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Comment: New UK tax on plastic packaging seems to be working

Envirotec Magazine

Abigail McGregor suggested “progress may stall if additional recycling capacity isn’t built.” The UK Plastic Packaging tax places a £200 per tonne levy on plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content. Building greater capacity for recycling is imperative.” million tonnes of plastic packaging waste.

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

Envirotec Magazine

By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Of this, more than 25% was sent to Turkey, 25,000 tonnes more than in 2022.

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These startups seek to close the supply-and-demand gap for recycled plastics

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Corporations want to increase recycled plastic content in packaging and products but can't get enough of it. These three companies are making moves to help address this need.

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Aluminium packaging recycling soars in Q2, but PRN prices remain high

Envirotec Magazine

According to recent data published on the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) by the Environment Agency (EA), aluminium packaging recycling volumes rocketed in Q2. In Q2 2023, 38,829 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling – a 5% increase year-on-year.

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Industry first claimed for “fully recyclable crisp packet”

Envirotec Magazine

It’s described as the first fully recyclable paper crisp packet by The British Crisp Co., Consumers can dispose of the new crisp packet in their normal kerbside recycling collection along with their other paper recyclable items. It uses an innovative polymer, Hydropol, instead of conventional plastic.

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This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm 

GreenBiz

This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm . Petersburg, Florida, a manufacturing giant is strategizing on design, development and packaging services for the likes of Apple, Cisco Systems and HP Inc. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 01/29/2021 - 00:30. Across the U.S. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Scaling the Market for Post-Consumer Recycled Content

GreenBiz

Scaling the Market for Post-Consumer Recycled Content. What will it take to scale the domestic market for post-consumer recycled content? The demand for recycled plastics has skyrocketed — so much so that brands and packaging producers are experiencing limited supply.

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