Jan 29, 2018 | PRN, Recycling
The new packaging recycling targets announced in the 2017 Spring budget have recently passed into law. The targets are: 2017 % 2018 % 2019 % 2020 % General recovery 79 80 81 82 General recycling 92 92 92 92 Paper/Board 69.5 71 73 75 Glass 77 78 79 80 Aluminium...
Jan 24, 2018 | PRN, Recycling
The imminent challenge of the EU’s circular economy package, seeking full or partial net cost recovery of collection, sorting and reprocessing and significantly higher packaging recycling targets, has prompted Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) to...
Dec 29, 2017 | Latest News, PRN, Recycling
China’s strict new regulations on the import of low grade waste for recycling seem set for implementation in 2018. The country’s National Sword programme has been running since 1 March 2017, aimed at clamping down on waste for recycling contaminated with dirty or...
Oct 9, 2017 | PRN, Recycling
Most discussions concerning Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs) continue to centre around the ongoing issues in the Plastic market. The general consensus seems to be the continuing disparity between Supply and Price not seeming to make sense. The August figures following...
Jul 25, 2017 | PRN, Recycling, Regulations
Producers of waste packaging have an obligation under UK law and EU regulations to recover and recycle a proportion of what they supply. But how does this work in practice? After all, it’s difficult for many producers or retailers of products to gather the waste...
May 12, 2017 | Latest News, Recycling
As 2016 paper recovery rates get announced, it appears that they have remained broadly the same as they have for the past 8 years. Final figures published by the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) shows the total collection for 2016 to be 7.82 million tonnes,...
