Unite union’s four-day strike at corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa, scheduled to begin in Northampton on Friday, has been suspended to allow appeals to be heard.

Unite union members working at Smurfit Kappa in Northampton are to strike again this week, after two members were allegedly fired for confronting the company about contract issues.

Chris Dow, CEO of Closed Loop Recycling, takes a look at the problems facing the plastics markets

A new trade association for the UK bioeconomy, the Biobased and Biodegradable Industries Association, will officially launch next month.

Gemma Stapeley, former Head of Recycling at Aylesford Newsprint, has been appointed Interim Commercial Manager at DS Smith’s recycling division.

The Material Security Working Group has written an open letter to party leaders calling on them to ‘publicly commit’ to establishing an Office for Resource Management.

Unite union members working at Smurfit Kappa in Northampton begin 48-hour strike after two members were allegedly fired for confronting the company about contract issues.

The founder of plastics reprocessing company ECOPlastics Recycling, Jonathan Short, has left the company, just three months after it was bought out.

Stakeholders are being asked to respond to a consultation on changes to the producer responsibility schemes for batteries and packaging, and submit evidence relating to a review of recycling targets.

Chris Dow, Chief Executive of plastics reprocessing company Closed Loop Recycling, has said that the company will “inevitably go into administration” without government or industry support.