Millions of Britons ‘still not recycling cardboard, food and plastic’
2 years, 2 months ago

Millions of Britons ‘still not recycling cardboard, food and plastic’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And 42 per cent said there are so many misconceptions and myths around recycling, they probably did not do it properly and still found it confusing. “However, we hope we can help with the insight from the experts, to give some clarity on the everyday items that you can recycle with confidence to help do your bit.” The poll also found that while 66 per cent of respondents tried to recycle as much as they could, 55 per cent were still very unclear about what can be collected. Three in 10 adults said they often found items they had put in their recycling boxes were still there after the collection has taken place, as they weren’t deemed suitable. Roger Wright, from the waste company Biffa, said: “In the UK, our recycling habits have plateaued with roughly only 50 per cent of the things that could be recycled, actually getting recycled.

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Households face new bin rules after ‘avalanche of rubbish’ in streets
1 month, 1 week ago

Households face new bin rules after ‘avalanche of rubbish’ in streets

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Households and workplaces must now sort their rubbish into four …

Effective Recycling Supply Chain Crucial for Sustainable Consumer Goods Trade-in Programs
2 months, 1 week ago

Effective Recycling Supply Chain Crucial for Sustainable Consumer Goods Trade-in Programs

China Daily  

Trade-in programs are gaining momentum in China, with a focus on effective recycling supply chains to mitigate the environmental impact of waste materials. The government is setting ambitious targets for recycling and circular utilization, aiming to double scrap car recycling volumes, increase used car transaction volumes, and increase waste home appliance recycling quantities by 2027. While there are regulations in …

‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
4 months, 1 week ago

‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores

LA Times  

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in checkout lanes. “This easy change eliminates plastic bags from the point of sale and helps California significantly reduce the plastic waste that is contaminating our environment …

Recycling in England to be standardised from 2026, Government says
1 year, 2 months ago

Recycling in England to be standardised from 2026, Government says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Simpler recycling will help us all recycle more easily, doing our bit to help save the planet and make …

World Environment Day 2023: 5 Tips To Minimize Waste And Foster Eco-Consciousness At Work
1 year, 7 months ago

World Environment Day 2023: 5 Tips To Minimize Waste And Foster Eco-Consciousness At Work

News 18  

In today’s world, where environmental consciousness is paramount, reducing waste at work has become a crucial responsibility for businesses. Anshul Agrawal, Director, Mysore Deep Perfumery House & Zed Black shares some effective strategies to implement at the workplace: Minimize Paper UsageThe foremost significant step towards promoting environmental consciousness at work is to reduce the use of paper. Encourage the adoption …

Recycling overhaul on the cards in Government’s war on waste
1 year, 7 months ago

Recycling overhaul on the cards in Government’s war on waste

The Telegraph  

The Government wants to boost flatlining recycling rates, which have been stuck at about 45 per cent since 2015. “Government focus should be firmly fixed on delivering the cornerstones of its long-overdue resources and waste strategy if the UK is to meet its ambition of recycling 65 per cent of packaging by 2035,” he said. “If Government remains focused on …

New plastic waste guide aims for 100% circular packaging by 2050
1 year, 10 months ago

New plastic waste guide aims for 100% circular packaging by 2050

NL Times  

The Waste Fund Packaging foundation presented a new Plastic Guide that aims to help municipalities, importers, producers, and recyclers work towards a packaging system that is 100% fossil free with 0% damage to people and the environment in 2050. It requires “different thinking and handling of the production and use of plastic packaging.” The Plastic Guide sets goals for a …

Why Most Plastic Ends Up As Trash In A Landfill : Short Wave : NPR
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Most Plastic Ends Up As Trash In A Landfill : Short Wave : NPR

NPR  

The Myth of Plastic Recycling Enlarge this image toggle caption Laura Sullivan/NPR Laura Sullivan/NPR For many, recycling feels like a tangible way to personally combat climate change and to positively affect the environment. That's partially because of decades of public environmental campaigns, But the reality is that only a small fraction of plastic is ultimately recycled. A recent Greenpeace report …

Ban all UK plastic waste exports by 2027, say cross-party MPs
2 years, 2 months ago

