Disused Underground Bottles to be Recycled
Closed Loop Recycling, the Dagenham-based company that recycles both PET and HDPE plastic bottles, has confirmed it will partner with waste management company Bywaters and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to recycle the plastic bottles left on London’s Tube network. The deal will see used plastic bottles collected on the Underground taken to the firm’s [...]
Plastic Bottles Provide Light to Impoverished Families
A new development project has been launched in the Philippines to harness the properties of plastic to provide lighting to impoverished communities. Many of the poorer neighbourhoods in Manila feature iron-roofed homes that do not contain any windows for natural light, depriving many families of light entirely given the expense of purchasing electricity for light [...]
Plastics 2020 Challenge response to the Waste Review
The Plastics 2020 Challenge, an industry initiative representing the whole plastics supply chain in the UK, has welcomed the content of the government’s waste review publication issued today. Peter Davis of the Plastics 2020 Challenge said: “We welcome the clear fact that government has listened carefully to what industry has been saying for the last [...]
Johnson’s Baby launches new Wipe Out Waste campaign
Johnson’s Baby has launched a new initiative with TerraCycle designed to reduce the amount of its products ending up as waste by re-using their brand’s packaging. Under the agreement, the plastic found in used packets of Johnson’s Baby Wipes will used to create new brand products such as mouse mats and bibs, reducing the amount [...]
