Talking Rubbish

Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do - GOV.UK

British Glass submits pEPR evidence report to DEFRA highlighting unintended impacts on UK manufacturing | British Glass

Re-turn annual report

‘It’s 3p on a pack of sausages’: UK food firms say packaging tax adds to inflation | Packaging | The Guardian

Wee isle dairy winds up production as 'green tax' bites

HTA | Gardeners face a ‘postcode lottery’ on recycling plant pots, horticulture sector warns

Circular economy Services & advice at B&Q

Cigarette butts and filters used to insulate attic - BBC News

South Africa’s paper recycling grows

Batteries data

Nativia

Nativia brochure

Watch The Plastic Detox | Netflix Official Site

8 things to know about palm oil | WWF

Does Lush use palm oil? | LUSH

Does palm oil really rule the supermarket?

A global partnership to make palm oil sustainable - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Palm Oil scorecard

Octopus Energy boss: We've seen a 50% rise in solar panel sales since start of war in Iran - BBC News

Febreze air freshener - Amazon Q&A

Febreze Air Care Free Recycling Program | TerraCycle · TerraCycle

Fevertree takes Environment Agency to court over green tax

Leafline

Simpler recycling: household recycling in England - GOV.UK

Coca-Cola kicks off new 500ml 'Superfan' can with Premier League money-can't-buy experiences

UK Packaging PRO appointed to deliver Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme - GOV.UK

Reforming the packing waste recycling note (PRN) system - GOV.UK

How much does Royal Mail make from undelivered parcels? - BBC News

Royal Mail is not selling ‘lost parcels’ for £1 – Full Fact

King Colis Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of www.king-colis.com

metro.co.uk

Waste Crime Action Plan - GOV.UK

RECOUP | Four out of five English local authorities without kerbside plastic film recycling collection are gearing up to launch it by 31st March 2027

Ecosurety | FPF FlexCollect wins edie award for partnership and collaboration

EV vs ICE: 2025 Cost, Range & Performance Comparison

Will higher fuel prices from global conflicts drive EV uptake? - ABC News

Does high gasoline price spur electric vehicle adoption? Evidence from Chinese cities - ScienceDirect

Danish study - Electric vehicle adoption and energy prices: Empirical evidence from four Nordic countries - ScienceDirect

European Union CO2 standards for new passenger cars and vans: Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions - International Council on Clean Transportation

Glasgow Union Street fire: What we know so far - BBC News

Gel Packs 39% higher Co2 to produce than Water Packs

Greenwashing in the cold chain

Guernsey mother in tears after £11,500 battery waste fine - BBC News

Overflowing communal bins creating a 'green slum' in St Pauls - BBC News

Which is More Eco-Friendly - Air Dryers or Paper Towels? – A Drop in the Ocean

Paper towels least green way of drying hands, study finds | Energy efficiency | The Guardian

How to use one paper towel | Joe Smith | TEDxConcordiaUPortland

Talking Rubbish - Recycled Content | Podcast on Spotify

Watch The Plastic Detox | Netflix Official Site

Notpla | Organisation | V&A Explore the Collections

Our Footprint – Air Wick® Botanica | Air Wick UK

Councils handed stronger legal powers to crack down on littering - letsrecycle.com

Leisure Loop: Flippers and goggles transformed into bench - BBC News

The No1 Binman

Lost Forest: why is BrewDog’s green scheme causing controversy? | Trees and forests | The Guardian

Scottish Forestry funding to Brewdog Lost Forest project: EIR release - gov.scot

Letter from Mike Berners-Lee

Home - parkswatchscotland

Oxygen Conservation - Home

Global Recycling League Table - Phase One Report - Eunomia

Instagram

Tree Shelter Collection & Recycling Programme - Tubex

SustainabiliTREE: A podcast focused on sustainable woodlands

Welsh DRS to include glass after UK Government grants exemption

UK approves use of recycled plastic in food packaging

Food Waste Disposers | InSinkErator

WaterUK position on food waste disposal units

Grocery store urges customers to rethink plastic with embarrassing bags | Canada | The Guardian

