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Simpler Recycling revision mandates separate collection of fibre
Nov 29, 2024 · The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today (29 November) published a Policy Pape r setting out a default position that paper and card should be collected separately, in revision to the previous Government’s policy on Simpler Recycling.. This update says the Secretary of State has reached this conclusion based on evidence about the impact of cross contamination ...
Government scraps mandatory cup takeback scheme for retailers
Dec 6, 2024 · The UK Government has reversed plans to introduce mandatory takeback schemes for single-use cups, citing high costs and limited environmental benefits.
Government lays Packaging EPR Regulations before Parliament
The UK Government has laid the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 before Parliament on 24 October, marking a key milestone in the implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Revised RAM delivers material-specific guidance for packaging EPR
Nov 21, 2024 · The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), in collaboration with the devolved governments, has updated its Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) to help packaging producers evaluate the recyclability of their materials under the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) scheme.. Drawing on input from 150 organisations across the value chain, the RAM categorises ...
Six takeaways from the INC-5 summit on plastic pollution
Dec 5, 2024 · The recently concluded Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan has adjourned without finalising a treaty on plastic pollution, despite hopes for a solution to the growing crisis of plastic waste and ocean pollution.. Here are six key takeaways from the summit: 1. Negotiations to continue in 2025. Despite not reaching enough consensus to form a finalised treaty, the meeting ...
Resource Futures to manage vinyl flooring recycling scheme
Dec 2, 2024 · Resource Futures has been commissioned by flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor to manage Recofloor, the UK's national commercial waste vinyl collection scheme.
Veolia announces plan to trial carbon capture storage from EfW
Feb 13, 2024 · The pilot project will test an innovative technology designed to reduce carbon emissions produced by energy from waste (EfW) facilities. If successful, the new process could save 100,000 tonnes of carbon per year across Veolia’s …