Posts Tagged ‘George Kiernan’

As of 1st April 2022, the new plastic packaging tax is in effect in the United Kingdom. Under this tax, businesses who do not use plastic packaging with a minimum of 30% recycled content will have to pay a £200 per tonne levy.

A new set of environment and sustainability targets were announced yesterday by the government of the United Kingdom, which included the aim of halving the amount of waste sent to landfill and incineration by 2042.

Contaminated Recycling Bins The recycling industry in the United Kingdom is facing a growing problem as households are more and more often failing to properly dispose of the waste they produce. The last few years have seen this problem steadily increase as residents place greater amounts of non-recyclable waste items, such as food waste or…

Data from Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that the country’s plastic waste recycling rate is only 28%. This is a very troublesome figure in the face of Ireland’s 2030 emissions reduction targets.

Domestic Plastic Recycling report outlined a route to increasing the amount of plastic waste recycled in Northern Ireland and across the UK in 2030 by as much as three-and-a-half times the 2019 levels.

A group of cross-party MPs is calling for the government’s proposed deposit-return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers to use a variable price model.

A new inquiry into a possible UK deposit return scheme for drinks containers has been launched by the Environmental Audit Committee.

British banks have been facing growing pressure from climate activist groups to step up their commitment to fighting climate change. Many major banks are beginning to launch climate change products, as well as…

Businesses should not think their customers no longer care about the sustainability of their practices because of the pandemic.

2020 has been without question an incredibly challenging year for all of us; with this in mind, we at Let’s Recycle It LTD would like to sincerely thank everyone for their support and their loyalty. This has probably been the toughest year for recycling in as long as any of us can remember. The obstacles…