RECYCLING UK

BPF webinar tackles challenges of using recycled content in packaging / Focus on mechanical and chemical recycling

ASSOCIATIONS

UK industry associations BPF and PAFA to set up new plastics packaging group

PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE

Plastics associations voice concern over recent force majeure announcements / Processors increasingly under threat / Call for more transparency

AGRICULTURAL FILM WASTE

PAFA launches initiative on agricultural plastic film waste in the UK / Major suppliers join group

CARRIER BAGS

England plastic bag tax to cause customer confusion, claims PAFA

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

Survey finds slight rise in presence of littered plastic bags in England / Fee will not change social behaviour associated with littering, PAFA responds

RECYCLING

UK aims to double plastics recycling by 2017 / Impact only comes with more investment

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

UK trade body attacks latest call for bag tax / Chief executive cites success of voluntary measures

UK RECYCLING

PAFA welcomes new government initiative to raise quality of materials in the recycling stream

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

UK trade bodies unite to lobby against mandatory charge on carrier bags / Support for 2004 voluntary code / PAFA chief executive calls for more consumer recycling

RECYCLING UK

Industry association PAFA backs call for reprocessing investment / Wales could benefit from EU match-funding grants

PLASTICS RECYCLING

PAFA: Far East controls threaten plastic waste exports from Europe / UK recycling targets will become unrealistic / Recycling companies in China form new Scrap Plastics Association

CARRIER BAGS

UK industry hits back at campaign for bag levy / Trade bodies accuse organisers of misrepresentation

AGRICULTURAL FILMS

PAFA reports promising results from recycling trial / EU-funded project to clean agricultural PE film

PLASTIC PACKAGING

PAFA says new recycling targets have ignored industry research / No clear waste policy / Further infrastructure investment needed

PLASTIC PACKAGING

PAFA industry association warns of inflationary pressures linked to high raw material and fuel prices / Cautions that rising costs will have to be passed down

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

PAFA trade association slams EU consultation proposal / Legislation would ignore the latest science

PLASTIC FILM RECYCLING

PAFA trade association welcomes new recycling initiative / UK supermarkets to collect clean film in addition to carrier bags

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

Welsh Assembly Government urged to abandon single-use bag tax / Response to research showing heavier weight bags have higher carbon footprint

PACKAGING MARKET

UK packaging association warns of rising PET prices

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

UK consumption of single-use bags falls for fourth consecutive year / Ahead of next year's bag tax, Wales show largest decline in usage

PLASTIC PACKAGING

PAFA warns of danger of lack of recycling infrastructure / Courtauld 2 targets announced

PACKAGING MARKET

UK's PAFA warns of immediate price rises / Raw material costs rise / Producer margins eroded

PLASTICS RECYCLING

PAFA welcomes government grant for mixed plastics recycling in the UK