Sustainability

National Packaging Waste Database – Environmental Agency

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The Environment Agency (EA) has published monthly packaging figures (in comparison to the usual quarterly figures), in a bid to provide a better understanding of packaging recycling trends and greater transparency. The Agencies and Industry Packaging Operational Liaison Group (AIPOLG) meets quarterly to discuss and address operational issues around the regulation of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) […]

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Sustainable Development Indicators, 2013 – Welsh Government

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The latest National Statistics produced by the Welsh Government were released on 22 August 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The booklet is similar to the UK report Measuring Progress: Sustainable Development Indicators published in July 2010. Key points: 22 of 44 indicator assessments show a clear improvement. 18 of

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Signatories from across the sector join new waste industry commitment – Zero Waste Scotland

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The first four signatories to Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment have been announced. Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment is a voluntary initiative for organisations in the resource management industry to demonstrate their support for Scotland’s zero waste ambitions and show their commitment to delivering high-quality resource management services. The commitment asks organisations to agree to do a

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Hotspot data on day-to-day products

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Engaging, shareable summaries – known as product slide decks – are available for the top 50 grocery products that are likely to contribute most to the environmental impacts associated with UK household consumption. The slide decks include environmental hotspot information relevant to the product category, reduction opportunities, case studies and other key resources and initiatives

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