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FIRST RESPONSIBLE


FISHERIES LABEL Cumbrian Seafoods, a leading independent supplier of seafood, has become the first in the country to present the new Icelandic Responsible Fisheries label to British consumers. The new Responsible Fisheries Management Certification has been set up to verify that Iceland’s seafood products are drawn from responsibly managed fisheries. This new labelling will be displayed on selected products provided by Cumbrian Seafoods to Asda stores across the UK.


CPI APPOINTS RECOVERED PAPER


SECTORMANAGER CPI is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart Pohler as its recovered paper sector manager. Stuart joins CPI with a wealth of experience in the waste management industry. Between 2005 and 2009, Stuart held the position of recycling manager for Ealing Borough Council. David Workman, CPI Director General, said: “Stuart strengthens our expertise in waste management and recycling issues as increasingly complex and important regulatory issues continue to develop.”


EURO PACKAGING REPORT STRONG


RESULTS Euro Packaging has announced a strong performance in the company’s first audited results under its new management team. The accounts, which covered the period October 2009 – December 2010, showed a profit of £1.4 million. This represents an improvement in profitability of £16m as the business previously reported a loss of c£15m p.a. under previous ownership.


Kerbside service


Kerbside recycling collections nowtotal a third nationally aftermore councils introduce recycling services


WalthamForest andWest Oxfordshire District are the latest councils to introduce kerbside recycling collection, bringing the total figure to a third nationally, rising to 61% in London.


R


ichard Hands, Chief Executive of ACE UK, comments: “After


significant investment in recycling fromourmembers – Tetra Pak, SIG Combibloc and Elopak – the beverage carton industry has shown what can be achieved when building a


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nation-wide recycling infrastructure fromscratch, in less than four years. “Overall, 88%of households


in the UK now have access to carton recycling – either through kerbside collection or the industry’s own bring-bank system– but we’re keen to push further still. In particular, we’re committed tomaking recycling easier for the consumer and we urge local authorities to continue to work with us to increase kerbside coverage.We’re delighted that WalthamForest andWest


Oxfordshire have helped us to reach this newmilestone.” John Parkinson, Interim


Head of Street Scene atWest Oxfordshire District Council, said: “We started a new waste and recycling service at the end of 2010 and this has enabled us to introduce beverage carton recycling fromApril this year. Our Council is very keen to give residents asmany opportunities as possible to recycle and beverage cartons are the latest in a long list of materials that they can recycle as part of the weekly


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Coca-Cola joint venture goes ahead


ECO Plastics has announced that it has received planning permission from Lincolnshire County Council for a £15 million expansion at its Hemswell sorting facility. The expanded facility - a joint


venture between the company and Coca-Cola Enterprises - will supply food-grade recycled PET to Coca-Cola Enterprises. The agreement is the first of its


kind in Britain and will see ECO Plastics continue to source, sort and clean used plastics, which will then be made into rPET flakes. Having been extruded into food-grade rPET pellet in the new facility, these will then be utilised to produce preforms which will


be blown into Coca-Cola’s world famous bottles. The expansion will increase


ECO’s capacity from 100,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes of plastic per year, just under 50% of the total plastic bottles collected within the UK last year. Of this, 40,000 tonnes will be food grade rPET pellet, an increase of 25,000 tonnes per year from the plant’s current capacity, almost 70%of


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