A year since the plastic bag charge was introduced in England, how can environmental communications continue to create change? One year ago the law changed on single-use plastic bags in England….
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The pitfalls of celebrity chefs taking the moral high ground on packaging, recycling and food related issues was illustrated yet again when several of London’s top chefs called for a ban…
Debate continues to rage in the waste and resource management sector about the merits of the European Commission’s Circular Economy Package. Pelican Associate Director, Will Herman, looks at whether higher…
Billy Bottle, Jenny Jar, Bertie Bulb, Recycling Ricky and Max the Dragon – mascots have been a feature in many consumer recycling. Numerous column inches have been given over to…
In an interesting development, Sainsbury’s has announced the launch of five-year project to tackle household food waste. The £10m project is part of the grocer’s ‘Waste Less, Save More’ initiative…
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) recently confirmed 2013 as the best year ever for steel packaging recycling across Europe. An outstanding European-wide recycling rate of…
Social one-upmanship may help encourage more environmentally positive behaviour according to new research from the USA. The study, published by Environment and Behavior journal, finds that people who visit neighbours are…
Households in Bury have become the first in England to have their rubbish bins collected once every three weeks. The policy, which is designed to boost recycling rates, starts in…
The possibilities are endless: the original Recycle Now advertising campaign. A decade on from the launch of the Recycle Now campaign over 95% of consumers are committed to recycling, saying…
When it comes to plastic packaging, the majority of consumers have no idea what to recycle according to new research from the USA. An online poll by the Institute of Scrap…