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The tent dilemma: Solving the problem of festival waste. Music festivals generate 25,800 tonnes of waste annually. Ahead of Glastonbury this weekend, Circular Online has looked at how we can solve the problem of festival waste. 26th June 2024. packaging / Recycling / reuse.
WRAP recommends packaging ban on uncut fresh fruit & veg
1 day ago · WRAP has recommended the UK Government ban all types of primary packaging on uncut fresh produce items sold in amounts less than 1.5kg. As part of its “Removing packaging from uncut fresh produce”, WRAP is calling for a phased approach to the packaging ban, with key exemptions. Phase 1 should be in force by 2030 to align with the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR ...
Defra to review if current regulatory landscape is fit for purpose
2 days ago · The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced an internal review to determine whether the inherited regulatory landscape is “fit for purpose”. Defra said the review will develop recommendations to ensure that regulation across the Department is driving economic growth while protecting the environment.
51% of supermarket food and drink packaged in unnecessary plastic
3 days ago · The research found that unnecessary food and drink plastic packaging adds up to 29.8 billion avoidable items annually across the UK. The Material Change Index research shows that most plastic packaging comes from processed foods. 90% of ready-meal and meal kits were packaged in unnecessary plastic, 89% of bread, rice and cereals; 83% of dairy ...
Glass will not be an in-scope material for England and NI’s DRSs
5 days ago · Responding to a parliamentary question from Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Dyke, Mary Creagh said glass would not be an in-scope material for the deposit return schemes (DRS) in England and Northern Ireland. Creagh, the minister with responsibility for circular economy, said the DRS for drinks containers across all four nations would include single ...
Households bin 1 billion items every year that could be recycled
4 days ago · Households are throwing away over nine billion items every year that could be recycled but are being incinerated or sent to landfill, according to WRAP. WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) released the statistics ahead of Recycle Week (14-20 October). According to the statistics, Britain’s most binned items included.
What does the future of recycling look like? Well, it’s complicated
5 days ago · It’s tempting to look back and reminisce at this evolution and celebrate the increase in recycling in Scotland over that time, from 12% in 2004, to an all-time high of 62.3% reported earlier this year, based on the 2022 data. But what I think is a much more interesting and exciting thing to focus on than the recent past is the complex and ...
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