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Unilever push forward with plastic recycling technology

Consumer goods giant Unilever has announced a partnership with start-up company Ioniqa which it hopes could deliver recycling of PET waste into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.

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Edinburgh Zoo goes green for plastic waste campaign

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Plastic recycling specialists raise £3.7m through crowdfunding

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Britons are getting recycling wrong

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London signs up to water refill scheme

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Collapsed wind turbine manufacturer blasts Westminster approach to Scotland

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Chancellor announces consultation on single-use plastic tax

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It’ll take collective action to curb coffee cup waste

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UK may be overestimating plastic packaging recycling figures by 10% each year

A report from environmental consultancy Eunomia has revealed that the UK may be overestimating how much plastic packaging waste is recycled by as much as 10% each year, meaning the UK may have failed to meet previous recycling targets set by the EU.

The report has identified that when plastic material enters the market it is clean, dry and free from extra materials such as labels. However, once it has been used and recycled, its weight has increased to due moisture and other external factors. This could account for an extra 3.5m tonnes of extra plastic packaging waste being produced each year.