We are sponsoring and running the first ever conference coffee cup deposit refund scheme (DRS) on at this September’s RWM (Resource and Waste Management Conference) held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham. Launched in partnership with the NEC’s catering arm, Amadeus, under the scheme all food and beverage retailers [...]
Next week our chairman Dominic Hogg and the Head of our New York office Sarah Edwards are presenting at the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)’s WASTECON in Nashville. The event will bring together leaders in the industry from waste management companies to government officials and policy makers to [...]
We are running a photo competition as part of our Clean Rivers Cleaner Seas campaign which aims to raise awareness of riverine plastic pollution. Sustainable clothing brand Finisterre has joined forces with us and will be offering a Litus Waterproof for the winning photo. The aim of the competition is to [...]
We have been commissioned by the Institut Cirkulární Ekonomiky (INCIEN) and beverage company Mattonito design and model a deposit return scheme (DRS) for disposable beverage containers in the Czech Republic. Currently, over 12 million single-use plastic beverage containers are bought in the Czech Republic each year. The country’s current general [...]
On the 11th July our Brussels office will be co-hosting a forum exploring ‘How to Reduce the Impact of Plastic Products on the Marine Environment’ in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and European media platform EURACTIV. The forum follows the European Commission’s launch of an awareness-raising [...]
On World Environment Day, marked on the 5th of June, the UN Environment Programme launched the latest policy document outlining action to tackle plastic pollution caused by single-use items. Our Chairman Dominic Hogg was one of the peer reviewers for the new report. The report, Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for [...]