Bloomberg article

Attorney General James Uthmeier Leads Multistate Coalition in Calling Out Radical Environmental Groups for Antitrust Violations | My Florida Legal

Green Agreements Guidance

ICC guide on competition law

Council looks set to pause introduction of food waste collections | Wyre Forest District Council

FT - China running out of rubbish to burn

Electronics Collection Bag | The Modern Milkman

Friends Meal

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body | Plastics | The Guardian

Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains | Nature Medicine

University of Queensland report

Microplastics: State of the Evidence on Health Effects and Public Perception (03.10.2025)

A closer look at P&G’s recyclable plastic pump | Article | Packaging Europe

'Forever chemical' testing to be ramped up amid growing concerns. - BBC News

Sheffield bins - payment confusion

Recyclability assessment methodology: assessing materials - GOV.UK

Glitter banned by Dorset children's nursery chain - BBC News

Simpler recycling: household recycling in England - GOV.UK

The legislation (includes a list of the 31 councils not introducing food waste)

How To Recycle Your Contact Lenses | Specsavers UK

Ryanair rejects Starlink internet

New stats show another increase in recycling in Wales | GOV.WALES

Packaging Technical Interpretations

Wild - Refillable Natural Deodorants, Lip Balms, Body & Hand Washes

Fussy™ Refillable Natural Deodorant - As Seen On Dragons' Den

Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | Forestry England

Home | Exchange for Change

Reventas

Prices - letsrecycle.com

Sprite green goes clear creation

Waitrose becomes first UK supermarket to scrap coloured milk caps

Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study | News | University of Leicester

Kidlington Waste Clearance - Find a Tender

Fenton firm sees St George's and union jack flag sales jump - BBC News

How to Retire Your Flag | Military.com

Implementation plan (January 2026): Environment Agency's regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export - GOV.UK

Crafty inventor builds world's fastest wheelie bin that could hit up to 79 mph | Guinness World Records

Are you guilty of ‘double dishwashing’? Here’s how it’s damaging the environment | Euronews

PackUK advisory group members appointed and Chairs confirmed - GOV.UK

Packaging Innovations & Empack Birmingham 2026

Birmingham bin strike reaches one-year mark with no end in sight

Simpler Recycling coming to Birmingham

EA to spend millions clearing Oxfordshire illegal waste mountain in break with policy | Environment Agency | The Guardian

Polypipe Building Products x Plumb Centre Recycling Initiative

The 1000 Tyres Project

California Tightens Requirements for Labeling Products as ‘Compostable’

ESA report

UK Gate Fees Report 2024-25 | WRAP - The Waste and Resources Action Programme

The Fraud of Plastic Recycling | Center for Climate Integrity

UK statistics on waste - GOV.UK

Brita® Free Recycling Program · TerraCycle

Directory

Nepal to scrap 'failed' Mount Everest waste deposit scheme - BBC News

Battery charging breakthrough in lithium recycling innovation

ESA resurrects zombie batteries this Halloween | esauk.org

Traditional Wooden Toys, Puzzles and Jigsaws UK - Wood Like To Play Ltd

PackUK - GOV.UK

Fury as firms charged millions to cover EPR bad debt | News | The Grocer

PackUK promises refunds after hundreds of producers charged in error - letsrecycle.com

‘RPD reporting system is hugely adding to pEPR stress’ - letsrecycle.com

Recyclability assessment methodology: how to assess your packaging waste - GOV.UK

Year 2 illustrative waste disposal fees: Extended producer responsibility for packaging - GOV.UK

Danish Ministry of the Environment report

Glow Sticks - North Carolina

Bristol rejects plans to move to three-weekly bin collections - letsrecycle.com

EU moves against cheap plastic imports

Aerosols | Recycle Now

Goodevas - Premium wooden climbing sets and furniture for children

Instagram - Bristol Backpackers

Beef Consumption by Country 2025

Can Antarctica survive tourism? - Climate and Capital Media

Why a Swedish town is on the move – one building at a time | Sweden | The Guardian

Interrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countries

Go Away Green - Wikipedia

Sustainable materials - Sustainability - LEGO.com

LEGO reveals first bricks made from recycled plastic bottles | Article | Packaging Europe

Lego abandons effort to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles | Lego | The Guardian

The Cornish beaches where Lego keeps washing up - BBC News

Teenager finds ‘holy grail’ Lego octopus from 1997 spill off Cornwall coast | Lego | The Guardian

Lego overhauls packing lines with recyclable paper bags

Cadbury Heroes trials paper tubs in Tesco | The Grocer

House of Lords slams Environment Agency over waste crime ‘inadequacy’ - letsrecycle.com

Chocolate Advent Calendars 2025 – Tony’s Chocolonely UK

Hundreds of raw sausages fly-tipped near city centre - BBC News

UK households bin 168m Christmas lights and ‘fast tech’ items a year | Environment | The Guardian

Compostable plastics | Recycle Now

Christmas Sharing Tins & Boxes at M&S Food

Aberdeen recycling fire: People urged not to throw away batteries - BBC News

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, but safety standards haven’t caught up, warn Fire Chiefs - NFCC

ESA report

Wasteserv fires have made recycling uninsurable, company laments

Greenway Polymers fire costs council £200,000 - letsrecycle.com

Recycle Your Electricals - WEEE Recycling - Material Focus

Nitrous oxide ban: guidance - GOV.UK

‘My customers like zero waste’: the blacksmith recycling canisters into cult kitchen knives | Recycling | The Guardian

Breaking The Plastic Wave: Stop Plastic Pollution | SYSTEMIQ

Kerbside glass collections expanded across Bedford Borough from Monday, 1 December | Bedford Borough Council

Recycling body criticises Pringles and Lucozade packaging - BBC News

Tesco RAG

Ribena progresses its sustainability journey by rolling up its sleeves | Suntory Beverage and Food GBI

Biffa - recycling in the UK report

Durham Council to trial weekly vape recycling collections - BBC News

Dylon report - fast fashion vs fabric dyes

Dylon | Detergents | Dyes | Fabric Experts

Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field - BBC News

Hoads Wood: The Bluebell woodland turned 'desolate wasteland' - BBC News

National waste crime survey 2025 - GOV.UK

Environment Agency investigation sees three individuals convicted for dumping 26,000 tonnes of illegal waste - GOV.UK

ESA responds to Mary Creagh ‘whole system failure in the waste industry’ comment - letsrecycle.com

No wheelie bin, rubbish piling up on my street - what can be done? - BBC News

Photoinitiated addition-cure for silicone-release coatings: Part 1 - Converting Quarterly

New law bans plastic wet wipes to protect rivers and seas - GOV.UK

Over 12% of materials in the EU come from recycling - News articles - Eurostat

Sustainable Productions Start Here | Leverage Point Entertainment

Albert 2025 report

Download SPA carbon emissions report

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Subtitles to save the world

British Glass urges producers to ‘think twice’ before switching from glass - letsrecycle.com

Check if your material is waste - GOV.UK

COP30

Calendar celebrates Greater Manchester wheelie bins - BBC News

Burger King

I Powered My House Using 500 Disposable vapes - YouTube

Waffle House Training - Pull Drop Mark Order Calling Method

thePlumber.com - statistics

Premium Toilet Paper and More | Who Gives A Crap UK

Made in China FAQ | Who Gives A Crap — Talking Crap

WR Recycled White Toilet Tissue 9x240 sheets | Waitrose & Partners

Naked Paper | The UK’s Best Eco Toilet Roll

We convinced our landlord to spell out CRAP in solar panels — Talking Crap

‘It’s 3p on a pack of sausages’: UK food firms say packaging tax adds to inflation | Packaging | The Guardian

Snip to Recycle - Carex

The Earthshot Prize 2025 Winners & Finalists

Little Coffee Cup

Tracking Covid from wastewater

Skibidi Toilet

The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics | Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Jambeck plastic in the ocean study

