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Valpak warns new EPR legislation in France is catching UK businesses unawares
Environmental compliance scheme Valpak Ltd is celebrating after winning one of the top national awards in its industry, for its carbon-free battery collection service.
OPRL: ‘Defra decision to retain current labels offers important clarity for consumers’
OPRL (On-Packaging Recycling Label) has welcomed the government’s announcement of plans for labelling under EPR for packaging, saying the decision to adopt the recycling ‘swoosh’ and consumer information around recycling offers important continuity that will help to...
Congratulations!! Valpak powers to the top with carbon-free battery collections
Environmental compliance scheme Valpak Ltd is celebrating after winning one of the top national awards in its industry, for its carbon-free battery collection service.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire breakfast shows how waste batteries have the #PowerToDoMore
Valpak donated £5 for every battery box requested, a total of £5K for local mental charity Springfield MIND.
Valpak asks: Are electrical retailers prepared for mandatory in-store take-back?
Valpak asks: are electricla retailers prepared for in-store WEEE take-back?
Sexual harassment – what do we know and how do we beat it?
Carolyn Cross’ survey and article for MRW magazine showed that just over half of women in the waste management industry have experienced some form of sexual harassment incident.
FCC Environment celebrates landmark year
FCC Environment celebrates landmark year
Valpak shortlisted for four National Recycling Awards!
Congratulations to Valpak on being shortlisted for all four of its categories of the National Recycling Awards
Circular Yorkshire case studies confirm circularity is good for business
Circular Yorkshire aims to be the UK’s first circular region. Amur’s waste reduction case study features in Circular Yorkshire’s new set of resources and strategy.
Recycle Week and the best environmental communications campaigns
Recycling Week came with a compelling new video. We round up the best environmental campaigns from back in the day
Standing room only at RWM’s Packaging Theatre
Standing room only at RWM’s Packaging Theatre
The role of zero waste in the fight against climate change
We’ve spent years calling for greater public engagement on waste. Now it’s here, is it diverting attention away from the bigger picture?
Warp It helps NHS Trust smash competition to win major award
Businesses in Cambridge are trialling the UK’s first zero-emission, bike-driven waste battery service.
Expedition to world’s most polluted beach
Henderson Island expedition bags six tonnes of waste, but prevention is the only viable option to halt the tide of marine plastic litter.
Material disaster: the fast fashion stitch-up
Our fashion fix is clobbering the environment. How are industry and government addressing the problem?
Worth its weight in gold
As valuable resources become more scarce, one option is the extraction of materials from landfill and e-waste.
Strength in numbers
Does it really matter if we recycle well, and why don’t councils all collect the same materials for recycling?
Valpak launches alternative approach to EPR Reform
Packaging compliance scheme Valpak has laid out a ‘collaborative alternative’ to the government’s options for EPR reform.
Which way for waste?
The new cool – two decades of waste management and the cult of food waste collection.
UK’s first zero-carbon battery collection
Businesses in Cambridge are trialling the UK’s first zero-emission, bike-driven waste battery service.
PAS 110 awarded to Amur
PAS110 brings recognition for consistency and robust procedures, allowing digestate to be classed as a quality product.
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