A cabinet reshuffle by the newly appointed Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has seen Theresa Villiers take over as the Secretary...

Defra published their Resources and Waste Strategy in December 2018 which laid out a 25 Year Environmental Plan, aiming to...

Wastepack has been working with their local secondary school, Forest Hall School (FHS), in Stansted. The pair set out to...

Recycling labelling rules for household packaging are under review to ensure they keep pace with developments in collections services and...

Shoppers are being urged to be aware of the financial cost and environmental of the single-use packaging being purchased in...

We've sponsored new general waste and mixed recycling bins for the playground at Richard De Clare Community Academy in Halstead...

WRAP has published an overview of problematic or unnecessary single-use plastics which UK Plastic Pact members are expected to remove...

Wastepack have achieved Plastic Clever status! Since our pledge to become more Plastic Clever we’ve officially joined forces with Kids...

Packaging recycling data for the first quarter of 2019 has raised concerns that targets for aluminium and plastic packaging may...

Our Policy Director Paul Van Danzig has commented on the potential ‘unintended consequence of good intention’ that could arise from...

The resources and waste charity WRAP has said that brands have made progress in reducing single-use plastic and increasing recycled...

The Scottish Government has confirmed its plans for the introduction of a deposit return scheme for plastic drinks bottles, aluminium...

The chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, has praised the work of the waste industry in helping to...

The environmental watchdog that will hold government to account over its environmental obligations after Brexit must have sufficient powers to...

The European Parliament has backed proposals which will see a range of single-use plastic items banned across the continent by...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Treasury have launched four consultations seeking views on how...

WRAP and OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) have announced a strategic partnership with an aim to help meet the UK’s recycling...

Government launches consultations on Packaging Waste Reform, Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for England and Wales and a plastic packaging tax...

A group of politicians have expressed their support to phase out exports of packaging waste by the end of the...

Environmental Secretary Michael Gove has been asked to delay consultations around the Waste and Resource Strategy by 32 trade bodies...