Uncertainties in global estimates of plastic waste highlight the need for monitoring frameworks - ScienceDirect

Simon Jennings fish estimates

Richmond Council U-turn on £150 fine for coffee poured in drain - BBC News

Yellow fish campaign - Adur & Worthing Councils

How are scratch cards made? - Scratch Card Printing UK

Hearing begins in Biffa’s £166m case over delayed Scottish DRS - letsrecycle.com

Good Karma | Recycled foil

The Earthshot Prize - Urgent Optimism to Repair our Planet

Matter. - Matter. Pioneering plastic capture for the good of the planet

The $40,000 Olive: How Entrepreneurs Can Spend Time Saving Money

XP20-AP | Nerf Wiki | Fandom

Mum faces massive £5,000 fine for putting packaging in park bin because it wasn’t ‘public litter’

‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast | Fishing | The Guardian

Spin Master Playsponsible 2025 Update

Delterra, an environmental nonprofit

Solo® Cups, Plates and Bowls - Everyday Tableware | Solocup.com

Amazon, Walmart, CVS, Target rethink private-label flexible packaging | Packaging Dive

Retailers expect to pass on 80% of pEPR costs to customers - letsrecycle.com

I emptied out my warm water bottle into the street. A cop saw me and gave me a ticket for littering. Is this even fair? - Quora

Woman fined £80 for pouring her coffee down a drain | The Independent | The Independent

'Litter police' get bonuses to target public, Panorama finds - BBC News

DEFRA - Litter Code of Practice

Government paper on litter

IATA - Home

IATA - New Report on Single Use Plastics Products Focuses on Mitigation Strategies

Aircraft waste: separating recycling and international catering waste - GOV.UK

The $40,000 olive: A Lesson from American Airlines - Broker Insights

Eco Chamber - Podcast - Apple Podcasts

Cornwall’s recycling rate increases by more than 20% after new collections rolled out  - Cornwall Council

sweetgreen | Inspiring healthier communities

No more landfillings – all toothpaste tubes now recyclable for Recycle Week | WRAP - The Waste and Resources Action Programme

John Lewis losses nearly triple to £88m

Our Commitment to Sustainability - Capri Sun Group

Resource Hot 100 2025: Full List Revealed | Resource.co

Greenback and Amcor - advanced recycling

Everything Under the Sun: All Around the World: The BRAND NEW book of curious questions for every day of the year: Amazon.co.uk: Oldfield, Molly: 9780241619124: Books

Recycle Week | WRAP - The Waste and Resources Action Programme

Pop Mart

The Loss Aversion Effect in Blind Box Purchases: Why Are Consumers More Willing to Make Additional Purchases? | Studies in Social Science & Humanities

Labubu: The big hype behind the tiny plushie, in 5 charts | CNN

Blind box over-engagement and suicide risk among adolescents and young adults: Results of a large-scale survey - eClinicalMedicine

Vape ban isn't working, says waste firm boss

Peak Cavern

Yoghurt pots - Recycle Now

Chichester recycling service to stop due to low uptake

Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first | South Australia | The Guardian

Recycling Center Simulator on Steam

FPF FlexCollect Report 2025 — Flexible Plastic Fund

Environmental Services & Solutions Expo: ESS Sep'25

Flexible Plastic Fund

Ecosurety | Aldi pioneers transparency in flexible plastic recycling via the Flexible Plastic Fund

OPRL labelling rules change to support flexibles recycling - Food and Drink Technology

Reddit - sea sponge or plastic?

