Government presses on with plans to charge for waste disposal
The government is to press ahead with pilot schemes to charge for waste disposal and reward recycling,...
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BPF calls for one voice from plastic packaging manufacturers
The British Plastics Federation is meeting with Conservative leader David Cameron today, and has called on its members to contact their MPs, as it battles the negative image of plastic packaging in the media.
Other Materials
Plastic keg performs as well as steel, says research
An alliance of packaging firms aims to ramp up production of the recyclable, single-use, plastic KeyKeg...
Government defends Wrap budget cut
The government has defended its decision to cut the budget of Wrap, the body charged with reducing packaging,...
Morrisons CSR programme to focus on packs and bags
Morrisons, the supermarket group, is to give away 10 million reuseable plastic bags as part of a corporate...
Greenstar opens redeveloped recycling facility
Greenstar, Ireland's largest waste management company, opened its EUR20m (£16m) redeveloped materials...
Smurfit Kappa boosted by corrugated prices
Smurfit Kappa, the manufacturer of paper-based packaging, has reported a 45% increase in pre-tax profit...
In Depth
Chemicals firms reap bioplastics harvest
The Bioplastics in Packaging event at this year’s Interpack occupied three times as much space as in...
Waste trade imperils UK reprocessing goals
If the UK is the dustbin of Europe, China is its dustman. In 2007, the UK exported nearly 117,000 tonnes...
Plastics champ intends to stay in the fight
According to the Environment Agency, 15 minutes of Ken Livingstone’s millennial fireworks display in...
A greener gloss
The caustic nature of bleach is well known, but few people are aware of the corrosive properties of...
Protection packet
In many ways, the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign from the Waste & Resources Action Programme (Wrap)...
New era for rPET demand and supply in UK
Supply of and demand for food-grade recycled PET in the UK is being transformed thanks to major investment...
