recycling
APEAL welcomes Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
APEAL, The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has cautiously welcomed the general approach of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) published by the European Commission.
Stranger times
Having now returned from my extended trip across Thailand and then Bali, the feeling’s a mixed one. Obviously I’ve got the post-holiday blues, but the UK is increasingly a stranger place to be right now.
CMI urges action on recycling legislation
The Can Manufacturers Institute is urging the House Leadership and House Energy and Commerce Committee to immediately pass two bipartisan recycling-related measures during the remaining weeks of the 117th Congress in the US.
Closing the infinite loop
“Infinitely recyclable” is a phrase you hear a lot in the canning and metal packaging industry, however it relies on consumers doing just that: recycling.
Alupro to discuss DRS at the 2022 Environmental Packaging Summit
Tom Giddings, executive director of Alupro, will present his thoughts on what a successful deposit return scheme (DRS) for the UK should look like at this year’s Environmental Packaging Summit.
Gunna Drinks lobbies UK Government with #letscanplastic campaign
Craft canned lemonade brand, Gunna Drinks, has launched a petition to lobby the UK Government to ban the use of single use plastics in the soft drink industry.
Preston City Council partners with Alupro
A new programme run by Alupro promoting aluminium recycling has been rolled out by Preston City Council in the UK.
Novelis breaks ground on $2.5 billion aluminium recycling & rolling plant
Novelis has broken ground and begun construction on its $2.5 billion recycling and rolling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama.
Sainsbury’s switches all its coffee pods from plastic to aluminium
Sainsbury’s has announced it has changed its entire coffee pod range from plastic to aluminium pods, allowing customers to recycle them at home.
Soaring PRN prices highlight importance of national reform
According to half-year data published by the Environment Agency in August, the UK continues to report impressive aluminium packaging recycling volumes.
The Recycling Partnership elects CMI’s Scott Breen to board of directors
Top leaders in sustainability, industry, and the circular economy were recently elected to The Recycling Partnership’s board of directors, including the Can Manufacturers Institute’s Scott Breen.
Continuing the beverage boom
Evert van de Weg studies the growth pattern of the beverage can market with Mark Smyth, author of the recent Smithers study The Future of Metal Packaging and Coatings to 2027.
Aluminium Deutschland integrates DAVR into operations
Aluminium Deutschland (AD) is taking over the tasks of the Deutsche Aluminium Verpackung Recycling (DAVR), with the existing DAVR being dissolved and continued as an AD working group on behalf of the shareholders.
Every Can Counts partners with Well. canned water
Irish canned water brand, Well., is partnering with Every Can Counts to support the mission to increase recycling rates across Ireland.