BBC NEWS | Health | Microwave 'sterilisers' warning

KKR set to launch £7bn sale of Viridor - letsrecycle.com

Plastic Packaging Tax income dips by 3% as recycled packaging grows - letsrecycle.com

BeWILDerwood - The Curious Treehouse Adventure

Citizens of Soil | The Olive Oil Club | Shop Extra Virgin Olive Oil

River Dart Country Park

Biffa closes Sunderland plastics recycling plant - letsrecycle.com

Viridor to close Rochester plastics recycling site - letsrecycle.com

Plastic Packaging Tax - GOV.UK

Brands cutting back on recycled plastic content as costs rise - Foodservice Footprint

Recycle BRITA Filters | BRITA®

The Aqua Optima® Water Filter Recycling Programme | TerraCycle UK · TerraCycle

London's 'Wet Wipe Island' in Hammersmith to be mass-cleaned - BBC News

Melksham man who paid for waste removal fined £600 | Wiltshire Times

Uneeka - A Lifestyle Made Fair

Newspaper Bags – The india Shop

Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided - BBC News

Global Plastics Treaty | Pages | WWF

Exclusive: Trump administration memo urges countries to reject plastic production caps in UN Treaty

More than 200 lobbyists at UN’s plastic treaty talks will limit progress, campaigners warn

Home - BuzzBallz UK

BuzzBallz Free Recycling Program

Buzzballz Strawberry Rita, 1.75L | Costco UK

Bitcoin: James Howells gives up on retrieving hard drive from Newport landfill site

Shein fined €1m in Italy for misleading environmental claims about products

Jenny's post about the Leon bins

Could aluminium become the packaging 'champion'?

Meadow

Alupro - The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation

One year on: Tethered caps reduce litter and reshape beverage bottle design

Viridor to close Rochester plastics recycling site - letsrecycle.com

Single-use plastic carrier bags charge: data for England 2024 to 2025

Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic a book by Saabira Chaudhuri.

Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic a book by Saabira Chaudhuri.

89 billion and counting: Unilever’s out of control plastic sachet habit - Greenpeace International

Hanneke Faber presents our Foods & Refreshment strategy | Unilever

Why do you continue to sell plastic sachets? | Unilever

Metal bottle caps ‘surprising’ source of microplastic contamination, study finds

Play-Doh

Playdough recipe

Liquid cartons move to a 'Recycle' label

Green packaging law makes plastic cheaper than reusable glass

itsu - eat beautiful

The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015

Find your local Trading Standards office

Poor packaging costs firm £3,250

Sainsburys excessive packaging case dropped - letsrecycle.com

How Amazon continues to improve its packaging

FAQS - Babybel - UK

The Babybel® Free Recycling Programme | TerraCycle® UK

Major grocery retailers collectively commit to introducing reusable packaging

Welsh bottle returns to start in 2027 - without glass refunds

Walmart’s steel water bottles recalled after ejected lids cause vision loss

The Hidden Engineering of Landfills

How a landfill site works

How does a landfill work? - SUEZ in UK

Film to be made on man who lost £570m bitcoin in Newport tip

www.compensators.org

Could this change the packaging industry forever?

MYGroup Black Soldier Fly project enters new phase - letsrecycle.com

Home - Behaviour Change

People are just realising Wimbledon balls become homes for mice

Microplastic contaminations in a set of beverages sold in France

Scientists issue urgent warning over drinking bottled BEER

What's next for green claims in the EU and the UK?

Scientists use bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol

Cornwall Council

Notpla

Met Office launches search for new storm names

Small World Consulting | Sustainability | Carbon Accounting | Mike Berners-Lee

2024 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market (SOVCM) - Ecosystem Marketplace

Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows

Microsoft buys 18m carbon credits

BrewDog drops ‘unsustainable’ offsetting approach and carbon negative pledge - edie

6m Ozempic pens could end up in landfill yearly - letsrecycle.com

PenCycle

Reddit - The heart of the internet

Three weekly waste collections

Truckloads of Scotland's rubbish will be exported to England, say experts

Home – Earthfest 2025

The show must go on report

A Greener Future

Green Gathering Festival

Home - Glastonbury Festivals

Glastonbury Festival: Clean-up of litter under way

No Tent Left Behind

Top tips for a waste free barbeque | Recycle Now

Littered with evidence: Proof that deposit return systems work

West Oxfordshire council defends four litter fines in decade

The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012

FSA position on ocean bound plastic

Toolkit - Flats recycling package - ReLondon

Sustainability : Our approach | BIC Corporate

Disposable vapes ban: Why people are stockpiling ahead of June deadline

Why Walmart, Nestlé, Mars & More Have Left US Plastics Pact

Skip, Grab Hire & Roll on Roll Off Hire Bristol - Abacus Waste Management - Waste Collection Services

