Written by: Jo Gallacher | Published: 10 October 2018 Drivers will be offered 20p discounts for every plastic bottle recycled Comment on this article Drivers paying for parking at the Merrion Centre in Leeds will be able to pay with plastic bottles during October. Launched by car park operator CitiPark, the recycling initiative...
There is high public support for using the tax system to reduce waste from single-use plastics, the Treasury says. A consultation on how taxes could tackle the rising problem and promote recycling attracted 162,000 responses. Treasury Minister Robert Jenrick said the government was looking at “smart, intelligent incentives” to get...
Belgian designer Charlotte Jonckheer has created two side tables with stone tops supported by curved recycled paper and stone dust legs. The two side tables are named Chaud, which is also the name that Jonckheer has given to the paper and stone composite material she developed to make them with. The material arose out of research that Jonckheer was...
More and more recycled waste in Carmarthenshire is being contaminated by nappies, food scraps and clothes. Residents can put out as many blue bags as they like for collection but they must contain certain items and not others. But testing of these blue bags has revealed that 19%, by weight,...
‘It would be our dream to see this chemically recyclable polymer technology materialise in the marketplace,’ say team behind new discovery A new type of plastic has been invented by a team of chemists at Colorado State University, which they say can theoretically be recycled “infinitely”.While plastics are incredibly useful, their impact...
Retail giant Marks & Spencer today (9 April) unveiled a pack away mac made from 50% recycled polyester, sourced from used plastic bottles. A spokeswoman for the retailer said that “The pack away mac has been designed a part of our Plan A 2025 sustainability plan, in which we are...
Recycling disposable paper coffee cups remains a tough challenge but DS Smith believes it has a viable solution. Waqas Qureshi visited its Kemsley site to get the lowdown on how the company is working with the supply chain. March 2018 – following almost two years of publicity and awareness of...
Mike Turner, managing director of Graphic Packaging International’s European Foodservice business has addressed “the misconception that the paper cup cannot be recycled.” Mike Turner, GPI MD & Paper Cup Alliance spokesperson Turner, who is also spokesperson for the Paper Cup Alliance, has spoken out following the recent announcement that the...
Sir David Attenborough recently called for the world to act on plastic, after witnessing its impacts on marine life during the filming of his latest stunning TV series Blue Planet II. And when we see images of a turtle chasing a plastic bag, a pelican feeding its chick a plastic...
A new and unique collaborative initiative will help turn the tide on the UK’s growing issue of plastic waste. If all the plastic bottles that are not collected for recycling in the UK each year were placed end to end, they would go around the world 31 times. It’s clear...