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Over one million tonnes of textiles are discarded annually, mostly from domestic sources, of which 25% are recycled. 80% of textiles waste is reusable!

Industry News

22 August 2010

WRAP reports positive outlook for recycling plastic industry

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18 August 2010

Voluntary deals “way forward” for business waste

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15 August 2010

Put fears aside and use compost from recycled waste, farmers told

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05 August 2010

Quarterly data sees England hit 39.3% recycling rate

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30 July 2010

UK firms generating more waste paper than ever

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20 July 2010

WRAP launches £2m plastics recycling fund

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15 July 2010

Light touch approach to underlie Waste Review

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09 July 2010

UK warned it will run out of landfill sites in 8 years

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01 July 2010

Audit commission to review advice after Pickles letter

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23 June 2010

UK aims to raise public awareness of the benefits of recycling

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17 June 2010

SITA poll finds that education boosts recycling

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16 June 2010

‘Fundamental’ waste review announced by Spelman

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08 June 2010

Spelman endorses recycling and points to waste review

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07 June 2010

UK largest contributor to EU waste emissions

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01 June 2010

New plan will boost AD industry

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21 May 2010

Councils to be encouraged to pay people to recycle

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14 May 2010

Latest data sees England hit 38.8% recycling rate

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05 May 2010

Report seeks to dispel commingled ‘myths’

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05 April 2010

Our £17bn waste mountain: Annual bill for throwaway Britain

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01 April 2010

Landfill tax rises to £48 per tonne

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26 March 2010

Defra concedes need for greater ambition on C&I waste

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24 March 2010

Chancellor extends landfill tax escalator until 2014

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21 March 2010

Restrictions to landfill could save money and the environment, says new WRAP report

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13 March 2010

EIC calls for landfill tax escalator to be extended

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12 March 2010

Peat based compost to become a product of the past?

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04 March 2010

Ambitious targets proposed to recycle of 70% of packaging

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23 February 2010

Wales targets landfill bans with new powers

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23 February 2010

Peat-free garden centre composts better than peat says Which? Gardening

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15 February 2010

Growth in recycling rates largely due to composting

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09 February 2010

Household recycling up but business recycling stagnant

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08 February 2010

English recycling rate hits 38.3%, Q1 figures show

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03 February 2010

Britain launches comprehensive system of feed-in rates

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01 February 2010

Sainsbury’s calls for a boost to AD as it signs food waste deal with Biffa

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27 January 2010

Hilary Benn points to staged imposition of landfill bans

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20 January 2010

Defra acknowledges call to do more on C&I waste

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13 January 2010

Electronic waste transfer notes could be UK-wide in 2011

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04 January 2010

Study highlights savings from using compost

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02 January 2010

Environment preview of 2010

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17 December 2009

LGA environment chief reveals priorities for waste

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03 December 2009

Defra proposes landfill diversion target amendments

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25 November 2009

Conservatives repeat pledge to put a floor under landfill tax

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23 November 2009

Britain’s greenest city is Newcastle, according to report

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16 November 2009

UK must ‘radically overhaul’ how it deals with waste

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11 November 2009

Low carbon energy sources need $10.5trn investment, warns IEA

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05 November 2009

Benn launches business resource efficiency drive

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02 November 2009

Benn launches reduce, reuse, recycle campaign

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26 October 2009

UK composting industry is booming

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15 October 2009

Commercial and industrial waste aims published

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14 October 2009

Benn outlines plans to make UK a ‘zero waste nation’

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13 October 2009

‘Big step’ needed on UK landfill

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