Plastic tongue cover

Man buys house using money gathered from recycling bottles and cans

Ban environmental claims on dog poo bags | 38 Degrees

Coca-Cola to update recycling labels following EU greenwashing complaint

Greenwashing .Keurig’s $3 million fine highlights the issue

Quorn advert that claimed to ‘reduce carbon footprint’ ruled misleading

H&M - Changing Markets report

Watchdog bans HSBC climate ads in fresh blow to bank’s green credentials

Watchdog finds that advertising by Luton airport was misleading

Coca-Cola accused of quietly dropping its 25% reusable packaging target

AI sorting bin

Jigsaw wreath

Jigsaw coasters

Jigsaw earrings

CGR Global 2025

Starbucks redesigns its iconic white takeaway cup in Europe for rollout across the region - Starbucks Stories EMEA

Forever Toxic: The science on health threats from plastic recycling - Greenpeace - Greenpeace

Behold the BinDayCator! — Raspberry Pi Official Magazine

Scottish single-use cup charge likely delayed - letsrecycle.com

OPRL

The fly-tipped sofa: how an abandoned couch changed a small village – in pictures

FSA publishes new advice for businesses on using ocean bound plastics for food packaging

Mobile phone recycling explained - Uswitch

Turning electronic waste into gold: The Royal Mint brings world first sustainable precious metal technology to the UK | The Royal Mint

Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) v1.1

Commission adopts ban of Bisphenol A in food contact materials

Aluminum can, minus the aluminum!

M&S supplier back to pen and paper after cyber attack

Home | UK DMO

Community Calling - Hubbub

Oxfam - Donate your old phones

BHF - Donate your old phones and tablets

Phthalate exposure from plastics and cardiovascular disease: global estimates of attributable mortality and years life lost

Chemicals in Plastics - A Technical Report

Polyvinyl Chloride PVC

DEHP phthalates in medical devices

DEHP in blood bag systems

zerowasteeurope.eu

A New Study Raises Alarms About Plastics and Heart Disease. Here’s What to Know.

ProAmpac Enhances Dairy Packaging Lineup with High-Performance Butter Wraps

Aldi introduces recyclable butter packaging

Couples are arguing every week about this one thing - and it might surprise you

New recycling tax set to drive up use of... plastic

The poop scoop: is bagging it really the best solution?

UK watchdog bans coffee pod ads over ‘misleading’ composting claims

DCi

FAQ's - Cartridge UK | Ink Cartridges, Refills, E-Cigarettes & Vapours

Global Plastics Outlook

Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and recycling fall short, says OECD

Is only 9% of plastic is recycled?

www.science.org

Why aren’t we recycling more plastic? - United Nations Development Programme | UNDP

Packflow reports

28% of PET bottles are being recycled, The Recycling Partnership reports

Treatment of polyvinyl alcohol containing wastewater in two stage spiral symmetrical stream anaerobic bioreactors coupled a sequencing batch reactor

Clorox fined for greenwashing ‘ocean plastic’ claims - edie

Sam Altman: Why politeness to AI costs millions

Recycle4Charity | Inkjet Cartridge Recycling | Recycle4Charity | UK

The Recycling Factory - Tesco returns

Recognizing the role of street waste reclaimers in South Africa | UNIDO

Myplas - Plastic Recyclers Cape Town

Premier Plastics (Pty) Ltd

How to use OPRL labels - OPRL

CPI - Recyclability Guidelines

Diageo launches first 70cl paper-based bottle on-trade trial for Johnnie Walker

Birmingham bin strike: Why is it happening and what is the impact?

EPR is a tax and won’t improve recycling before 2030, admits Treasury spending watchdog

Polyester recycling plant opens as part of Project Re:claim - letsrecycle.com

Paper Meets Plastic: The Perceived Environmental Friendliness of Product Packaging

Homepage - Iceland – Doing it Right

Is paper packaging really more sustainable than plastic?

