Sustainability Consulting
JANUARY 5, 2022
Sustainability is the “new normal” From food production, to packaging, to fashion to lifestyle products, there is a clear effort to replace traditional demands with sustainable alternatives. It’s highly likely that the demand for sustainable products by consumers will make their production mandatory in the next few years.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 22, 2021
As a manufacturer, as well as a recycling business, Mercers offers additional circularity by guaranteeing a market for the material recycled. Across the industry, we are seeing greater demand for UK-produced PRNs, while upcoming legislation, such as the Plastic Packaging Tax, is driving demand for recycled material.
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Envirotec Magazine
MAY 24, 2022
Coming into force on April 1st 2022, the tax increases costs for packaging companies who fail to use recycled materials by 20 to 40 percent. million tons of recycled plastics listed for sale. “If we’re to stem the tide of plastic pollution, we have to stop the amount of virgin plastic which is being produced.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 24, 2024
Of this, more than 25% was sent to Turkey, 25,000 tonnes more than in 2022. This also means that just short of 1 million tonnes of plastic has been sent to Turkey for recycling since 2017. A map showing the receiving destinations of plastic waste from England for recycling. Indonesia took a further 3.4%, and Taiwan 2.5%.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 18, 2021
Sitting alongside the Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy, in 2018 the Treasury first announced the tax on plastics and in April 2022 the Plastic Packaging Tax will be introduced in the UK. Helen Bird, Strategic Technical Manager – Plastics, WRAP. However, challenges remain.
Smart Energy International
JULY 5, 2022
With skyrocketing gas prices and expensive electric mobility options, the Mobility Study 2022 – published by Continental – has found that consumers are increasingly worried about the affordability of their mobility. Soaring electricity costs and a lack of information. Hopes for government subsidies.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 8, 2021
The firm says the facility will be able to re-use 100% of the PET it takes in and help recycle some of the 4.9 The successful application means the plastic recycling facility will be operational in Summer 2022 at Peel NRE’s 54-hectare strategic energy and resource hub, Protos, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
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