News News in brief: Council’s electric fleet | $20m food waste funding | transfer facility investment 17th October 2019 Electric Vehicles / Food Waste News Gov urged not to “buckle under pressure” over bottle return scheme 17th October 2019 CPRE / Deposit Return Scheme / Litter / plastic News Report highlights plastics “capacity challenge” 16th October 2019 capacity / infrastructure / plastic / WRAP News Carex launches UK recycling solution for hand wash pumps and refill pouches 15th October 2019 carex / plastic / TerraCycle News Government introduces “ground-breaking” Environment Bill 15th October 2019 Defra / Environment Bill News Aluminium beverage can recycling in Europe hits record 74.5% 14th October 2019 Aluminium Packaging / Metal Packaging Europe News Carbon impact of 2 million Londoners could increase if waste facility not replaced 14th October 2019 Climate Change / landfill / London / NLWA News Biffa calls for ban on the export of waste plastics 14th October 2019 Biffa / plastic / Waste Exports News DRS for Turkey could increase beverage container recycling by 253% 11th October 2019 DRS / Eunomia / Turkey News International E-Waste Day raises global awareness 11th October 2019 E-Waste / International E-Waste Day / WEEE Forum News Northampton sees 6% recycling increase in three months 10th October 2019 Commingled / Northampton / Recycling News Effect of plastic packaging-reducing initiatives “unclear” 9th October 2019 packaging / plastic / University of Surrey News Coffee cup recycling scheme exported to Europe 8th October 2019 coffee cup / DS Smith / Europe / landfill Feature 10 things I took away from #ScotRes19 7th October 2019 Circular Economy / Climate Change / Scotland / Scottish Resources Conference Unilever commits to halving use of virgin plastic 7th October 2019 Circular Economy / plastic / Unilever News Latvian companies develop “AI-based” deposit-refund system for plastics 4th October 2019 artificial intelligence / Deposit Return Scheme / plastic News Clampdown operation targets illegal waste carriers in North London 4th October 2019 Environment Agency / London / Metropolitan Police / Waste Crime News Recycling scheme goes live to recycle “hard to treat materials” 30th September 2019 materials / plastic / Recycling / Veolia First 1 2 … 68 69 70 … 101 102 Last
