RECYCLING UK

Marks & Spencer joins Polytag's Ecotrace Programme / SUP packaging to be tracked using invisible UV tags

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Want a beer in the UK? Show us the plastic

PLASTIC PACKAGING UK

Report calls for higher bag prices at UK supermarkets to reduce plastics use

POLYMATERIA

Investment firm ploughs EUR 14m into company developing biodegradation technology / Successful tests on plastic packaging

VEOLIA

Recycling group invests in UK plant / Increase in recyclate demand following success of “UK Plastics Pact”

EU PLASTICS STRATEGY

European Parliament votes overwhelmingly to ban single-use plastics by 2021 / EU "paving the way for the rest of the world" / EuPC and PlasticsEurope criticise outcome

UK RECYCLING

Report from Veolia and Recoup says consumers support recycled material in plastic bottles / Most would pay more for such products

MARINE LITTER

G7 recognises urgency of ocean plastics pollution / Lost value of plastics in waste stream / Ellen MacArthur Foundation to form coalition of businesses and governments

UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY

More than 60 firms sign up to "UK Plastics Pact" / Plastics waste initiative led by Wrap / First global network of this kind / Supported by Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BPF

SAUDI ARABIA

Certain packaging plastics required to be oxo-degradable / Customs checks since December 2017

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Consumer goods group Henkel participating in initiative against plastics waste in Haiti / Partnership with Plastic Bank

PLASTICS RECYCLING UK

Confusion among British consumers about which plastics can be recycled / Increased standardisation needed across local authorities / Pledge 4 Plastics surveys

EVENTS

BPF seminar on “Plastics Packaging in the UK” to take place in London

EVENTS

“Sustainability in Packaging Europe” conference to take place in Barcelona in early November

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Leading global industry players and cities join to form The New Plastics Economy initiative / Ellen MacArthur report serves as blueprint / Three-year project aimed at achieving a system-wide transformation

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos

EVENTS

5th “Packaged – Global Packaging Summit” in Brussels

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

UK retail chains donate bag fee to charity / Alzheimer's and WRAP are key beneficiaries

PLASTICS CAPITAL

Agreement to acquire UK film and bag producer Flexipol Packaging / EUR 13.5m deal

PLASTICS RECYCLING

Pledge 4 Plastics campaign underway across the UK / Goal to raise collection of plastic packaging among households / Global companies partner with authorities and lend support

CARRIER BAGS

Increasing use in UK supermarkets / Overall tonnage of bags continues to drop / Mandatory charges affect use in Wales and Northern Ireland

PLASTICS RECYCLING

Group of UK companies band together to tackle CPET recycling problem / In-market trial of solution to commence in July

AXION POLYMERS

Frisbee made from recycled beach litter / On sale at major UK retailer

UK RECYCLING

Government support for consumer waste programme / Calls to review unfair PRN system

NAMPAK PLASTICS

“Infini” lightest four-pint HDPE milk bottle / International packaging awards / Global trophy added to two 2012 UK successes