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Costa Brews Up Nationwide Coffee Cup Recycling Scheme

Costa has officially launched its new coffee cup recycling scheme in over 2,000 stores across the UK, promising to ensure any paper coffee cup deposited by customers is recycled. The company, which first announced the move last autumn, said the…

MEPs Back Higher Recycling Targets

MEPs on the EU’s environment committee yesterday backed the adoption of more ambitious waste and recycling targets under the Circular Economy Package. The lawmakers voted to boost the municipal recycling target from 65 per cent to 70 per cent by…

Recycling Rates in England Drop for First Time

Recycling rates in England have fallen for the first time ever, prompting calls for a tax on packaging and meaning EU targets are now almost certain to be missed. The amount of rubbish sent to recycling plants by householders had…

Recycling Focus for Turkey’s Hospitality Sector

The Turkish government has launched a recycling campaign targeting the glass, plastics, paper and metal discards from hotels, restaurants and cafés. The HoReCa campaign will be centred mainly on major cities such as Istanbul, İzmir and the north-western province of…

Northern Ireland Overtakes England in Recycling Carbon Index

Northern Ireland’s recycling saved 4.5% more CO2 emissions in 2014/15 than the previous year, according to Eunomia Research & Consulting’s latest Recycling Carbon Index. 77% of Northern Irish councils are reported to have shown an upward trend and the total…

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