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The Top Three Ways Manufacturers Can Go Greener Many manufacturers are focusing on creati...

Cardboard Recycling Case Study One of our most recent customers included a leading pet fo...

PMMA Recycling Case Study At Plastic Expert we have vast experience with clients from mul...

It is estimated that around 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean every yea...

The Race For Sustainability As brands continue the journey to try to become more sustaina...

Paptic has launched the newest addition of fibre-based packaging that is sustainable, the ...

In a world filled with nature, there is still plastic finding its way everywhere and anywh...

Co-op Removes Bags-For-Life From All 2,600 Stores Co-op has announced that they will be r...

UK-based innovative technology company Recycling Technologies have been researching and en...

Sir David Attenborough has been educating the public on the natural world for decades and ...

‘Mount Recyclemore’ Sculpture Appears In Cornwall Of G7 Leaders Heads A sculpture mad...

Evian Partners With Hubbub For Wimbledon Evian has announced their partnership with #InTh...

HelloFresh Tackle Plastic Pollution Whilst Helping Communities HelloFresh has partnered w...

The Netherlands Recycling History The Netherlands is reputed to be the first Western Euro...

China's Influencing Change Nationwide Shanghai, China has a population of 24 million, whi...

Mainetti Launches Global Recycling Initiative With Huge Brands Mainetti, the global retai...

Mission Launched By Astroscale To Remove Space Debris Astroscale is the first private com...

What Is The Ocean Cleanup? The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit engineering environmental org...

New Plastic Packaging Tax Announced In The UK The government’s Finance Bill is currentl...

Environmental Cleanup By Ugandan Cyclist Gerald Ndashimye Gerald Ndashimye, 32, has been ...

Palmolive Ultra dish soap bottles now made with 100% recycled plastic Palmolive is relaun...

Thailand’s Collective Efforts Are Transforming Their Waste A green movement sparked by ...

Canada’s Environmental Movement A country’s ability to have an effective recycling sy...

Recycling in South Africa Recycling in South Africa has had a different environmental his...

Coffee Lovers Can Recycle Their Used Machine Pods With New Scheme For the first time, som...

Five hospitals in the UK have bought special thermal heating machines which convert used p...

P&G To Reduce Virgin Plastic In The Packaging Design Phase RecyClass is a multi-indus...

At Plastic Expert we have vast experience with clients from multiple sectors, with one of ...

Luxury cosmetics go green by recycling their packaging “The Estée Lauder Companies (EL...

NGO SapoCycle Recycled Luxury Hotel Soap Is Saving Lives A non-profit organisation in Swi...

Tesco To Start Recycling Bread Bags And Crisp Packets Tesco has developed a new plan to r...

Waitrose Moved By A 10 Year Olds Campaign Waitrose has previously made greener choices wi...

#ReclaimTheMask Scheme By ReWorked Wilko is set to trial an in-store recycling scheme for...

Corona has created a new, circular form of packaging for 6-pack made from ‘waste’ prod...

Enval's Recycle Scheme Welcomes Merchant Gourmet Merchant Gourmet launches Appetite for C...

The Innovative Recycling Scheme Lidl's new recycling scheme has been announced in Scotlan...

From Polyethene To Fabrics Scientists have found a way in which they can reduce plastic p...

Turning Waste Plastic Into Bricks  Kenyan entrepreneur, Nzambi Matee, has created a meth...

The Environmental Audit Committee has launched an enquiry into deposit return schemes acro...

One of our most recent customers was part of the food distribution sector supplying olives...

Football club Forest Green Rovers are making their mark on the pitch with a green approach...

Innovative Film Solutions, working towards innovation in sustainable plastic recycling, ha...

A team of academics from the University of Birmingham, University of Surrey and Cranfield ...

Popular Swedish furniture firm, Ikea, has announced their decision to start selling spare ...

International conglomerate, Coca-Cola, has announced a new sustainability plan that produc...

Scientists have discovered that a species underwater seagrass, Posidonia Oceanica, may be ...

Working from home has become the new normal. Despite a steady growth of remote working sin...

