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Letsrecycle.com hosted its 21st Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management on 16 May which recognised the achievements of the recycling…
An association representing charity shops has raised concerns that the government’s plans to implement free kerbside collections of WEEE could impact their…
Targets for 2024 are due to be in line with those set out recently by the Northern Irish government. Packaging targets will…
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) unveiled its ‘Simpler Recycling’ plans on 21 October, which aims to ensure every…
They say a week is a long time in politics, but for waste it can really transform things. On Wednesday, 20 September,…
With Scotland’s plans for a deposit return scheme coming under more pressure, there is a growing expectation that a UK wide scheme…
The Scottish First Minister, Humza Yousaf, has announced a delay to the start of the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland. The…
Environment Agency data shows retailers collected 146,104 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) via in-store takeback schemes in 2021. This…
The packaging waste recycling targets for 2021 and 2022 have been confirmed by Defra. The announcement also confirmed that in line with…
Early 2020 saw OPRL launch new rules to govern their market-leading recycling labels, with aims to give consumers greater transparency on the…
