Wastepack Announce Partnership with Kids Against Plastic Charity
Wastepack have achieved Plastic Clever status! Since our pledge to become more Plastic Clever we’ve officially joined forces with Kids...
Plastic and Aluminium Concern After Initial 2019 Packaging Data
Packaging recycling data for the first quarter of 2019 has raised concerns that targets for aluminium and plastic packaging may...
The Unintended Consequence of Good Intention
Our Policy Director Paul Van Danzig has commented on the potential ‘unintended consequence of good intention’ that could arise from...
Progress on Plastics in First Year of Pact
The resources and waste charity WRAP has said that brands have made progress in reducing single-use plastic and increasing recycled...
Scotland Confrims DRS Plan for Bottles and Cans
The Scottish Government has confirmed its plans for the introduction of a deposit return scheme for plastic drinks bottles, aluminium...
Waste companies ‘helping to fight environmental harm’
The chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, has praised the work of the waste industry in helping to...
MPs question strength of post-Brexit green watchdog
The environmental watchdog that will hold government to account over its environmental obligations after Brexit must have sufficient powers to...
EU Moves Ahead with Single-use Plastic Ban
The European Parliament has backed proposals which will see a range of single-use plastic items banned across the continent by...
Defra and Treasury Consultations Launched
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Treasury have launched four consultations seeking views on how...
OPRL and WRAP Form a Strategic Partnership
WRAP and OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) have announced a strategic partnership with an aim to help meet the UK’s recycling...
Consultations Launched by DEFRA and HMRC
Government launches consultations on Packaging Waste Reform, Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for England and Wales and a plastic packaging tax...
Plastic waste exports to ‘phase out’ by 2030
A group of politicians have expressed their support to phase out exports of packaging waste by the end of the...
Food sector calls on delay for waste strategy consultations
Environmental Secretary Michael Gove has been asked to delay consultations around the Waste and Resource Strategy by 32 trade bodies...
EA to Double PRN Compliance Inspections
The Environment Agency said its officers will increase its monitoring activities for sites issuing packaging waste recovery notes (PRNs) in...
Packaging Data Workshops 2019
The Wastepack Group is hosting a number of workshops across January 2019 to assist members with their packaging data submissions....
Group Update - Working With Forest Hall School
We're collaborating with our local school, Forest Hall, to help educate and improve students’ recycling behaviours. On 28th November, Janice...
Group Update - Macmillan Bake Sale
We held our annual bake sale at our headquarters in Stansted, to raise funds and awareness for MacMillan Cancer Support...
