recycling; waste; Archives - Plastic Generation

LyondellBasell Announces New Small-Scale Molecular Recycling Facility

October 16, 2019

LyondellBasell today announced that it is building a new small-scale pilot facility at its Ferrara, Italy site moving another step closer to converting post-consumer plastic waste into new plastics on a commer...

Smarter ideas for your coffee cup?

Sarah Bedwell

April 9, 2019

Business, Environment, Next Generation, Packaging, Tech

This week the BBC reported that an independent coffee chain has seen sales fall by £250,000 since it banned single-use coffee cups. The UK throws away a staggering 2.5 billion disposable coffee c...

Coca-Cola: we produce three million tonnes of plastic packaging per year

Dan Walsh

March 15, 2019

Business, Packaging

For the first time ever, global drinks brand Coca-Cola has admitted the company produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging per year. The data was shared with plastic campaigner Ellen MacArthur, who...

IBM: VolCat

Andrew Durkin

March 7, 2019

Business, Packaging, Tech

IBM researchers have come up with a way to chemically separate plastic molecules. VolCat creates a residue that can be re-used to create plastic products. The Big Blue claims that its Volatile Catalyst (Vol...

The Big Plastics Debate: campaigners to debate plastics industry leaders

Dan Walsh

February 27, 2019

Business, Packaging

Tonight in Birmingham (Wednesday 27th February), UK, environmental campaigners A Plastic Planet will go head-to-head with leading figures from the plastics industry during a major debate. The Big Plastics D...

Big retailers accused of ‘watering down’ proposed bottle recycling scheme

Dan Walsh

February 19, 2019

Government, Packaging, Society

Many of the UK's biggest retailers have been accused of trying to 'water down' a new proposed plastic bottle recycling scheme that is set to be rolled out by the government. Campaigners have been asking for...

Plastic exports should be banned, say MPs

Dan Walsh

February 7, 2019

Environment, Government

A group of cross-party MPs are pressing for a motion to completely ban plastic waste exports to the developing world. The Early Day Motion, backed by MPs including Zac Goldsmith and Caroline Lucas, focusses on...

MPs: government needs to stop seas becoming a “sewer”

Dan Walsh

January 18, 2019

Environment, Government, Ocean

A group of cross-party MPs have urged the government to create a new global alliance tasked with protecting the seas. With plastic pollution set to treble in the next decade, according to environmental aud...

More Incinerators for the UK

Andrew Durkin

January 14, 2019

Environment, Government, Society

On the day that the UK government announced that it is looking to impose restrictions on wood burning stoves and scented candles in a bid to reduce toxic air, it appears that there are plans to double the amou...

Planned UK government scheme will force businesses to pay for waste recycling

Dan Walsh

January 7, 2019

Environment, Government

Under a landmark new strategy set forward by the UK government, businesses in England may soon be forced to foot the bill for their own waste recycling. In a move designed to encourage businesses to think more...

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