STARK CHALLENGES AHEAD - 750,000t household plastic packaging goes uncaptured
Thu 08 December 2022
RECOUP estimates that a staggering 750,000 tonnes of post-consumer plastic packaging is not currently collected for recycling, in its new UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey report
RECYCLING PLASTIC PACKAGING IN THE UK - WHO OWNS THE BOTTLENECK?
Mon 24 October 2022
2022 UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure report, finds there is a clear bottleneck in the UK’s recycling infrastructure for plastic recycling.
CHELTENHAM & S. GLOS JOIN UK’s BIGGEST FLEXIBLE PLASTIC HOUSEHOLD COLLECTION & RECYCLING PILOT
Thu 13 October 2022
RECOUP is proud to be among the working partners in the Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) FlexCollect project, which also includes Ecosurety, Defra, SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK, UKRI SSPP, LARAC, WRAP and ...
PET TRAYS HIGHLIGHTED IN RECOUP’S FLAGSHIP ‘RECYCLABILITY BY DESIGN’ GUIDE
Wed 12 October 2022
Plastics resource and recycling charity, RECOUP, launch new edition of the popular ‘Recyclability By Design’ publication, the essential guide for all those involved in the development and design o...
RECOUP CONFERENCE CEMENTS ITS PLACE AS THE ONE TO BEAT – YET AGAIN!
Wed 05 October 2022
Plastics recycling charity, RECOUP, again proves its position as the number one conference in the plastics recycling and resources sector with another outstanding day of debate and presentations.
RECOUP INAUGURAL AWARDS HAILED A SUCCESS
Fri 30 September 2022
RECOUP launched their inaugural awards at their annual conference to celebrate excellence in plastics recycling and resource efficiency, the first in its 32-year history.
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS SET QUALITY STANDARD FOR RECYCLED PLASTIC
Fri 30 September 2022
The Environmental Services Association, with support from the British Plastics Federation (BPF), Recycling Association and RECOUP publish a defined quality standard for post-consumer recycled plastics...
RECOUP HIGHLIGHT HOW SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION CAN SOLVE RECYCLABILITY CHALLENGES
Thu 22 September 2022
This new Recyclability by Design Case Study demonstrates improvement of meat packaging recyclability by changing to a Mono rPET base film without a PE sealing layer as a packaging solution.
RECOUP WELCOME LAUNCH OF REBOUND PLASTIC EXCHANGE
Thu 08 September 2022
RECOUP welcome Rebound’s extremely thorough plastic specification standards, essential to achieve quality which enables recycling to be done in an effective and ethical way and develop a universal s...
RECYCLING COST PRESSURES HIGHLIGHTED BY RECOUP
Thu 08 September 2022
RECOUP, highlight that their annual Conference on Thursday 29th September at KingsGate Conference Centre, Peterborough, will provide a platform to discuss the pressures currently felt by UK reprocesso...
RECOUP at RWM & Letsrecycle Live
Mon 05 September 2022
With the new collaboration between RWM & Letsrecycle Live 2022 just over a week away, 12,000 visitors are set to descend on the NEC in Birmingham on 14-15 September 2022 for two action-packed days. ...
RECOUP ANNOUNCE PLASTICS RECYCLING AWARDS FINALISTS
Thu 01 September 2022
Discover who made the RECOUP Recycling Awards shortlist, pushing the boundaries in terms of opportunities for plastics recycled content as well as new ways to improve recyclability and resource effici...
RECOUP REMIND PACKAGING DESIGNERS TO REMEMBER THE BASICS
Mon 22 August 2022
While packaging needs to perform its main function, to protect and preserve the product, above anything else; recyclability guidelines exist to help packaging designers to make sure their packaging is...
RECOUP QUESTION THE GROWING TREND FOR MATERIAL SWITCHING
Tue 16 August 2022
RECOUP question the trend of material switching under the guise of plastics reduction strategies.
Wed 27 July 2022
Underpinned by work in Kent with 680,000 households and all 13 Kent Councils; leading plastics resources and recycling charity, RECOUP, has called for the industry to agree the basic principles of pl...
