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08.09.2010 RECYCLING  RECOUP UK now recycles 45% of plastic bottles / Year-on-year increase of 6% / Kerbside collections of over 215,000 t

31.08.2010 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  UK consumption of single-use bags falls for fourth consecutive year / Ahead of next year's bag tax, Wales show largest decline in usage

27.08.2010 PLASTICS RECYCLING  Demand for food-grade recovered plastics outstrips availability / Great opportunities for UK manufacturers / Small number of export markets / New WRAP report

26.08.2010 RECYCLING  BIR worried Europe's recycling industry is becoming too dependent on China

19.08.2010 RESEARCH  German scientists develop new recycling technique for fluoropolymers / Striving for pilot plant

04.08.2010 UNITED KINGDOM  Waste and disposal industry generated GBP 16 bn in 2009 / Poor show in European comparison / Needs outweigh available infrastructure / Sector dominated by private foreign companies

27.07.2010 MIXED WASTE RECYCLING  WRAP launches loan fund to boost mixed waste reprocessing in the UK / 90% of mixed plastic currently goes to landfill

26.07.2010 GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY  Recovery gathers momentum in H1 2010 / Turnaround exceeds forecast by far / Cautious optimism prevails / A third of companies believes business could return to pre-crisis levels by year's end

09.07.2010 EPS RECYCLING  EPS recycling in the UK equivalent to 33% of domestic production / Growth hampered by lack of governmental support

11.06.2010 PU RECYCLING  InfiChem introduces new technology to convert scrap PU foam into new polyols

31.05.2010 PACKAGING RECYCLING  Plastic milk bottles set to meet UK recycling target / 85% of bottles contain 10% recycled polymer

10.05.2010 RECYCLING  First plastics recycling facility in Wales / June pencilled in for on-spec production of food-grade rPET

25.03.2010 PLASTICS WASTE MANAGEMENT  Mechanical recycling remains favoured option in UK / End-of-life alternatives considered for plastics and biopolymers / WRAP's 2010 update study

18.03.2010 POLYMER RESEARCH  New organic catalyst technology could herald recycling revolution / New type of biopolymer / Pilot applications for pharmaceutical industry planned

17.03.2010 PLASTICS RECYCLING  Laser robot can sort six different plastics / European - Japanese cooperative effort

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