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Joseph Doherty, Managing Director at Re-Gen Waste and Committee Member of Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging, says that the proposed plastic packaging tax has not gone far enough.

A new report commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau says that only a radical rethink of its economic model can curb the fashion industry’s sustainability problem.

Mattia Pellegrini, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Environment at the European Commission is to be the keynote speaker at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe’s conference, taking place at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 22-23 June 2022.

Transforming hard-to-recycle plastics into school benches is precisely the sort of topic destined to pique a school child’s curiosity.

Landbell has presented the nominated start-ups for the 2022 Green Alley Award.

The comprehensive Analysis ranks 38 member states of the organisation for economic co-operation and development according to how effectively they manage their waste

The Spanish recycling company Anviplas has been involved in plastics recycling for more than 30 years, during which time it has built up extensive know-how that now benefits customers throughout Europe, in Africa and in Asia.

The way that waste in Northern Ireland will be handled over the next few years will change dramatically following consultations by Defra and the UK’s devolved administrations, according to Joseph Doherty, Managing Director of Re-Gen Waste.

Continuing its global expansion, the WEEE Forum has announced that five PROs have joined recently, bringing its membership to 46 spread over six continents, its highest ever.

Research commissioned by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) into the recycling of three beverage container materials – aluminium, glass and plastic (PET) – has shown that aluminium cans best support a circular economy.

Euric has elected its new leaders during the General Assemblies held in Brussels on 8 and 9 March 2022.