Plastic Waste

Ahead of the incoming single-use plastics ban, circular economy specialist, Reconomy, has launched a new report ‘Designing out disposables – understanding the single-use hierarchy’ which aims to educate businesses on the latest packaging legislation along with a breakdown of materials ...

Aramark UK has teamed up with Edible Straws to offer a sustainable solution to single-use straws across Merlin sites in the UK, such as Chessington World of Adventure Resort, LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort and Alton Towers Resort. Edible Straws emerged as ...

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has announced there will a far-reaching ban on single-use plastics in England, which will include plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks, and certain types of polystyrene cups and food containers. The ban will come into force ...

SC Johnson Professional is launching a new washroom soap dispenser made from recovered coastal plastic. The SCJ Professional® Proline WAVE 1 litre washroom soap dispenser is made from 70% recovered coastal plastic, which is post-consumer recycled waste plastic collected on ...

Office food delivery platform, Just Eat for Business, has expanded its partnership with sustainable packaging business, CLUBZERØ to offer a reusable packaging service. As part of CLUBZERØ’s commitment to make London a zero waste city, the offering is designed to ...

Recycling and resource recovery specialist, Enva, has acquired Ireland’s largest farm film plastic recycler ADN Materials Limited for an undisclosed amount. Based in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, ADN processes contaminated farm film plastic recycling it into light density polyethylene (LDPE) pellets ...

Sodexo is supporting the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) with a £17,000 donation and providing volunteering initiatives to combat climate change and preserve British beaches. In 2022, almost 70 Sodexo colleagues volunteered, delivering over 250 hours to help the MCS’s Beach ...

Tamlite Lighting has eradicated more than 51 tonnes of plastic from its operations over the last four years, the equivalent to well over one million plastic bags. The independent lighting manufacturer has also reduced consumption of new plastics by an ...

Plastic PPE waste is to be given another life in a ground-breaking recycling collaboration between Heriot-Watt University and Britain’s largest PPE manufacturer, Globus Group. The soaring quantities of plastic PPE, including respirators and masks, that have been thrown away during the pandemic ...