Recycling 
Scarborough-based Econoplas, which makes drainage systems from recycled plastic, is celebrating after winning a Yorkshire Post Environment Awards on 4 March, being named Manufacturer of the Best Green Product.
11 March 2010
Scottish soft drinks company AG Barr, maker of the IRN-BRU carbonated drink, is planning to cut the amount of PET it uses in bottles across all its product ranges.
9 March 2010
Colortronic (UK) says it has supplied materials handling systems to Nampak Plastics Europe to allow inclusion of recycled HDPE into the rigid packaging company’s HDPE containers.
8 March 2010
Helesi, the Greece-based waste management products manufacturer and services supplier, has agreed terms for the sale of Helesi UK, which makes two-wheeled waste bins, to Straight, the maker of recycling containers.
8 March 2010
A big increase in UK packaging reduction targets could be unachievable without greater support by central and local government, the plastics industry has warned. The target for recycling plastics packaging has more than doubled to 56.9% by a deadline of 2020.
5 March 2010
The Zero Waste Scotland initiative has launched a £5m capital grant programme on behalf of the Scottish government, to develop plastics reprocessing infrastructure in Scotland.
3 March 2010
The Plastics 2020 Challenge, the sustainability initiative launched last year, has expressed concern over plastics recycling cuts by an English council.
3 March 2010
Award-winning plastics recycling business Greenstar WES hit new production records in December when it produced nearly 700 tonnes of food-grade recycled HDPE (rHDPE) plastic flake, taking its overall 2009 production total to 5,900 tonnes.
1 March 2010
AWS Eco Plastics has been granted planning permission by the Lincolnshire County Council Planning Committee for an expansion of its facility near Caenby Corner on the A631.
1 March 2010
Plastics distributor Laird Plastics will help reduce plastic waste resulting from the Olympic Games in Vancouver. The firm began working with Olympics organisers three years ago.
1 March 2010
A Welsh company, Affresol, has developed the technology to build affordable low carbon homes from recycled waste plastic and minerals – including packaging and manufacturing waste. Each house consists of approximately 18 tonnes of material that would otherwise be destined for landfill.
26 February 2010
Slovakian waste recycling company Elektro Recycling plans to expand its operations with the installation of a new plastics reprocessing line at its plant in Slovenská L’upča.
25 February 2010
AWS Eco Plastics has increased production of its rPET pellet (purePET 78). The move follows an announcement from Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE) that it is investing to boost UK use of post-consumer recycled PET.
24 February 2010
Wrap (Waste and Resources Action Programme) ceo, Dr Liz Goodwin, has told the UK's key stakeholders in the recovered paper and plastics supply chain that China remains the key export market, and that Chinese importers increasingly use quality, as well as cost, to differentiate between suppliers.
23 February 2010
Thermodynamix Thermoforming Specialist Services (TDX), based in Team Valley, Gateshead, is planning to install a second recycled PET extrusion line at its plant, with a view to doubling its production and increasing its 70-strong workforce, according to local news reports.
22 February 2010
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