Mar 7, 2018

European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association for the bioplastics industry in Europe, said said that revised legislative package on waste acknowledges that bioplastics play a key role in achieving EU recycling goals. The association said ...

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Unilever Urges Consumer Goods Industry to Step-up Efforts on Ocean Packaging Waste

Jan 24, 2018

Unilever is calling the consumer goods industry to accelerate action to tackle ocean packaging waste and create a circular economy for plastics. Last year, the firm has announced its commitment to make its plastic packaging 100% reusable, ...

Tags: Unilever, consumer goods industry

Evian to Make Plastic Bottles From 100% Recycled Plastic by 2025

Jan 23, 2018

Mineral water brand evian announced its plans to use 100% recycled materials for its packaging by 2025. The company says that this ‘circular approach’ will keep the plastic within the economy and out from nature. To achieve ...

Tags: recycled materials, packaging, recycled plastic

Dow Introduces Recyclable Polyethylene Packaging Solution in India

Jan 19, 2018

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP) has introduced a fully recyclable polyethylene packaging solution in India. The company has developed an advanced formulation of polyethylene (PE) resins to produce sustainable all PE laminate ...

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Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics Supports Japanese Quantitative Study of Plastic Waste

Dec 25, 2017

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP) is lending its support to the first quantitative study for the reduction of plastic waste in Japan. Dow will provide financial assistance to study the impact of plastic waste and debris on the ...

Tags: Dow Packaging, Specialty Plastics, Plastic Waste

LyondellBasell to Buy 50% Stake in Dutch Plastics Recycling Firm QCP

Nov 29, 2017

LyondellBasell has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in Netherlands-based plastics recycling firm Quality Circular Polymers (QCP). The remaining 50% stake in the plastics recycling firm will be owned by French water and waste management firm ...

Tags: plastic products, food packaging

ESA Recommends to Increase Recycling in UK

Nov 23, 2017

UK-based Environmental Services Association (ESA) has recommended the HM Treasury to work with Defra to increase recycling in the country. ESA is a trade association that represents the resource and waste management industry in the UK. ...

Tags: packaging, recycled material

More Than 150 Global Organisations Support Call to Ban Oxo-Degradable Plastic Packaging

Nov 8, 2017

More than 150 organizations globally endorsed a new statement that proposes to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging worldwide. The organisations supporting the initiative include M&S, PepsiCo, Unilever, Veolia, British Plastics Federation ...

Tags: Plastic Packaging, Packaging

Nelipak Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Jul 25, 2017

Nelipak Healthcare Packaging has joined The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC), a private technical coalition of industry peers across healthcare, recycling and waste management industries seeking to improve recyclability of ...

Tags: Nelipak, Plastics Recycling, Packaging

Dow Introduces Grant Program to Increase Plastics Recycling

Jul 12, 2017

The Dow Chemical Company has partnered with national nonprofit, Keep America Beautiful, to award two $50,000 grants for organizations to establish Hefty EnergyBag programs in their communities. The program is an innovative approach to ...

Tags: Dow, Plastics Recycling

Recomed Wins National Recycling Award for Medical PVC Recycling

Jul 11, 2017

RecoMed, the PVC medical devices take-back scheme, is a joint winner of the Waste Prevention category of the 2017 National Recycling Awards for its innovative approach to sustainable healthcare recycling. It’s yet another accolade - ...

Tags: PVC Recycling, medical devices

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