News in brief | CIWM Commercial Partner Updates

28th July 2023

Advetec / local authorities / net zero

Earth reaches Plastic Overshoot Day

28th July 2023

packaging / plastic / Recycling

Vaping body questions Scottish government’s environmental review

28th July 2023

disposable vapes / WEEE / Zero Waste Scotland

Morrisons and Podback introduce in-store coffee pod recycling

27th July 2023

Morrisons / Podback / Recycling

£47,970 in penalties for Scunthorpe waste company and director

27th July 2023

Environment Agency / Waste Crime

Defra confirms EPR delay until 2025 to help “drive down inflation”

26th July 2023

Circular Economy / consistency collections / Extended Producer Responsibility

New study finds 80% of “widely available” single-use vape is recyclable

26th July 2023

disposable vapes / e-cigarettes / Recycling / WEEE

EPR for packaging fees delayed until October 2025

25th July 2023

EPR / Legislation / packaging

DS Smith says UK will miss its 2030 recycling target by 13 years

25th July 2023

DS Smith / local authorities / packaging / Recycling Rates

PepsiCo scales HVO fuel use to save 2,650 tonnes in GHG emissions annually

25th July 2023

alternative fuel production / Greenhouse Emissions / PepsiCo UK

Keep Britain Tidy to update code of practice on litter and refuse

25th July 2023

Keep Britain Tidy / Litter / local authorities

Government report calls Collection and Packaging reforms “unachievable”

24th July 2023

consistency collections / Deposit Return Scheme / Extended Producer Responsibility

Big Ballot Bins allow the public to vote on Barbie v Oppenheimer

21st July 2023

Hubbub / KFC / Litter

Veolia unveils “UK’s largest” fleet of electric refuse trucks in Westminster

21st July 2023

Electric Vehicles / local authorities / refuse collection vehicles / Veolia

ESA publishes decarbonisation scorecard for recycling and waste sector

20th July 2023

energy from waste / Environmental Services Association / Recycling

HMRC consults on PPT plans to boost chemical recycling

20th July 2023

chemical recycling / medicine waste / Plastic Packaging / Plastic Packaging Tax

81% of British festival goers reuse their tent, new survey shows

19th July 2023

festival waste / Recycling / reuse

78% of single-use vapes disposed of in general waste bins

19th July 2023

disposable vapes / Lithium Ion Batteries / Waste Fires / WEEE

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