Ban all UK plastic waste exports by 2027, say cross-party MPs

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A cross-party group …

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse
2 years, 2 months ago

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse

NPR  

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse Enlarge this image toggle caption Laura Sullivan/NPR Laura Sullivan/NPR The vast majority of plastic that people use, and in many cases put into blue recycling bins, is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S. Greenpeace …

Bread, salad and bananas among most-wasted foods, poll says
2 years, 3 months ago

Bread, salad and bananas among most-wasted foods, poll says

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A poll of 2,000 adults found 81 per cent threw away uneaten items at …

UK homes binning 100 billion pieces of plastic a year, survey finds
2 years, 5 months ago

UK homes binning 100 billion pieces of plastic a year, survey finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy UK households throw away nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic each year, according to a …

Explained | Enforcing the single-use plastic ban
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained | Enforcing the single-use plastic ban

The Hindu  

The story so far: A ban on the use of single-use plastics that was notified by the Union Environment Ministry on August 2021 came into effect on July 1 this year. The notification said national and State-level control rooms would be set up to check illegal manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of banned single use plastic items. The …

Newsom signs nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste
2 years, 6 months ago

Newsom signs nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste

LA Times  

A trash can overflows with plastic waste at a park. The new law, he said, would “grow markets, create incentives for investment, and give tools to other states and countries to help play their part in this fight.” For the past six months, a team of roughly two dozen negotiators — mostly women — hammered out language designed to reduce …

Green Revolution 2.0: Saying No to Plastic is Fantastic, Finding Options Isn't, Say Industries Ahead of Single-Use Ban
2 years, 6 months ago

Green Revolution 2.0: Saying No to Plastic is Fantastic, Finding Options Isn't, Say Industries Ahead of Single-Use Ban

News 18  

Preparations are underway on war-footing as India readies itself for a ban on notified single-use plastic items. We have already placed the orders, but there are logistical constraints as the same supplier is providing straws to multiple players.” While most industries have already replaced some of the single-use plastic items such as cutlery and ice-cream sticks, it is the shortage …

Big Plastic Count: UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste begins
2 years, 7 months ago

Big Plastic Count: UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste begins

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tens of thousands of people across the UK will take part in recording how much packaging they throw away …

Best reusable bags 2022: Bags for life that won’t be adding to landfill
2 years, 8 months ago

Best reusable bags 2022: Bags for life that won’t be adding to landfill

The Independent  

Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, advice and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Remember the days …

Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.
2 years, 8 months ago

Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.

New York Times  

Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing. Trash Drag each item where you think it belongs Milk jug Peanut butter jar Water bottle Shampoo bottle Snack bag Diaper Plastic bag Bubble mailer Foam cup Single-use utensil Yogurt cup Takeout container Berry box Recycling The universal symbol for recycling, known as the “chasing arrows” logo, is stamped on so many things. “We don’t …

Britons urged to count all plastic waste for a week as part of new Greenpeace campaign
2 years, 9 months ago

Britons urged to count all plastic waste for a week as part of new Greenpeace campaign

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The survey comes as a YouGov poll of nearly 2,000 people for Greenpeace reveals that 81 per cent of …

Govt notifies extended producer responsibility norms for plastic packaging waste
2 years, 10 months ago

Govt notifies extended producer responsibility norms for plastic packaging waste

Live Mint  

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. The guidelines on extended producer responsibility coupled with prohibition of identified single use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, with effect from 1st July 2022, are important steps for reducing pollution …

Reusable packaging, container deposit schemes, apps and enzymes: Is Australia's waste and recycling sector growing up?
3 years, 2 months ago

Reusable packaging, container deposit schemes, apps and enzymes: Is Australia's waste and recycling sector growing up?

