Wrap - Waste and Resources Action Programme

PLASTICS RECYCLING UK Recycling groups Wrap and OPRL form partnership to tackle goals for packaging labels	10.04.2019
SABIC Feedstock from chemically recycled plastics for European plants / MoU with UK's Plastic Energy	14.12.2018
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY Sustainability group Wrap publishes packaging reduction targets to guide "Plastics Pact" members	21.11.2018
LIDL Sister company GreenCycle to take over German plastics recycler Tönsmeier / Supermarket chain's plastics waste reduction measures in UK, France and Ireland	28.08.2018
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY More than 60 firms sign up to "UK Plastics Pact" / Plastics waste initiative led by Wrap / First global network of this kind / Supported by Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BPF	04.05.2018
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK The Black Plastic Packaging Recycling Forum brings together 61 stakeholders / Organisation seeks solutions to black waste sorting by 2018	02.10.2017
COCA-COLA Plan to double recycled plastic use in the UK by 2020 / Three-point strategy to boost recovery and recycling / Multi-million pound campaign by end of 2017	24.07.2017
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EP Environment Committee targets 80% packaging waste recycling / EU Commission's original goals revived	02.02.2017
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Much work still needed in UK, paper says / Extended Producer Responsibility is key / Packaging waste cleanup costs exceed GBP 100m annually in England / All parts of supply chain must work together	29.11.2016
EVENTS BPF seminar on “Plastics Packaging in the UK” to take place in London	04.11.2016
RECYCLED POLYMERS Global market to expand by 4.3% per year to 2020 / Ongoing investment in recycling units / Technavio report	06.09.2016
MONOWORLD RECYCLING Mixed plastics recycling plant opened / First of its kind in the UK / New market opportunities from enhanced grades	14.07.2016
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE PRE issues new strategy paper at 20th anniversary meeting / Current market structure “highly unsustainable” / Calls for more holistic approach to recycling / Need for standardisation	24.06.2016
ASSOCIATIONS Marcus Gover appointed new CEO of UK's Waste and Resources Action Programme	16.06.2016
EVENTS “PDM Event” on UK plastics sector takes place in Telford in June	21.04.2016
UK RECYCLING Government agrees to lower plastics packaging recovery and reuse targets / Industry's fears heard / Polymer price plunge may also endanger compliance with Circular Economy targets	31.03.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos	09.02.2016
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter	14.12.2015
PLASTICS RECYCLING Plastics Recyclers Europe questions PlasticsEurope's 2014 figures on reuse of waste plastics / Calls for more transparent and harmonised pan-European data collection	30.11.2015
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS UK retail chains donate bag fee to charity / Alzheimer's and WRAP are key beneficiaries	27.10.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Transformation of European circular economy could create 3m jobs by 2030 / Structural unemployment could fall by 520,000 / WRAP study first of its kind to list potential employment for each EU member state	18.09.2015
CLOSED LOOP RECYCLING Cash crisis forces sale to Euro Capital / Deal secures company's future and jobs at UK site	13.05.2015
PLASTIC PACKAGING UK Recycling rates exceed earlier estimates for 2013, says Defra / Higher rates still needed to meet targets	13.01.2015
UK RECYCLING Consortium sets up four-month trial for plastic trigger tops / Aims to change consumer behaviour	10.12.2014
PLASTICS RECYCLING Pledge 4 Plastics campaign underway across the UK / Goal to raise collection of plastic packaging among households / Global companies partner with authorities and lend support	10.09.2014