• Results

£10 million partnership to remove chewing gum litter from high streets

31st August 2021

Chewing Gum / Keep Britain Tidy / Litter

England to consider banning single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups

31st August 2021

Defra / plastic / Single-Use

£5m research programme to boost UK resilience against climate change

9th August 2021

Climate Change / Climate Services for a Net Zero Resilient World / net zero

Funding for consumer plastic packaging innovation

3rd August 2021

packaging / plastic / UK Research and Innovation

Pressure increases on businesses to reopen refills after a year of ‘unnecessary plastic pollution’

29th July 2021

Circular Economy / refill / Single-Use

Theresa May appointed new Chair of the Aldersgate Group

19th July 2021

net zero / The Aldersgate Group / Theresa May

Report: England’s resource efficiency agenda must be driven with urgency

15th July 2021

Climate Change / Resource Efficiency / The Aldersgate Group

£6m investment to support recycling of Lucozade bottles

7th June 2021

Lucozade Ribena Suntory / packaging / plastic

Report: ‘Digital’ DRS could achieve policy objectives at ‘significantly lower cost’

2nd June 2021

DRS / packaging / The Digital DRS Industry Working Group

CIWM Draft Response – Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland consultation

28th May 2021

consultations / Defra / Deposit Return Scheme / DRS

Turkey bans plastic waste imports following Greenpeace investigation

20th May 2021

Greenpeace / Waste Exports / waste infrastructure

Greenpeace calls for total ban on UK waste exports

17th May 2021

Greenpeace / Waste Crime / Waste Exports

Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging | CIWM Briefing Note – April 2021

9th April 2021

Government to explore making tobacco industry responsible for smoking litter in England

30th March 2021

Cigarette Waste / Defra / Litter

Over half a million tonnes of recycling rejected due to contamination – LGA

29th March 2021

behaviour change / contamination / local authorities

UPDATED: UK Government opens packaging consultation and announces DRS delay

24th March 2021

Defra / Deposit Return Scheme / EPR

World Water Day: Action urged on plastic water bottles

22nd March 2021

Friend of the Earth / plastic / world water day

Government unveils new Waste Prevention Programme for England

18th March 2021

Defra / Fast Fashion / Waste Prevention Programme for England