from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Living Seas Centre, to collect and record litter found on their local Filey beach on the North Yorkshire coast and raise awareness of sustainability.
Cromwell celebrates a reduction in littering
Cromwell Polythene has released results from a comparison beach cleaning and litter surveying programme to mark Recycle Week 2018, indicating that levels of seaside rubbish have decreased.
The research is part of the company’s 35th anniversary activity, and follows on from similar research conducted during last year’s recycle week. The only increases compared to last year’s results were for paper/cardboard and metal, which both multiplied significantly, and medical waste.
23 of Cromwell’s staff joined Great British Beach Clean organisers, the Marine Conservation Society and volunteers
RPC recycles PLASgran into its operations
RPC bpi recycled products has acquired leading rigid plastics recycler PLASgran Ltd, giving a boost to UK recycling and sustainability efforts.
Together, the companies aim to spearhead the UK’s efforts to meet the surge in demand for packaging made from recycled plastics.
PLASGRAN, based in Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, was launched in 1999 and is run by a management team led by Mark Roberts. The company recycles nearly 50,000 tonnes of rigid plastics each year. RPC bpi recycled products is the largest polythene film recycler in Europe, with the scope and
France mulls penalty for non-recycled plastic packaging
France is planning to introduce a penalty system for consumer goods packaged in non-recycled plastic.
The move is part of a pledge to use only recycled plastic nationwide by 2025, and will likely lead to an increase in the cost of consumer goods for products still contained in non- recycled plastic. A plastic bottle deposit-refund scheme is also planned for the coming years.
Under the scheme, products with recycled plastic packaging could cost up to 10% less, while those that use non-recycled plastic can cost up to 10% more. The French government
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Cromwell’s MD, James Lee, said: “It’s very encouraging that levels of waste materials have decreased across the same stretch of beach compared to results from our previous year’s analysis. What is also clear is that it’s not just plastic packaging washing up on the beaches and I’m pleased to see a decrease in plastic waste.
“Brought into public focus through Blue Planet II, people are becoming more aware of the impact of rubbish in our oceans. The reduction in littering may be down to more people taking part in organised litter picks due to increased awareness of marine pollution. Measures like the expansion of recycling initiatives in public spaces can also help encourage people to recycle on the go.”
Highlights from this year’s collection over 2017’s results include a 6% decrease in plastic/polythene, an 84% drop in rubber items, 370% increase in paper/cardboard materials, and a 58% decrease in wood materials. Incidents of bagged dog faeces being found were identical to the 2017 research.
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expertise to recycle over 120,000 tonnes of used plastic a year.
Gerry McGarry, Managing Director of RPC bpi recycled products, explained: “With PLASgran joining our RPC bpi recycled products group, we are now clearly the largest plastics recycler in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. This is great news not just for both our business and our customers, but for the wider society. We are in a unique new position to help the UK step up its efforts to meet evermore pressing sustainability goals and to help the environment.”
Mark Roberts will continue to run the PLASgran business, and will join the RPC bpi recycled products Business Unit Executive Team.
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also aims to increase taxes on burying trash in landfills while cutting recycling operation taxes.
France has already outlawed single-use plastic bags in supermarkets (unless they can be composted), and the country currently recycles around 25% of its plastic, according to 60 Million Consumers magazine. Supermarket chains Carrefour and Leclerc have also announced they are to stop selling plastic straws soon, before they are outlawed by 2020.
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