Householders ‘Hoarding’ Unused Electrical Items
Hundreds of thousands of electrical items may be sitting unused in homes across the country, research by the Royal Society...
New Wave of WEEE Fund Allocation Announced
It has been announced that £3.5 million has been allocated by the Waste Electrical, Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Fund to boost...
Ministerial Changes at Defra
A cabinet reshuffle by the newly appointed Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has seen Theresa Villiers take over as the Secretary...
Defra Publish Consultation Responses
Defra published their Resources and Waste Strategy in December 2018 which laid out a 25 Year Environmental Plan, aiming to...
International Event to Highlight WEEE Recycling
The second International E-Waste Day will be held on 14 October 2019 to promote the correct disposal of electrical and...
Reducing Single-use Plastics with Stansted School
Wastepack has been working with their local secondary school, Forest Hall School (FHS), in Stansted. The pair set out to...
On-Pack Recycling Labelling Under Review
Recycling labelling rules for household packaging are under review to ensure they keep pace with developments in collections services and...
Scottish Research Highlights Packaging Cost to Consumers
Shoppers are being urged to be aware of the financial cost and environmental of the single-use packaging being purchased in...
MPs to Probe UK WEEE System
MPs have launched an inquiry into the UK’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collection and recycling system – including...
Wastepack Support Primary School
We've sponsored new general waste and mixed recycling bins for the playground at Richard De Clare Community Academy in Halstead...
WRAP Identify Eight Problematic and Unneccessary Single-use Plastics to be Eliminated by Pact Members by the End of 2020
WRAP has published an overview of problematic or unnecessary single-use plastics which UK Plastic Pact members are expected to remove...
Wastepack Announce Partnership with Kids Against Plastic Charity
Wastepack have achieved Plastic Clever status! Since our pledge to become more Plastic Clever we’ve officially joined forces with Kids...
Plastic and Aluminium Concern After Initial 2019 Packaging Data
Packaging recycling data for the first quarter of 2019 has raised concerns that targets for aluminium and plastic packaging may...
Local Authority Study Finds WEEE Innovation
New ideas and innovative approaches to delivering waste and recycling services in South East England have saved at least £21.5...
Q1 WEEE Date Confirms Scale of Targets Challenge
Latest data on the collections of waste electrical equipment suggests that meeting this year’s overall recycling target could be challenging,...
£3.3 Million Added to WEEE Fund Pot
A total of £3.3 million collected from the WEEE compliance fee in 2018 will be used to support projects to...
The Unintended Consequence of Good Intention
Our Policy Director Paul Van Danzig has commented on the potential ‘unintended consequence of good intention’ that could arise from...
Progress on Plastics in First Year of Pact
The resources and waste charity WRAP has said that brands have made progress in reducing single-use plastic and increasing recycled...
Pilot Projects Aims to Prevent WEEE Fires
A pilot project is taking place across Merseyside with an aim to help prevent fires at WEEE recycling facilities. The...
Scotland Confrims DRS Plan for Bottles and Cans
The Scottish Government has confirmed its plans for the introduction of a deposit return scheme for plastic drinks bottles, aluminium...
