Glass

Two directors and two employees at Nationwide Recycling have pleaded not guilty to allegations that they fraudulently issued packaging recovery notes (PRNs) for waste it had not received.

New figures published by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) show that countries in the European Union have kept the average glass recycling rate at 68 per cent.

A report published by the Association of Cities and Regions (ACR+) for the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) has said that separate waste collection schemes should be supported in order to build a circular economy for glass packaging.

An investment of £6 million is to be made to upgrade Viridor’s Bonnyrigg glass recycling plant for it to become the most advanced facility of its type in Europe.

British Glass has welcomed the recognition of re-melt in the Government’s proposed packaging targets but would like to see more detail on how it will work.

Three men and a woman have appeared in court over allegations that they committed a fraud while working at Welsh glass recycler Nationwide Recycling.

WEEE recycler SWEEEP Kuuwsakoski has bought the world’s first furnace capable of recovering pure glass and lead from glass cathode ray tubes.

Molson Coors the brewer behind the Carling brand has decided to drop glass in favour of aluminium bottles.