THE 3-YEAR PROJECT - 30 YEARS ON
Wed 08 July 2020
This year RECOUP celebrate 30 years of influence and work within the plastics recycling value chain.
RECOUP’s 2020 Webinar Programme
Wed 01 July 2020
An extensive programme of webinars is being run throughout September and October 2020 by RECOUP to allow for quality discussion and debate on the key issues facing plastics recycling and resources. ...
RECOUP 'Plastics Resources & Recycling - The New Reality'
Tue 16 June 2020
Registrations for the web programme is free to all, and is available at www.recoup.org/webinar2020. The 2021 Conference is already open for registrations, with all previous registrations having th...
RECOUP Launches ‘Don’t Throw On The Go’ Campaign
Wed 03 June 2020
This week we launched our new social media campaign, Don’t Throw On The Go. From the results of our recent COVID-19 survey and discussions we have had, we know that there is concern about the publi...
Wed 03 June 2020
RECOUP has announced, RecyClassUK, the first approved recyclability certification for rigid plastic packaging in the UK. RecyClass, which is run by Plastics Recyclers Europe, is an initiative to crea...
UK Legislation and Policy Update Summary
Wed 03 June 2020
There are various legislative and policy developments in relation to plastics, packaging, circular economy, sustainability and the environment. We have summarised some of the key items below. 1) Q...
Wed 03 June 2020
The RECOUP Team are: Anne and Amanda – Communications & Engagement Communications, member and consumer engagement, schools education, event recycling and education activations, and our Pledge2Re...
NEW: Infrastructure Report 2020
Tue 12 May 2020
The UK could be set to face significant challenges in its ability to recycle household plastic packaging, with reprocessing infrastructure potentially needing to double, according to new research by R...
Mon 04 May 2020
LAST UPDATED: 14-May-2020 To date, many unprecedented challenges have been faced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under strict UK government guidance, the requirement has been to stay at home ...
FREE Webinars: UK Circular Plastic Network & Knowledge Transfer Network
Mon 20 April 2020
The UK Circular Plastic Network (UKCPN) & Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) will be hosting a series of workshops to support collaboration for the next Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging competitions ...
Mon 20 April 2020
Every now and then we are afforded the opportunity where our past interests and hobbies can be put to real use and one of the RECOUP staff has been doing just that. Anne Hitch has been putting her se...
New Film Recyclability Guidance
Mon 20 April 2020
Recycling charity, RECOUP has released its updated Recyclability by Design publication to include guidelines for recyclability of plastic film. The publication includes RecyClass’ recyclability tab...
Use of Black Plastic in UK Packaging Continues to Drop
Wed 15 April 2020
RECOUP release 2020 update to the Black Plastic Packaging Forum report. The report estimates that black packaging used in the UK has dropped from around 36,000 tonnes to 10,000 tonnes going into 2020....
Tue 25 February 2020
The RECOUP team will be at Packaging Innovations, NEC on 26-27 February. Pop along to stand M38 and pick up our brand new brochure and book your place for the RECOUP Plastics Recycling and Resources C...
RECOUP Plastics Resources and Recycling Conference 2020
Tue 28 January 2020
We’re pleased to announce the RECOUP Plastics Resources and Recycling Conference 2020 will be held at the KingsGate Conference Centre in Peterborough on Thursday 24th September 2020 – save the dat...
