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RDF exports see significant drop

RDF exports from England totalled 1.35 million this year, according to analysis. This indicates a 25% fall over a year, and a fall of 35.2% for exports to the Netherlands.

22nd August 2021

Businesses ‘unaware’ of Plastic Packaging Tax

A new study has found 83% of businesses are “not aware” of the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), which will be coming into force in April 2022.

20th August 2021

Blue Planet Fund delivers first multimillion boost for global ocean recovery

The UK government has announced the first set of programmes to receive funding from the £500m Blue Planet Fund launched by the Prime Minister at the G7 summit.

16th August 2021

Monthly packaging data continues to report positive progress

The latest packaging recycling data continues to report strong and positive production, with most grades now sitting comfortably over halfway towards their annual targets for 2021.

14th August 2021

Policy Update: Overview of the changes to the waste and resources landscape

With the resources and waste landscape changing over the coming years, we give you an overview of some of the largest changes in the policy landscape over the past months.

28th July 2021

Provisional data reports materials on track towards packaging waste targets

The Environment Agency has released provisional packaging recycling data for the second quarter of 2021 on the national packaging waste database.

28th July 2021

Further specifications released for Plastic Packaging Tax

HMRC has issued further clarification about the items in scope for the plastic packaging tax and the point at which they would become chargeable, with draft secondary legislation.

28th July 2021