Mars UK, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are all supporting a new £1m initiative to improve the recyclability of "flexible" plastic bags, wrappers, films, pouches, packets and sachets.
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As the UK continues to open up after a year of lockdowns and other restrictions, the construction industry has been at the forefront of the economic recovery with activity levels at a seven-year high.
Soaring demand has strained the availability of a number of key materials, with some experiencing double-digit inflation.
Earlier this year, the UK Government asked the Construction Leadership Council to monitor the situation, which saw it set up the Products Availability taskforce. In the months since it was founded, it has added more and more items to its list of products facing constraints.
Construction News looks at how some key materials have been affected and how the situation could develop in the coming months.
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An estimated 209,642 tonnes of plastic waste created in the UK, was dumped in Turkey, according to a new report.
Analysis by Greenpeace suggests more than half of the plastic waste flagged as recycled is actually sent overseas for other countries to deal with.
It is claimed Malaysia and Poland are among the top export countries for the UK’s plastic waste, as well as Turkey.
The report also suggests less than 10% of household plastic packaging gets recycled in the UK.
It notes the volume of plastic waste generated every year in the UK exceeds the country’s capacity to recycle it.