Citizen engagement has played a key role in driving Welsh recycling rates from 3 to 66 per cent in just over two decades

Clare Galland, Sustainability Manager for Everflow, warns of the environmental and economic costs as restaurants increasingly opt for single-use items

84,222 tonnes of aluminium packaging collected in first half of 2024, hitting 59 per cent of annual target

The coffee chain will offer recycling facilities for plastic and aluminium pods across 142 of its UK shops

Research suggests proposed 25p fee on disposable cups would be enough to change 49 per cent of consumers behaviour

Guidance on extended producer responsibility costs for different materials ‘provides much-needed clarity to obligated packaging producers’

Analysis of UK Government’s 2018 strategy shows only 20 per cent of policies enacted and 54 per cent partially in place

National electronic registries and standardised waste composition analyses proposed by JRC

New consultancy service aims to assess the suitability of packaging for recycling

Compliance scheme will integrate packaging and e-waste schemes into existing operation