Plastics

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND – The Republic of Ireland (ROI) has witnessed a 4% decline in the country’s overall recycling rate for packaging waste to 58%…

MENA – Recycling company Sparklo has achieved a major milestone in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with the installation of the 100th artificial…

INDIA – Recykal, a tech start-up based in Hyderabad, has launched an app-based marketplace for recycled plastics. The platform connects buyers who require small to…

USA – Polymer recycling and distribution company Ravago Group has agreed to buy a controlling stake in M. Holland Company and its subsidiaries, a leading…

NORTH AMERICA – Beverage and snack food maker PepsiCo has announced plans to replace plastic rings on its beverage multipacks with paper-based solutions across the…

TOGO – The Greater Lomé Autonomous District (DAGL) is running a one-year awareness campaign on waste management in Togo. Launched on August 23, the project…

UK – Tesco, a United Kingdom supermarket chain, has started using clear caps on its own-brand milk bottles to help improve recyclability. As part of…

SOUTH AFRICA – Interwaste, a leading local waste management business, has announced that its Tops to Tags initiative, which has run since 2011, is now…

INDIA – The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to crack down on hawkers, vendors and small-scale retailers for using banned plastic material while carrying…

UK – Retailers are calling on the government to review plans to introduce a bottle-recycling deposit return scheme (DRS) that may cost the sector at…