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The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the environmental impact of drinks packaging including plastic bottles and single-use coffee cups. The inquiry, which was announced on Saturday (4 March), will examine the challenges in collecting and recycling these products and what obstacles exist that might prevent greater recycling. This will […]

Landfill Tax rates from 1 April 2018 have been confirmed by the Treasury today (8 March 2017) and are to be set at £88.95 per tonne for standard rate material and £2.80 per tonne for lower rate material. Alongside the publication of the rates in today’s Budget documents, the Treasury has also announced that there […]

The Policy Exchange think tank has called for the UK to set its own direction in waste policy after it has left the European Union. According to the Policy Exchange which compiled the report, titled ‘Going Round in Circles‘, the UK should seek to define its own approach to waste policy, instead of adopting the […]

Around 350,000 tonnes of avoidable household food waste, worth an estimated £1bn annually, could be prevented through further changes to key food items in the UK’s shopping aisles, according to WRAP’s latest Retailer Survey. Today’s (27 February) announcement comes as part of WRAP’s long-standing work with retailers and food manufacturers to help consumers waste less […]

Costa has launched its nationwide cup recycling scheme, which promises to recycle “any cup” – even from competitors – following a successful trial. The coffee chain will also launch a number of new initiatives in the first quarter of 2017. Aiming to increase the number of takeaway cups recovered and recycled across the country, customers […]