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Draft Plastic Packaging Tax Legislation Published
Last Thursday (12 November), HM Revenue & Customs published draft legislation for the plastic packaging tax, alongside a summary of...

Packaging Waste Targets for 2021-22 Published
The packaging waste recycling targets for 2021 and 2022 have been confirmed by Defra. The announcement also confirmed that in...

Defra Publishes Waste Plan & Confirms EPR Date
Last week, on 20th August, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published their Waste Management Plan for...

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Delays Expected for Packaging Policy Consultations
The Government has indicated a likely delay of the second round of consultations for Extended Producer Responsibility, Deposit Return Scheme...

ISO Recertification
We are delighted to announce our recertification in both ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001:2015. ISO refers to the International Organisation...

Offices Reopen Following Remote Working During Lockdown
Alongside businesses across the UK and wider world, we have been closely following the developments and Government guidance surrounding the...

Recycle Wales becomes Wales first approved Packaging Waste Compliance Scheme
Recycle Wales, the Specialist Environmental Compliance Company, is pleased to announce that it has registered Wales first packaging waste compliance...


Plastic Packaging Tax
A £200 a tonne tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled content will come into force in April...

Circular Economy Action Plan
The European Commission has adopted a ‘Circular Economy Action Plan’, and promised to launch “concrete actions” on packaging, WEEE and...

New OPRL Rules Aim to Drive Change Ahead of EPR Reforms
Early 2020 saw OPRL launch new rules to govern their market-leading recycling labels, with aims to give consumers greater transparency...

EA Packaging Monitoring Plan Released
The Environment Agency (EA) have recently released their monitoring plan for packaging producer responsibility that outlines what is to be...

WRAP Reports Plastics Pact Progress
Plastics recycling has been one of the top subjects of 2019 with awareness of the topic ranging from government through...

Villiers returns as Environment Secretary
The General Election on 12 December, which saw Boris Johnson returned as Prime Minister with a large Conservative majority, saw...

Plastics Market Situation Report Published by WRAP
WRAP’s Plastic Market Situation Report published in October outlined the latest data and in-depth information about UK plastics recycling and...

The Environment Bill
Last week (15th October 2019) the highly-anticipated Environment Bill was published by Defra outlining new legal frameworks and powers to...

The Queen's Speech
On 14th October we heard the Queen’s speech and with many changes on the horizon the Queen reassured “My ministers...

Industry Awards for our Compliance Scheme Manager
35 under 35 is an exciting awards programme that aims to “uncover the leaders of tomorrow” by identifying the rising...

Charity Update
Team Wastepack ran London Royal Parks Half Marathon for Blood Cancer Charity NATSIRT On Sunday 13th October four members of...