DS Smith has completed its merger with US giant International Paper. The firms joined forces on 31 January in a bid to create ...

Biffa has recycled old bins into 1,500 closed-loop replacements. The waste management giant revealed the milestone as it set ...

A Lincolnshire firm is to turn a waste transfer station in Rutland into a recycling centre. Grantham Industries said it would ...

Industry testing body RecyClass has updated key documents to keep track with evolving packaging methods. The organisation ...

Somerset Council has launched a campaign to boost metal packaging recycling in the county. The West Country authority teamed with its waste contractor Suez for the six-week publicity initiative.

Veolia is to help a number of colleges and universities in Scotland recycle materials including plastic, paper, glass and metal.

Two Swiss firms claim to have created a closed-loop PET bottle. Tech start-up DePloy teamed up with packaging specialist PTI, which also has offices in the US, to deliver the container. Plastic waste ...

Environmental charity Hubbub and reuse platform Reposit have launched a multi-store returnable cup initiative in Glasgow. Borrow Cup allows people to pay a £1 deposit at more than 40 outlets in the ...

Ministers have set out fresh details of the forthcoming deposit-return scheme for single-use drinks containers. The government published guidance on producer and retailer responsibilities under the ...

A waste body has branded an imbalance between councils and businesses on a key panel for the implementation of new packaging laws as “unacceptable”. The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) called for ...

A fresh row has broken out over Britain’s looming deposit-return scheme (DRS) for drinks. Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy voiced “frustration” after shops called for delays to the initiative.