Heura launches packaging 3.0 with R-PET for chilled products - Retail Voices

Reusable PP milk bottles distributed as Berry and Abel & Cole join forces

Water use in Uruguay

Paboco | The Bottle

Paper Bottle - Absolut Vodka

Milk bottles contain 40% recycled content

UK's biggest plastic milk bottle recycler on brink of collapse

Closed Loop

The case of the disappearing litter bins

Expanded Polystyrene Recyclers Map launched

Oxo-biodegradable plastic report

Textiles - TOMRA - Material Sorting - Waste Recycling

Local authority collected waste management - annual results

New wheelie bins roll out across the city from Monday 4 September | Milton Keynes City Council

Sherbourne Recycling

How to recycle Calpol | CALPOL® UK

Monk Debunks

Heathrow ‘forced to shut down because of net zero’

Millions of UK tyres meant for recycling sent to furnaces in India

Food and drink pouches | Recycle Now

Enval

How to Recycle Product Packaging | Purina

A guide to poo bags

How to Recycle Product Packaging | Purina

Dogs, Cats And Climate Change: What's Your Pet's Carbon Pawprint?

How Many Dogs Are In The World? A Look At The Numbers!!

Should Your Dog Become a Vegetarian? | This Morning

Sales of eco-friendly pet food soar as owners become aware of impact

Pet Products (Non-Food) - Zero Waste Box™

Toxocariasis

Bristol's four-weekly bin collections idea 'dropped'

Basildon bringing back weekly bin collections after backlash

Conservative party to ditch commitment to net zero in UK by 2050

Textile Recycling Association

Boston Tea Party

HuskeeSwap

CLUBZERØ, formerly CupClub | ZERØ waste packaging for takeaway and delivery

Cups and packaging — Sustainability | Costa Coffee

re-universe digital returns platform

City to Sea - Connecting our actions to our oceans

Borrow Cup - Hubbub

Reposit

Summary of French laws

Home - James Cropper

Recycle your medicine & vitamin blister packets

Light bulbs | Recycle Now

Viewpoint: The waste mountain of coffee cups

The 3.2bn cup report

National Cup Recycling Scheme | Paper Cup Recycling

Defra cancels mandatory single-use cup take-back scheme

Hot water bottles

Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbish

Recycle Your Electricals - WEEE Recycling - Material Focus

Blue Planet II - Series 1: 7. Our Blue Planet

Global plastic production | Statista

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | The Ocean Cleanup

Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

5 Gyres

Smog of the Sea film

A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required

Plastics in the Marine Environment – Eunomia Research and Consulting

www.recyclenow.com

Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do

Netley boy saves thousands of sweet tubs from landfill

PAS 9017:2020 | 31 Oct 2021 | BSI Knowledge

Everything you need to know about car tyre recycling | Michelin

Sea Turtle with Straw up its Nostril - "NO" TO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC

Single-use plastics bans and restrictions

Can we take the 'forever' out of forever chemicals?

Study - PFAS in straws

Plastic or paper? The truth about drinking straws

Donald Trump signs order shifting US back towards plastic straws

Luxury Holiday Cottages in Cornwall — The Cornish Place

Tesco Bags for Life campaign

Participating in the UK ETS

How to Dispose of Your Car Tyres

Plastic Packaging Tax

Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do

Simpler Recycling in England: policy update

Deposit Return Scheme: drinks producer and retailer responsibilities

12p a bottle: ‘huge’ EPR costs to consumers revealed as spirits and wine top list

Glass sector concerns not reflected in new EPR fees, says British Glass

Guinness Nitrosurge | Official Site | Great Britain

The Green Dot Trademark

Climate Comedian and Business Speaker Stuart Goldsmith

Robbie's Sky News appearance - 31 mins 35 seconds

Bristol may become first English council to collect black bins every four weeks

Local authority collected waste management - annual results

Find out your rubbish collection day

Revealed: the number of bins that each UK council collects

Three-week or monthly bin days loom for most Welsh areas

Say no to monthly bin collections in Bristol | 38 Degrees

Waste and Recycling Collection Consultation 2025 | Ask Bristol Consultation and Engagement Hub

