• News UK must invest £7.5bn in infrastructure to deal with plastic waste 16th March 2020 infrastructure / Peel Environmental / plastic MPs relaunch e-waste and circular economy inquiry 13th March 2020 Circular Economy / E-Waste / EAC / WEEE European Commission adopts new Circular Economy Action Plan 12th March 2020 Circular Economy / circular economy action plan / Europe / European Commission Budget Reactions | Plastic packaging tax makes the UK a “lodestar” in new net-zero age 12th March 2020 Budget / Climate Change / EPR / packaging / plastic University of Gloucestershire ditches paper prospectuses 11th March 2020 paper / plastic / reduce / The University of Gloucestershire Consultation launched on new West Sussex Energy Recovery Facility 11th March 2020 energy from waste / Grundon Waste Management / Viridor Europe sets out green “future-ready” Industrial Strategy 11th March 2020 European Union / industrial strategy Walk for WasteAid 2020 to take place in Bristol AND Bingley 10th March 2020 walk for wasteaid / WasteAid UK BigFix 2020 saves £100K of broken items from being discarded 10th March 2020 biggie / Devon County Council / repair Starbucks trials “NextGen” Cup solution 10th March 2020 Coffee Cup Recycling / compostable / Single-Use / Starbucks Government “treating the symptom”, not the cause of plastic pollution 10th March 2020 Green Alliance / plastic / Single-Use / UK Government Danone to halve amount of virgin plastic used by the water brands 9th March 2020 Circular Economy / Danone / evian / PET / plastic Europe becomes first regional initiative to join Plastics Pact network 9th March 2020 Ellen MacArthur Foundation / Europe / plastic / WRAP Viridor fined £400,000 following worker’s “life-changing” injury 9th March 2020 health and safety / HSE / Viridor News in brief | Over two tonnes of litter collected during road closure 6th March 2020 Anaerobic Digestion / Food Waste / Litter / reuse Results of “most comprehensive” UK-wide waste composition study published 6th March 2020 data / Eunomia / waste collection / WRAP Welsh Government to assess impact of new policy on business waste sector 5th March 2020 business waste / Eunomia / Wales / Welsh Government New laws to make Europe “first climate neutral continent” by 2050 5th March 2020 Climate Change / European Commission First 1 2 … 200 201 202 … 308 309 Last
