Was the Budget plastic fantastic?

5th November 2018 | Commercial Energy

Bin collections are one of the most visible and widely used of all council services. Given the huge public interest in tackling plastic waste, prompted by Sir David Attenborough’s TV programme “Blue Planet II” last year, many organisations in the public and private sectors are coming under pressure to raise their game on recycling and…Read more

Princes invests in UK packaging recycling infrastructure

5th November 2018 | Recycling

Food and drink group Princes has invested over £750,000 in to the UK’s recycling infrastructure this year by ensuring that all its packaging recycling evidence is sourced solely from UK reprocessors. The UK Packaging Waste Regulations dictate that UK businesses with an annual turnover of £2 million that handle over 50 tonnes of packaging must…Read more

No legal barriers to cross-border electricity trading in no-deal Brexit scenario

1st November 2018 | Commercial Energy

National Grid has given assurances there will be no legal barriers to continued cross-border electricity trading in the case of a no-deal Brexit. However, the company warned recent changes to day-ahead trading arrangements will have to be rolled back if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement. Planned reforms to intraday trading arrangements…Read more

Plastics recycled content tax gets the thumbs-up

31st October 2018 | Recycling

Chancellor Philip Hammond’s star Budget environmental measure of tax on plastic packaging, which uses less than 30% recycled content, has generally been welcomes by the recycling sector, with responses ranging from “game-changer” to “caution”. Marcus Gover, chief executive of the WRAP charity which is part-funded by Defra, described the Treasury approach as “radical” with the…Read more

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