by Thewasteco | Jan 22, 2021 | Environmental, Waste Management
WRAP will trail-blaze a new week of action in March 2021 to wake the nation up to the environmental consequences of wasting food. The inaugural Food Waste Action Week will run from Monday 1 to Sunday 7 March 2021, and will bring together organisations from retailers...
by Thewasteco | Dec 2, 2020 | Environmental, News, Recycling, Waste Management
The Benefits of Recycling Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators. Conserves natural resources such as timber, water and minerals. Increases economic security by tapping a domestic source of materials. Prevents pollution by reducing the need to...
by Thewasteco | Nov 3, 2020 | Environmental, News
Defra promises ‘robust, evidence led process’ to set in statute air, water, waste and biodiversity targets by the end of October 2022. The government has offered a further glimpse of its plans to develop new legally-binding targets for waste and resources,...
by Thewasteco | Oct 19, 2020 | Environmental
The amount of plastic which ends up in the ocean each year is set to almost triple by 2040 unless governments and industry dramatically ramp up their anti-plastic. A sobering report published by Pew Charitable Trusts and London-based sustainability consultancy...
by Thewasteco | Oct 1, 2020 | Environmental, Policy
From April 2022, a new tax comes into effect that applies to plastic packaging produced in, or imported into the UK, that does not contain at least 30% recycled plastic. This covers all packaging that is predominantly plastic by weight. Plastic packaging with 30% or...
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