A provisional agreement has been reached on the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
The world’s first United Nations-backed International Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management in the Circular Economy will be established in the UK.
Impact Recycling is partnering with Syklo Ltd, a circular economy growth company, to build the largest plastic recycling plant in Finland, using innovative BOSS technology.
Aldi UK is now providing full visibility on the journey of flexible plastic packaging collected from the public via front-of-store collection points, right through the recycling journey to end product.
Defra has released 2022 household recycling figures for England that reveal an overall rate of 43.4% - a 0.7% decrease from the previous year.
The Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) FlexCollect project has released an interim report showcasing the early insights from the seven local authorities currently running flexible plastic kerbside collection pilots, covering nearly 30,000 households from across the UK.
After a comprehensive recruitment period, Defra have appointed all members of an interim steering group who will advise the evolving packaging EPR Scheme Administrator (SA) through the lens of industry experience.
The packaging EPR regulations are set to be updated and the changes will apply when packaging placed on the market in 2024 is first reported by large organisations in the second half of the year. Understand what will be changing.
Under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), all consumer-facing primary and shipment packaging will need to bear OPRL’s Recycle Now labelling standard by March 2026, other than plastic film which will be obligated a year later in 2027.
You have required actions under packaging EPR if you’re an individual business, subsidiary or group with an annual turnover of £1 million pounds or more, are responsible for more than 25 tonnes of packaging in a calendar year and you carry out any of the specified packaging activities listed by government.
It is worth noting that the point of compliance under EPR sits with a single organisation, usually the brand owner.