A new report by Eunomia proposes a system of levies and rebates to cut down on the use of raw materials in manufacturing and incentivise those producers that use more recycled materials.

The European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) is inviting companies across Europe to enter their products for the EPRO Best Recycled Plastic Product Innovation and Sustainability Awards.

Plastic waste reprocessor Recycling Technologies has formally opened its new facility in Swindon, which it says will triple Europe’s waste plastic recycling capacity.

The Environment Agency should be given the power to impose new fines on waste operators that deliberately mislabel their waste to avoid tax rules, according to an independent review ordered by Environment Secretary Michael Gove.

Waste management charity WasteAid UK will run a two-year plastic recycling project in The Gambia with government funding from UK Aid Direct.

The UK Plastics Pact has published its Roadmap to 2025, a document setting out how Pact members can achieve its ambitious targets to reduce plastic packaging waste.

Ocean plastics initiative Waste Free Oceans has unveiled the first emergency shelter made from recycled plastic retrieved from the river Po in Italy.

PowerHouse Energy, a UK company pioneering hydrogen production from waste plastic and used tyres, has been certified by an independent technical assurance organisation.

Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd’s new in-house recycling plant, based at its site in Haydock, Merseyside, will be fully operational in January 2019, following a recent investment boost.

Thornton’s Budgens in Camden has introduced plastic-free zones with more than 1,700 products free from plastic packaging.