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This World Oceans Day, we look at how Pune’s Zerocircle is crafting bio-soluble packaging from seaweed

Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize winner Neha Jain of Zerocircle tells us why she decided to tap into the potential of seaweeds to offer a solution to the mounting plastic crisis

The Hindu

Recycling plan is a costly mess as deposit return scheme in Scotland postponed

Record View says the scheme was a sound idea that has become a huge waste of money.

Daily Record

Industry 'relieved' that Scotland's deposit return scheme delayed until 2025

The recycling scheme was due to go live in August this year

The National (Scotland)

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Scotland delays deposit return scheme by at least two years, blaming Westminster

Scottish government says UK ministers’ decision to exclude glass from the scheme effectively sabotaged it

The Guardian - UK

Controversial plans for industrial recycling site at Butterwell given green light

The disposal point ceased operating back in 2016 but will be brought back into operation with materials being exported by rail

Chronicle Live

Primary school children’s ‘Scarecrow Wood’ aims to attract birds, not chase them away

They will all be displayed in Really Rubbish Scarecrow Wood at Antrim Castle Gardens during Garden Show Ireland

Belfast Live

European Metals Recycling seals new 10-year deal with Port of Tyne

The company , which says the new contract anchors the business in the North East, has recently invested £1m at the site

Birmingham Post

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The streets in Newport where three weekly bin collections are starting first as date announced

Thousands of residents will see the changes implemented in just a few weeks

Wales Online

Council's bulky waste collections to remain free as new provider confirmed

The local authority ended its partnership with Bulky Bob's last year

Liverpool Echo

Questions over Tory DRS block as Scotland Office minister whisky shares revealed

A SCOTLAND Office minister who has backed calls for glass to be taken out of the Scottish Government’s deposit return scheme is a major…

The National (Scotland)

More questions over Tory DRS block as Scotland Office minister whisky shares revealed

A SCOTLAND Office minister who has backed calls for glass to be taken out of the Scottish Government’s DRS is a major shareholder in a whisky…

The National (Scotland)

First steps agreed on plastics treaty after breakthrough at Paris talks

Delegates from 180 nations set out pathway to binding global agreement on tackling plastic pollution as soon as 2025

The Guardian - UK

'The air is unbreathable': Congolese living near a foundry say they are being poisoned

For weeks now, Cyrille Traoré Nbembi has been filming video after video of the black smoke coming out of an old foundry and factory located just a few metres from his home in Vindoulou, an area on the outskirts of Pointe-Noire, in Congo. As his family and neighbours continue to…

France 24

Retail NI launches Northern Ireland’s High Street Hero Awards 2023

Online voting for all categories opens on Tuesday July 4

Belfast Live

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The Independent UK

Political row over Scotland’s deposit return scheme explained

The environmental initiative is at the centre of a political storm.

Daily Mirror

Robinsons is ditching its iconic plastic bottle as part of new trial

Robinsons says the new packaging aims to reduce waste with 85% less plastic per serve, compared to a one litre bottle of its Double Concentrate - but what do you think of it?

Insider UK

Offord: let's learn DRS lessons and work on UK-wide scheme

Scottish Secretary calls the current impasse 'an opportunity' to change the relationship between Holyrood and Westminster

Daily Record

Asda announces sweeping change to essential grocery item in every UK store

Asda has announced that the permanent move will affect all its own-brand fresh milk products.

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Creative Bloq

Corona beer's unusual new ads have sparked a heated design debate

Too clever for its own good?

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf urged to ‘hold his nerve’ on Scotland's deposit return scheme

Environmental campaigners are calling on Scotland’s First Minister to “hold his nerve” and press ahead with the UK’s first deposit return…

Daily Record

Golden ticket: Top Tory u-turns on deposit return scheme after Heineken sports gifts

EXCLUSIVE: Maurice Golden had previously supported calls for glass to be included in the country's flagship recycling scheme.

The Conversation

Building activity produces 18% of emissions and a shocking 40% of our landfill waste. We must move to a circular economy – here’s how

Architecture, engineering and construction employ 1.2 million people in Australia and account for 9% of GDP. But our biggest services sector also produces roughly 40% of landfill waste and accounts for 18.1% of Australia’s carbon footprint. The sector must change its practices fast for Australia to meet its commitments to…

The Independent UK

Yousaf urged to ‘hold his nerve’ on UK’s first deposit return scheme

Environmental campaigners urged the Scottish First Minister to continue with the scheme, despite Westminster barring it from including glass bottles.

The National (Scotland)

Westminster BLOCKS key part of Scottish recycling scheme

WESTMINSTER has refused to allow Scotland to include glass in its planned recycling scheme.

The National (Scotland)

Deposit Return Scheme can 'absolutely' work without glass, says operator

SCOTLAND'S Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) can “absolutely” go ahead without glass bottles included, according to the boss of the company…

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