All Plastic articles
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         Comment & Opinion Comment & OpinionBags for life need their fill of carrots tooSupermarkets must charge at least 10p for bags for life. But where’s the reward for shoppers? 
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         News NewsWelsh government facing Internal Market Act threat to DRS plansSources say Defra is alarmed at the prospect of the October 2027 rollout of DRS facing chaos if Wales presses ahead with its plan to include glass 
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         News NewsTesco to increase bag for life price by a thirdTesco is expected to raise the price of its cheapest reusable shopping bag to 40p this week 
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         Comment & Opinion Comment & Opinion‘Get out of the way’: why industry won the EPR power playNot everyone is happy, but minds are now increasingly focused on how EPR can actually provide the £10bn-plus investment to revive flatlining council recycling rates and lead to the circular economy it was all supposed to be about in the first place 
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         News NewsDefra says government must ‘get out of the way’ and let industry run EPRDefra’s circular economy director Emma Bourne confirmed the government planned to hand over the vast majority of functions for running EPR to a producer-run organisation 
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         News NewsTesco calls for government legislation to boost shift to reusable plastic modelThe UK’s biggest retailer also said ministers needed to take action to reverse the trend of recycling facilities closing their doors 
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         News NewsCircular online grocer launches refillable, ‘return by post’ sister brandWeekly.Shop has launched a sister brand – Refill.Shop – to make ‘reusables as easy and attractive as single-use’ 
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         News NewsDawn Meats reduces scope 1 and 2 emissions by 63% in sustainability driveThe reduction has been achieved over a six-year period from 2018 to 2024 
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         News NewsSeafood unfairly singled out in microplastics debate, scientists sayEvidence has suggested that fish and shellfish are not the main source of human exposure to microplastics despite more than 70% of scientific and media coverage on microplastics in food focusing on seafood 
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         News NewsTargets dropped as Plastics Pact II launches new missionWrap has set out a new mission to shift to a circular packaging system 
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         News NewsTesco’s former reusable packaging partner calls for regulation on plasticTom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle and boss of pioneering reuse sytem Loop, said France’s experience had shown a combination of regulation and funding incentives could help the industry move from ‘pointless pilots’ to a full-scale rollout 
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         Category Report Category ReportRefillable revolution: trends in personal care 2025Personal care brands are cutting plastic use by switching lines to refillable packaging. So, are single-use formats’ days numbered? 
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         News NewsSupermarkets to pass vast majority of EPR costs on to shoppersFigures released today by the BRC say that more than 80% of he costs of the new packaging tax are likely to be passed on to consumers 
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         News NewsSuppliers face supermarkets' 'wall of silence' in face of £1.4bn EPR costsYouGov found the vast majority of suppliers had received no communication over EPR, its impact on inflation, or whether their costs would be covered by retailers and price hikes 
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         News NewsWaitrose relaunches Duchy Organic range with 24 new productsThe relaunched range has begun hitting stores this month with the addition of 24 new products including Wholewheat Tortiglioni, Milano Salami and Aged Red Leicester 
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         News NewsWales applies to World Trade Organization to launch deposit return scheme with glassDocuments filed last week set out the Welsh government proposals to include bottles and cans made from plastic, steel, aluminium and glass 
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         News NewsTech bosses unveil futuristic deposit return machine as UK prepares for rolloutThe Tomra R2 was showcased for the first time this week at the RWM Expo at the NEC, Birmingham 
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         News NewsAll toothpaste tubes sold in UK now 100% recyclable, says WrapIn a ‘landmark move’, all were now ‘made from the same material as milk bottles using high-density polyethylene’, Wrap claimed 
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         News NewsOne in three vapes dangerously discarded, poll revealsOnly 30% of regular vape users are correctly disposing of their vapes through retailer takeback schemes or specialist battery and electronics recycling facilities 
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         News NewsChocomel drops can in favour of wider 300ml bottle rolloutThe move to a larger 300ml bottle comes following the success of a limited rollout in the first half of this year 
 





