The environmental charity warns consumers not to attempt composting the new range of ‘plant-based’ tea bags at home

The Waste Management Plan for England evaluates how to support objectives of the Resources and Waste Strategy and the 25-Year Environment Bill and sets out measures for increasing recycling rates across England

City planners have awarded planning permission to a regional recycling plant in Coventry that uses artificial intelligence to process recycling

The Italian bioplastics and biochemicals company announced its acquisition of Norwegian BioBag Group earlier this week (12 January)

The latest report from the British Plastics Federation identifies out what the UK needs to achieve to reduce dependence on exporting plastic waste for recycling

Research has found evidence of harmful synthetic fibres in playgrounds and equestrian arenas

A ban on exporting unsorted plastic to non-OECD countries from 1 January 2021

The steering group will reconvene in January to examine the WRAP recommendation that PAS 9017 tests for microplastics during the breakdown process

The funding comes as part of the Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge to improve the consumer and retailer packaging supply chain

The EU-funded project will aim to produce ABS plastics from feedstock recycling.