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‘Simpler Recycling’ or recycled promises? Calling for a stronger approach to UK flexible plastic packaging recycling

By Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Environment Posted:

Thanks to the rollout of Simpler Recycling, in a little less than a year, flexible plastic packaging (such as bread bags, food pouches, chocolate bar wrappers and crisp packets) will be collected from homes and businesses for recycling across the UK. As things stand, the UK is ill-prepared to recycle what will be collected. If […]

Still trash? UK flexible plastic packaging recycling and infrastructural contraction

By Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Environment, Urban Posted:

From food packaging to washing detergent pouches, flexible plastic packaging is an increasingly common feature of everyday life. This rising use is commonly explained as part of well-meaning moves to lightweight products, shrink carbon footprints, and reduce the overall use of plastics, but despite these intentions, only a small fraction of flexible plastic packaging is […]

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