Two of the biggest global consumer brands, Unilever and Alibaba, have combined forces to c...

Much of the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) used to protect wearers and those around t...

Over a plate of sushi, Canadian entrepreneur, Felix Böck, came up with an ingenious idea....

We received a call from a Northamptonshire based Garden Centre which was local to our sale...

We received an enquiry from a packaging manufacturer in regards to their baled recyclable ...

We received an enquiry from a water company who needed help recycling up to 30 tonnes of H...

Plastic Expert received a call from a local authority in the South of England, who had ove...

With Christmas getting closer, Plastic Expert decided to give £350 worth of lego to the P...

Waste pollution continues to be a pressing issue globally, contributing to environmental d...

The UK have been recycling their waste for around 80 years, however, this has taken on a n...

Prato, a town in the northern part of Italy, has grown its fortune through transforming wo...

  Boots have launched a new campaign which is recycling thousands of empty beauty ...

Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has produced a UK Plastics Pact. The aim of ...

The University of York has launched a £5.4m project with the Royal College of Art (RCA), ...

Stone Group, a total IT lifecycle management company, has created an innovative new applic...

Plastic Waste 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year, with 40% of that bein...

Mars Confectionery Announces Plans To Use Recycled Plastic For Pet Food Packaging Large c...

How Electric Vehicles Can Create More Sustainable Business Electric vehicles have taken t...

Clothing Made With Recycled Materials Over £340 billion worth of textile material is thr...

Plastic Packaging Tax The UK government has published a draft legislation regarding plast...

The New Innovative Design Ribena has announced the launch of their new and improved plast...

Innovations Changing The Construction Industry Here at Plastic Expert, we are recycling a...

Achieving Recycling Goals Plastic Expert is working with UK manufacturer EBC Brakes to pr...

The Ocean Clean Up - Who are they? The Ocean Clean Up was founded in 2003 by Boyan Slat i...

An Open Letter An open letter from more than 40 businesses, campaign groups, and supermar...

The ever-growing problem with plastic in our oceans is becoming more and more apparent as ...

Plastic, has become a central figure in our lives. We wake up and brush our teeth with it,...

As we covered in this recent article, the UK coronavirus lockdown that stretched from Marc...

Plastic products are used in everyday life, from pictures frames and plastic films, throug...

One of the leading reasons why the UK continues to be a leader in innovation is because of...

If you’re in charge of a business that produces hazardous waste as part of your business...

It is estimated that over 700 species of marine animals are known to be affected each year...

The term Zero Waste is being spoken about more and more in recent times but what does it a...

At Plastic Expert, it’s our aim to increase the use of sustainable packaging where possi...

Although most people today realise the importance of recycling as much as possible, it see...

Plastic is one of the most widely used materials in the world and it is found in everythin...

The coronavirus has caused unprecedented disruption across the globe. Countries have been ...

Look around.  Plastic is everywhere.  The average home has hundreds of pieces of plastic...

Each year, over 12 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans, causing untold sufferi...

The issue of plastics in our ocean is one that is climbing the agendas of governments and ...

Domestic appliances make our lives considerably easier. Without them, we’d have to deal ...

We use plastic in so many different things, from a wide range of products, through to lots...

When people make a decision to use a business, there are a number of factors they like to ...

It’s impossible to avoid the news and chatter surrounding climate change, greenhouse gas...

You probably had a good idea that cars weren't any good for the environment - unless you�...

Wrap launched its new campaign ‘Clear on Plastics’ - this campaign sets out to give cl...

At some stage, you’ll get rid of an old television. You want to upgrade to a new one, so...

Fly-tipping is a serious problem across the UK. It’s the act of illegally disposing of y...

Ibiza is one of the most popular party and tourist destinations in the world. Every year, ...

Plastic and waste plastic has long been seen as the biggest issue when tackling the enviro...

There’s been some big news in the supermarket industry at the start of 2020. The Co-Op h...

Whenever there’s talk about plastic recycling and reducing waste plastic, carrier bags s...

Finding new methods for recycling is vital if we want to manage our impact on the planet. ...