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Plastic packaging use and collection rates drop for first time

12th December 2023

Plastic Packaging / Plastic recycling / Recoup

Production of plastic-free advent calendars rises by 200%, DS Smith says

8th December 2023

DS Smith / packaging / plastic

Plastic Recyclers Europe calls for harmonised plastic collection in EU

7th December 2023

Circular Economy / Plastic Recyclers Europe / Recycling

A brief history of plastic: Successes and failures

6th December 2023

biodegradable / CIWM / plastic

ESA calls for Plastic Packaging Tax to be raised

24th November 2023

Autumn Statement / Environmental Services Association / Plastic Packaging Tax

Plastic Packaging Tax and Aggregates Levy rise in Autumn Statement

23rd November 2023

Aggregates / Landfill Tax / Plastic Packaging Tax

Returnable plastic packaging could reduce GHG emissions by 35 to 70%

22nd November 2023

Ellen MacArthur Foundation / Greenhouse Emissions / Plastic Packaging

Plastic treaty negotiations end with warnings from environmental campaigners

20th November 2023

plastic / reuse / UNEP

EU to ban exports of plastic waste to non-OECD countries

20th November 2023

Circular Economy / EU / Waste Exports

Nestlé loans £7m to flexible plastic recycling facility in Durham

17th November 2023

Flexible Plastic Recycling / Nestle / packaging

Reuse could eliminate 1 trillion single-use plastic bottles – report

16th November 2023

Plastic Pollution / Recycling / Single-Use Plastic

Over 3,000 companies disclose plastic impacts for the first time

13th November 2023

plastic / UNEP / Unilver

“Biodegradable” bioplastics contaminating farmland, study finds

10th November 2023

Biodegradable Waste / Microplastics / Soil Treatment

UKRI funds 6 household flexible plastic recycling projects

8th November 2023

Flexible Plastic Recycling / Recycling / UKRI

New analysis claims plastic waste “spiralling out of control” in Africa

8th November 2023

OECD countries / plastic / United Nations

Campaigners take Environment Agency to court over microplastics

3rd November 2023

Defra / Environment Agency / Microplastics

Single-use plastic ban comes into effect in Wales

1st November 2023

net zero / Single-Use Plastics / Wales

European plastics manufacturers agree roadmap to circular plastics

30th October 2023

net zero / plastic / Plastics Europe