Angus Macpherson, Managing Director of The Environment Exchange, gives an update on the market for PRNs

Enthusiasm to simplify the recycling instructions on packaging risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater, writes Simon Weston, Director of Raw Materials for the Confederation of Paper Industries.

The Scottish Government has submitted legislation for the introduction of its deposit return scheme (DRS) for beverage containers, with the scheme currently slated for a 1 April 2021 commencement date.

Mark Burrows-Smith, Chief Executive of REPIC, looks at the challenges for WEEE recycling and how data can help fulfil government policy objectives.

A new EU regulation requires that online retailers take responsibility for compliance documentation on electrical items if there is no appointed manufacturers’ representative.

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has launched an inquiry into the environmental and human health impacts of electronic waste (e-waste) and the opportunities for the circular economy for electronic goods.

The Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has stated that some form of packaging compliance fee could be introduced in 2020, but that the tight legislative timetable would preclude its introduction in 2019.

The Packaging Scheme Forum has warned of a looming crisis in the packaging recycling industry, with the price of Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs) for plastic rising while recycling rates drop. Could a packaging compliance fee be the solution?

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including NLWA, Casepak and Clarity Environmental.

MPs are calling for immediate action to introduce an extended producer responsibility regime for packaging based on the ‘polluter pays’ principle.