Almost 50 percent of plastic bottles being recycled
This is according to a new survey undertaken by plastic recycling industry body Recoup. The study was covering 2010 and found that nearly 50 percent of all household plastic bottles were recycled. The exact figures show that 48.5 percent were …
Batteries and bottles collections introduced in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Council has introduced two new waste stream collections to their kerbside recycling scheme. Residents have been given two new recycling boxes in which to collect plastic bottles and batteries. The Council will also be running a pilot food waste …
Mixed plastic recycling scheme to be trialled
Researchers at Warwick University have developed a new method of recycling mixed plastics which currently go to landfill or are burned. The project is still in its early stages, but the team are now at a stage where they want …
Kerbside plastic recycling up
The amount of plastic bottles collected from kerbside recycling has risen 27 per cent on previous years according to a survey carried out by Recoup and Nampak. They found that 215,576 tonnes of plastic bottles were collected through kerbside recycling …
Bristol leads the way on plastic recycling
Bristol has launched a new mixed recycling scheme. 18,000 households will be involved in the new pilot project. If it is successful the council will consider rolling out the project across the city. Households have been given water proof sacks …
Proposal to recycle over 70 percent of packaging announced
A consultation has been launched to seek views on proposed changes to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007. The UK has a good record for recycling packaging and reached its targets of recovering at least 60 per cent …
New contaminated plastic recycling facility
At PackCare we have expanded our facilities with a specialist new plant to enable us to recycle contaminated plastic. Feedback from our customers highlighted that there was a lack of services available for recycling contaminated plastics especially from containers and …
Scott Bader partners with WasteCare
As of the 1st October 2008 Scott Bader has appointed WasteCare as a partner in the recycling of packaging. Norbert Dentresangle our logistics partner will continue to collect the 205lt steel drums but we will now utilise PackCare Ltd (A …
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