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At the latest EC Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive review, under section 5.2 the following suggestions were discussed: reuse-  Expand the recycling target to include reuse by allowing the reuse of reuse reuse packaging be credited to the recycling target...

The ESA (Environmental Services Association) has produced a report detailing the benefit of circular economy to GDP...

According to the WRA (Wood Recyclers’ Association) during 2012 more wood waste was used for biomass than in the panel board industry...

New site, new brand, new . . . fish - what should we call our new office recruits? RPS has introduced two new fishy friends to its workforce, only thing is we don't know what to name them! Add your ideas in the comments box below and your name choice may be chosen...

Confused about the different waste definitions? Has a waste item been recycled or reused? Below is a selection of definitions from the revised Waste Framework Directive for 2012 to help clarify some of the words that keep reappearing in the news and the packaging world...

Last September Environcom visited the RPS stand at the RWM Exhibition in Birmingham. Initial discussions focussed on RPS providing Environcom with a solution to manage the unwanted pallets that deliver waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) to their Grantham site...