Extended producer responsibility: what’s it for?
There has been widespread coverage of the introduction of the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) scheme in recent days.
Coverage on recycling collections
Today we are looking at recent coverage around household recycling.
Coverage of NAO report on waste crime
Today the National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report on its investigation into the Government’s actions to combat waste crime. Coverage in The Telegraph, the Independent, Western Daily Press & Western Telegraph reports on the NAO’s assessment that there …
Environment Bill returns to Parliament
Today we are looking at media coverage of the return of the Environment Bill to Parliament ahead of Royal Assent in the Autumn.
Consultations launched for major waste sector reforms
Changes to transform the waste and resources sector move a step closer.
Response to ‘latte levy’ lobbying claims
Our response to the Independent's report that Britain’s largest café chain, Costa Coffee, ‘obstructively lobbied’ the government against introducing a charge for single-use coffee cups.
Microplastics in rivers and Coca Cola's recyclable plastic pledge
This morning there has been extensive coverage in the Daily Mail, Times, the I, Daily Mirror, Sky News and Daily Express of a Greenpeace survey of 13 UK rivers which found that they all contain varying levels of microplastics. Greenpeace …
Coverage of the Environmental Audit Committee report into ‘fast fashion’
Today's blog looks at the Environmental Audit Committee report that is calling on the government to make clothing manufacturers pay more towards collecting and recycling the waste they create.
UK Waste Statistics published
Today we look at coverage of the latest official statistics on UK household and packaging waste recycling for 2017.
Launch of anti litter campaign in cinemas and coverage of recycling fraudster ordered to pay back £1.3 million
Today's blog looks at it the Keep Britain Tidy campaign partnering up with Cineworld and PepsiCo UK, as well as a recent case of recycling fraud.