Barry Turner

RECYCLING UK BPF webinar tackles challenges of using recycled content in packaging / Focus on mechanical and chemical recycling	29.03.2021
ASSOCIATIONS UK industry associations BPF and PAFA to set up new plastics packaging group	09.11.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE Plastics associations voice concern over recent force majeure announcements / Processors increasingly under threat / Call for more transparency	07.04.2015
AGRICULTURAL FILM WASTE PAFA launches initiative on agricultural plastic film waste in the UK / Major suppliers join group	30.03.2015
CARRIER BAGS England plastic bag tax to cause customer confusion, claims PAFA	16.03.2015
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS Survey finds slight rise in presence of littered plastic bags in England / Fee will not change social behaviour associated with littering, PAFA responds	21.11.2014
RECYCLING UK aims to double plastics recycling by 2017 / Impact only comes with more investment	02.07.2013
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS UK trade body attacks latest call for bag tax / Chief executive cites success of voluntary measures	18.03.2013
UK RECYCLING PAFA welcomes new government initiative to raise quality of materials in the recycling stream	19.02.2013
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS UK trade bodies unite to lobby against mandatory charge on carrier bags / Support for 2004 voluntary code / PAFA chief executive calls for more consumer recycling	28.11.2012
RECYCLING UK Industry association PAFA backs call for reprocessing investment / Wales could benefit from EU match-funding grants	22.10.2012
PLASTICS RECYCLING PAFA: Far East controls threaten plastic waste exports from Europe / UK recycling targets will become unrealistic / Recycling companies in China form new Scrap Plastics Association	11.10.2012
CARRIER BAGS UK industry hits back at campaign for bag levy / Trade bodies accuse organisers of misrepresentation	24.08.2012
AGRICULTURAL FILMS PAFA reports promising results from recycling trial / EU-funded project to clean agricultural PE film	16.08.2012
PLASTIC PACKAGING PAFA says new recycling targets have ignored industry research / No clear waste policy / Further infrastructure investment needed	24.05.2012
PLASTIC PACKAGING PAFA industry association warns of inflationary pressures linked to high raw material and fuel prices / Cautions that rising costs will have to be passed down	26.04.2012
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS PAFA trade association slams EU consultation proposal / Legislation would ignore the latest science	27.05.2011
PLASTIC FILM RECYCLING PAFA trade association welcomes new recycling initiative / UK supermarkets to collect clean film in addition to carrier bags	14.04.2011
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS Welsh Assembly Government urged to abandon single-use bag tax / Response to research showing heavier weight bags have higher carbon footprint	18.03.2011
PACKAGING MARKET UK packaging association warns of rising PET prices	29.11.2010
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS UK consumption of single-use bags falls for fourth consecutive year / Ahead of next year's bag tax, Wales show largest decline in usage	31.08.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING PAFA warns of danger of lack of recycling infrastructure / Courtauld 2 targets announced	09.03.2010
PACKAGING MARKET UK's PAFA warns of immediate price rises / Raw material costs rise / Producer margins eroded	04.03.2010
PLASTICS RECYCLING PAFA welcomes government grant for mixed plastics recycling in the UK	16.02.2010

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