ABC  

Australia's recycling sector is in the middle of an overhaul, sparked by a major policy shift by China, followed by a policy shift by the federal government and the creation of new recycling targets. "There was actually a Prime Minister who looked at the problem that had been created at state government level and said it's our waste, it's our …

Ocean largely littered with takeaway food and drink items, study finds
3 years, 6 months ago

Ocean largely littered with takeaway food and drink items, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Almost half of the litter found in the world’s oceans is plastic made by takeaway …

UK plastics shipped out, dumped and burned in Turkey, investigation finds
3 years, 7 months ago

UK plastics shipped out, dumped and burned in Turkey, investigation finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This would not only allow the UK to end waste exports, but would also mean less plastic going into …

Nationwide recycling rules and food-waste collections planned under bins shake-up
3 years, 8 months ago

Nationwide recycling rules and food-waste collections planned under bins shake-up

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy All councils in England would have the same recycling rules …

Tesco begins roll out of 'soft plastic' recycling points
3 years, 9 months ago

Tesco begins roll out of 'soft plastic' recycling points

Daily Mail  

Tesco has started rolling out 'soft plastic' recycling points for old packaging such as bread bags, pet food pouches and crisp packets. One of Tesco's soft plastic recycling points, which is being rolled out so customers can recycle old packaging such as bread bags, pet food pouches and crisp packets A shopping basket showing products wrapped in plastic. Customers can …

A struggling recycling industry faces new crisis with coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

A struggling recycling industry faces new crisis with coronavirus

LA Times  

Even before coronavirus arrived on U.S. shores, California waste recyclers were reeling from the collapse of global markets for used plastics and other scrap materials — a predicament that diverted the contents of many blue recycling bins to local landfills. “This is the horror story that’s coming at us,” said Kreigh Hampel, recycling coordinator at Burbank Recycling Center. When material …

Quarter of Britons say shopping green is too expensive
4 years, 3 months ago

Quarter of Britons say shopping green is too expensive

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Consider the packaging and opt for those items which are wrapped in materials which …

Majority of people in Britain are unclear about what items can be recycled, poll claims
4 years, 8 months ago

Majority of people in Britain are unclear about what items can be recycled, poll claims

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “But a lot of packaging is still not recyclable, and people are confused about …

The recycling crisis doesn't mean your rubbish needs to go to landfill. Here's how you can help
5 years, 5 months ago

The recycling crisis doesn't mean your rubbish needs to go to landfill. Here's how you can help

ABC  

Australia's recycling problem got a whole lot worse this week. Stockpiles of recyclable materials have been growing since Asian countries banned them, and now a big recycling company has told Victorian councils it'll stop taking their trash. Annie Dennis Children's Centre director Lara Bamundo says the centre, in Northcote, is always keen to collect things such as one-sided paper, bottle …

The Brutal Reality Of Being The World's 'Best' Recycler
5 years, 5 months ago

The Brutal Reality Of Being The World's 'Best' Recycler

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BERLIN ― Sandra Dudler is a passionate recycler. “Why am I separating my trash if isn’t being taken care of in the end?” Germans are required by law to sort their household waste into specific categories, each with their own receptacles. For a long time, China had been the main destination for much of the world’s exported …

Amazon’s incredible, vanishing cardboard box
5 years, 5 months ago

Amazon’s incredible, vanishing cardboard box

CNN  

Happy Amazon Prime week, the discount-fest that will clutter front stoops and front desks with packages bearing that ubiquitous smiling arrow. “My goal would be zero packaging of any type over the next couple years,” Houchens says, “by working with the manufacturers to think through product design and their primary package, to make sure that it serves the needs of …

Supermarket packaging: How much can really be recycled? Store-by-store investigation
5 years, 5 months ago

Supermarket packaging: How much can really be recycled? Store-by-store investigation

The Telegraph  

More than two thirds of the packaging in families’ weekly shops is not recyclable or has confusing labelling a snapshot survey has revealed, as environment secretary Michael Gove pledged to introduce clear labelling so households know what they can recycle. The Telegraph carried out an in-depth look into the weekly shop of four families from four major supermarkets to work …

Cutting plastic packaging from supermarkets isn’t the only way to help the planet
5 years, 6 months ago

Cutting plastic packaging from supermarkets isn’t the only way to help the planet

The Independent  

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Do you know about the plastic recycling blindspot that clogs up our bags and pockets?
5 years, 9 months ago

Do you know about the plastic recycling blindspot that clogs up our bags and pockets?

The Independent  

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Children are shaming parents for bad recycling habits, survey claims
5 years, 9 months ago

Children are shaming parents for bad recycling habits, survey claims

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A quarter of children have even pointed out good recycling habits at the supermarket, encouraging parents to take their …

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