Lions Recycling for Sight and Hearing - Lions International

Garden waste and composting

Oxo-Degradables

Gulf's use of oxo-biodegradable plastics is toxic for environment

Biobased, biodegradable and degradable plastics (as a solution for littering)

EU News | Symphony Environmental

Polymateria misuses RecyClass Recyclability Evaluation Protocols

BPA Comment on EMF’s report on Plastics - Biodeg

Oxo-degradable Plastics Ban in the EU | EPI

Symphony loses EU case on degradable plastic | MRW

Supermarkets demand ban on ‘danger’ oxo-degradable plastics

Recyclability assessment methodology: assessing materials

The Real Reason Why Oranges Are Sold In Those Red Net Bags

Unilever grants manufacturers access to its ‘warmer’ ice cream recipes

McDonald's: Car registration plates could go on bags

Bring Back Heavy Metal - Hubbub

UK: plastic waste exports 2000-2023 | Statista

UK: plastic waste export destinations | Statista

PackFlow Refresh 2023 reports

'UK is third highest exporter of waste', says Cleanhub  - letsrecycle.com

Piling Up: How China’s Ban on Importing Waste Has Stalled Global Recycling

“We can no longer bear this load” UK waste exports to Turkey on the rise again - Greenpeace UK

OECD Countries

Earth Day: Post-Brexit Britain fumbles exports of plastic waste

Brominated flame retardants (decabromodiphenyl ether): general information

The Report - From e-waste to living space

Closing the loop on black plastic ready-meal trays

Evidence and Reason

Black Plastic Kitchen Tools Might Expose You to Toxic Chemicals. Here’s What to Use Instead.

Recent panic over black plastic started with a math error

Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index

Recycle - Pringles

Polytag

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Why your recycling is a signpost to burglars

Reusable Baby Wipes | Cloth Baby Wipes | Cheeky Wipes

Batteries | Recycle Now

Pioneering Digital Watermarks | Holy Grail 2.0.

Use of digital watermarks validated for advanced sorting of flexibles through industrial trials

Polytag

Unlock the power of AI waste analytics | Greyparrot waste intelligence

Polytag

Marmite brings back 'greatest invention' product after four years away

Vegware - plant-based compostable foodservice packaging

Recycle Your Electricals - WEEE Recycling - Material Focus

Deposit Return Scheme legislation

Brits will be paid 20p for every plastic bottle they recycle under new plans

Overwhelming public support for UK DRS, says Tomra | MRW

Norway’s deposit return scheme is world’s recycling role model

Millions of euros unclaimed from Deposit Return Scheme

Bottle recycling scheme to cost at least £1.8bn per year

Biffa confirms it is suing the Scottish government

No date for bottle returns as Welsh government exits UK scheme

Firework safety

Home - OPRL

Shrinker - James' present to Robbie

British Christmas Tree Growers Assocation

What happens to recycled Christmas trees?

Christmas Tree Collection - St Peter's Hospice

The legacy of the poo bus

Choose a sustainable Christmas tree | Soil Association

Grown in Britain

Nestlé trials Quality Street paper tub

TUB2PUB

Wrapping paper and the Scrunch Test

NappiCycle – Nappy Recycling & Sustainability Solutions

Pura | Eco Friendly Baby Wipes & Low Impact Nappies | Make a Change

Nappies added to roads 'doubles life of surfaces'

Bristol Nappy Recycling Trial

Information is Beautiful

Information is Beautiful - carbon pages

United Kingdom: CO2 Country Profile

Reusable nappies: research

Ultra Processed Food article

Ultra-Processed People

How Bad Are Bananas?

Fine to Flush certification to end | Water UK

Reusable Baby Wipes | Cloth Baby Wipes | Cheeky Wipes

Wet wipes | Recycle Now

Notpla

The Guardian - article on cardboard contamination