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Growth in UK plastic packaging recycling being shipped abroad, including to non-OECD countries

Envirotec Magazine

This also means that just short of 1 million tonnes of plastic has been sent to Turkey for recycling since 2017. The next largest destination, Germany, received just under 10%, whilst material sent to Asia, overall, increased from around 9% in 2022, to almost 20% in 2023. Indonesia took a further 3.4%, and Taiwan 2.5%.

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EU approves €3.2-billion project to create more sustainable Li-ion batteries

Charged

Repurposing, recycling and refining: Design safe and innovative processes for collecting, dismantling, repurposing, recycling, and refining recycled materials. This new project is part of the European Battery Alliance , which the Commission launched at the end of 2017 with certain EU members and industrial stakeholders.

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How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy

GreenBiz

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities. An extended dialogue.

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Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 announced

Envirotec Magazine

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. The seven winners are: • Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product: Sustainable modular headliner for vehicle interiors and downstream recycling solutions by Grupo Antolin.

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Flat-lining: Policy review highlights England's mixed progress on waste reduction

Business Green

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Why is England's progress on waste reduction flat-lining?

Business Green

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag

GreenBiz

Our baseline is from 2017, and that covers our entire value chain. We're looking at advanced recycling and just to find recycled polyester and different recycled materials. We're thinking about policies around sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, circularity, recycling infrastructure.

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