Recycling

Green Bay Packaging Inc. has recently confirmed that the first reel of paper was produced at its new mill in Green Bay, WI.  This significant milestone comes two and a…

UK based packaging company, The Reflex Group, recently launched a lined board division called Pack Plus. The new division will complement its existing packaging offering and provide a range of…

DS Smith has signed a strategic partnership with Kent County Council to recycle 15,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard a year. The recycling partnership will be delivered through DS Smith’s…

Mondi and Tesco Central Europe recently launched a new partnership, in which Mondi will purchase the retailer’s warehouse corrugated waste to create recycled paper for the retailers’ shopping bags. Tesco…

Graphic Packaging is offering an hour-long event to be held on Thursday, March 25, offering insight into how brands and retailers can make the switch from their traditional plastic packaging…

The Global Recycling Foundation (GRF) has pledged to support the planting of 250,000 trees by 2030 in its drive to reduce carbon emissions as the planet faces up to its…

On 22nd April, the 23rd bvse International Recovered Paper Conference goes online. It will provide exclusive information from top-class specialists. This year, the conference will be online in TV format….

Foil for Snappy, the York-based community initiative renowned for collecting aluminium packaging to raise money for charity, has announced its best ever year for packaging volumes. During 2020, the programme…

As bins bulge due to increased online shopping and extended time at home, nearly half of households (49%) admit to completely running out of space in their recycling bins with…

Every year on Global Recycling Day, the industry recognises the achievements of those outstanding individuals and organisations who have gone the extra mile to save the planet. “Now we want…

Following the publication of DEFRA’s final annual results for local authority collected waste generation and management for England, DS Smith was disappointed by the contents of the report. Rogier Gerritsen,…

Atlantic Packaging recently announce that they have joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance), a non-profit organization committed to ending plastic waste in the environment. In their capacity…

Building on the sustainability success of paper based packaging and recycling, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released a new tool, The Design Guidance for Recyclability, a data-driven…

North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is this week bringing together representatives of local authorities, businesses and academics for their annual Waste Prevention Exchange. The one-day event, taking place online on…

Writing in the most recent Bureau International Recycling (BIR) quarterly report, Jean-Luc Petithuguenin of Paprec, France and President of the BIR Paper Division, says that 2020 was definitely not like…

A plan by Defra to consult on guidance and further regulations on separate collection of materials has been welcomed by The Recycling Association. Defra has published its Waste Management Plan…