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Mars bar wrappers changed to paper from plastic in UK trial

Confectionary with environmentally friendlier packaging will be available at 500 Tesco stores

The Guardian - UK

Tory MSP left lost for words over Deposit Return scheme claim during BBC interview

A TORY MSP was confronted with the "double standards" the UK Government has imposed on Scotland over its deposit return scheme - after…

The National (Scotland)

Mars announces huge change to its wrappers

It is being trialled as more environmentally-friendly packaging is looked at

Wales Online

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Crucial negotiations on inking global plastics treaty kick off in Paris

Delegates from 175 countries are gathering in Paris hoping to reach a multilateral agreement on cutting plastic waste by 2024, but there's growing debate between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry in favour of recycling.

Radio France Internationale

Lithium-ion batteries to blame for garbage truck, waste facility fires

Waste crews are dealing with up to four fires every week in trucks and at facilities, an industry body spokesperson says.

ABC News

Mars bars test brand-new environmentally friendly paper wrappers - as firm aims to cut down on plastic use

The move comes after the company achieved carbon neutrality for the first ever time this year - via carbon credits and emission reductions

Chronicle Live

Re-Cycle challenge to donate 120 cycles to underprivileged children in Kannur

To make school reopening memorable for underprivileged children and to instil in them the importance of recycling, the ‘Re-Cycle’ challenge initiated by Student Police Cadets (SPC) of Shenoy Smaraka Government Higher Secondary School (SSGHSS) in Kandankali here will donate 120 refurbished cycles on June 1, when schools are set to…

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Tesco shoppers will notice huge change with popular chocolate bar

The move is being piloted for a limited time across Tesco stores

Manchester Evening News

Mars bars given huge makeover with plastic wrapping ditched

The chocolate manufacturer said bars with the new recyclable paper packaging will be available in Tesco stores to explore different packaging options

Daily Mirror

Westminster 'blocking us at every turn', claims Lorna Slater in deposit return scheme row

The Green minister could not guarantee the deposit return scheme would still go ahead in Scotland next year following a late intervention from the UK Government.

Daily Record

Mars bars given environmentally-friendly new look with paper packaging

The wrappers will be tested for a trial period in Tesco stores

Evening Standard

Plastic-spewing artwork unveiled for Paris talks against waste

Lobbyists Greenpeace unveiled an artwork in Paris on Saturday in the shape of a machine churning out bottles in front of an oil derrick to coincide with talks on eliminating plastic waste.

Reuters

Humza Yousaf remarks on BBC's 'extraordinary framing' of Deposit Return Scheme row

HUMZA Yousaf has called the BBC's framing of the UK's demand that Scotland alter an ambitious recycling scheme "extraordinary".

The National (Scotland)

Recycled and reused food contact plastics are ‘vectors’ for toxins – study

Research provides a unique review of contact chemicals in packaging, utensils, plates, etc and how they contaminate food

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Humza Yousaf receives late night letter 'demanding' glass exclusion from DRS

The UK Government has demanded Scotland remove glass bottles from its deposit return scheme (DRS) if the initiative is to go ahead, First Minister…

The Independent UK

UK Government will permit Scottish deposit return scheme – but without glass

Ministers wrote to Humza Yousaf confirming an exemption to permit the scheme to go ahead would be granted, but without glass bottles.

Wales Online

Cardiff Council has been using diesel generators to charge electric bin lorries

The council has said it's a temporary measure to mitigate a fault between its new vehicles and electric chargers

Birmingham Post

Reconomy Group buys Nottinghamshire-based UK Waste Solutions

UK Waste Solutions employs 160 people and owns brands including Novati, AMA, Click Waste UK and Evolution

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Birmingham Post

New investors for waste management company RiverRidge as BGF divest

The company has been bought by two Luxembourg-based funds

The Guardian - UK

Toxins hidden in plastics are the industry’s dirty secret – recycling is not the answer

We need to know more about what goes into plastics and better regulation of how recycled products are used, says environmental chemistry lecturer Dr Charlotte Lloyd

Irish Mirror

Massive clean-up underway after battery acid and oil spills from overturned lorry on busy Louth road

A section of road remains closed while specialist waste removal crews deal with the situation

Birmingham Post

Big interview: Cosmetics brand Lush lifts lid on new green hub in Dorset

The 40,128 sq ft of warehouse space, in Poole, will play a crucial role in Lush’s commitment to creating a cyclical business model

The Guardian - UK

Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns

Campaign group says plastics are incompatible with circular economy as countries prepare for treaty talks

AAP

Govt to force change on packaging industry

Australia's packaging industry will be forced to clean up its act under new mandatory regulations, the government says.

The Guardian - UK

Recycling can release huge quantities of microplastics, study finds

Scientists find high levels of microplastics in wastewater from unnamed UK plant – and in air surrounding facility

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