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The social media accounts linked to from Talking Rubbish are: • Facebook • Instagram • TikTok • YouTube • WhatsApp • Email • Discord • X • Bluesky Besides social media accounts, rubbishpodcast has populated their site with: • PPWR’s August deadline under pressure as leaked industry letter draws NGO backlash • Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation - European Commission • Over 120 companies urge EU to keep PPWR on schedule - Plastics News • Diving deeper into the EU's latest guidance on the PPWR | Article | Packaging Europe • Recycling, Recyclers and Technology | Tetra Pak United Kingdom • Powdered Oat Milk | Delicious & Instant Vegan Drink | Overherd • Panini UK | Stickers, Comics, Trading Cards & More • Legacy REDcycle plastics processed as industry calls for more consumer buy-in - ABC News • Torridge District Council calls on residents to help name its new recycling lorries | Torridge District Council • Open sesame? Sainsbury’s and Tesco drop lids from pots of hummus | Food | The Guardian • How to Make Egg Cartons With Just Waste Paper And Water • A delightful day at the dump: ‘The trick is not to leave with more stuff than I arrived with!’ | Recycling | The Guardian • Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution - BBC News • Pet snake goes for ride through recycling facility | AP News • Alligator Removed from Liberty Recycling in Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Authorities in Italy accuse man of training dog to illegally dump his rubbish - BBC News • Ace UK – The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment • Switching from bio-based packaging material to mono-material polypropylene (PP) could improve recyclability and reduce wastage, says sports nutrition brand Lecka. • One Good Thing | Fuel with ease using tasty, all natural nutrition. • Biffa and FCC Environment EA reporting • Cigarette butts for free food? How one group is asking people to rethink litter | Waste | The Guardian • Explore eu directive on single-use plastics • Environmental claims: Biodegradable and compostable - ASA | CAP • Natural Polymers Group - Solving the Global Plastic Pollution Problem • Xampla • Notpla | Sustainable Packaging Made from Seaweed • Why we don't say "plastic-free" - Vegware News • PLASTICFREE - CREATE WHAT’S NEXT • First 'Plastic Free Trustmark' Launched | Article | Packaging Europe • Clipper Teas — Natural, Fair & Delicious Tea since 1984 • Asbestos - HSE • Help - Product Safety Recalls | Dunelm • New watchlist published to put a spotlight on waste - GOV.UK • Third waste carrier convicted in Environment Agency operation - GOV.UK • Bournemouth beach buried in rubbish after bank holiday heatwave crowds | The Independent • What Goes In My Food Waste Caddy? - North East Derbyshire District Council • Animal by-product categories, site approval, hygiene and disposal - GOV.UK • Welcome to SusWoT - Sustainable Westbury-on-Trym SusWoT • Talking Rubbish LIVE - episode 100 Tickets, Wednesday, June 17 • 6 PM - 7:30 PM UTC | Eventbrite • Loi anti-gaspillage économie circulaire • The German City That Defied McDonald's and Dumped 'To-Go' Waste • Reposit • Borro | Reuse Made Easy — Sustainable Packaging Solutions • REUSEABLE - pantsystem for takeaway-emballage i Aarhus • Enviu and Pathé Bioscopen Join Forces to Transform Cinematic Experience Through Sustainable Reuse | Enviu Newsroom • Product News | Hive Home • Tracking Starbucks Deceptive Recyclability Claims — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution • North East Lincolnshire to recycle more than ever before with simpler rules | NELC • The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 • An evening Talking Rubbish Tickets, Thursday 25 June • 6 PM - 11 PM | Eventbrite • PRN consultation • Plastics recycler seeks buyer after administrators appointed - letsrecycle.com • Wales DRS delay could expose scheme to £300m annual fraud risk - letsrecycle.com • Article 9 PPWR – Why certain packaging formats should be compostable – European Bioplastics e.V. • Sinclair home • South Gloucestershire Council introduces new recycling bags for households | Newsroom • Ecosurety Team fundraising for WasteAid UK is fundraising for WasteAid UK • Jude Pullen • RadioGlobe - by Jude Pullen / Core77 Design Awards • Discover goats vs llamas 3D board game • User anger as Amazon ends support for some older Kindles - BBC News • Recycle | Recycle Your Electricals • Sonos U-turn over 'bricking' its smart speakers - BBC News • eBooks.com: Buy Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Textbooks Online • Smashwords – Home • uk.bookshop.org • Award-winning e-bikes with high-tech features | VanMoof • KODAK CHARMERA Keychain Digital Camera Blind Box Collection • Resources | Exchange for Change • Lib Dems pledge £5,000 cash rewards for illegal waste tip-offs - BBC News • What bin strike announcement means for Birmingham - BBC News • Environment | London Marathon Events • REFUSE REFLECTIONS: ‘Deposit Return Schemes, a lot of deposit but what’s the return?’ - letsrecycle.com • Barcode Country Codes Explained | Bar Codes Talk • 192 Of The Most Genius Barcode Designs Ever | Bored Panda • Polytag - Green Plus • What is GS1 Sunrise 2027? | GS1 US • Local authority collected waste management – annual results 2024/25 - GOV.UK • FryAway Shark Tank: Waste Cooking Oil Solidifier • Results 2026 (Home Page) | The Big Plastic Count • How Kamikatsu became Japan's first zero-waste town. - Upworthy • PPWR legislation • Reuters - plastic price surge • Bloomberg - Exxon (XOM), Dow, NOVA (NCX) Raise Plastic Prices as Iran War Jolts Oil Market • Redcar CO2 plant reopens in Iran war contingency plan - BBC News • Cow called Beau Vine legally approved to dispose of rubbish - BBC News • Exchange for Change ‘considering an appeal’ of Welsh DMO rejection - letsrecycle.com • Litter picking kits - Bristol Waste Company • Home - Ele-Collection • Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do - GOV.UK • British Glass submits pEPR evidence report to DEFRA highlighting unintended impacts on UK manufacturing | British Glass • ‘It’s 3p on a pack of sausages’: UK food firms say packaging tax adds to inflation | Packaging | The Guardian • Wee isle dairy winds up production as 'green tax' bites • Re-turn annual report • HTA | Gardeners face a ‘postcode lottery’ on recycling plant pots, horticulture sector warns • Circular economy Services & advice at B&Q • Cigarette butts and filters used to insulate attic - BBC News • South Africa’s paper recycling grows • Batteries data • Nativia • Nativia brochure • Watch The Plastic Detox | Netflix Official Site • 8 things to know about palm oil | WWF • Does Lush use palm oil? | LUSH • Does palm oil really rule the supermarket? • A global partnership to make palm oil sustainable - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) • Palm Oil scorecard • Octopus Energy boss: We've seen a 50% rise in solar panel sales since start of war in Iran - BBC News • Febreze air freshener - Amazon Q&A • Febreze Air Care Free Recycling Program | TerraCycle · TerraCycle • Fevertree takes Environment Agency to court over green tax • Leafline • Simpler recycling: household recycling in England - GOV.UK • Coca-Cola kicks off new 500ml 'Superfan' can with Premier League money-can't-buy experiences • UK Packaging PRO appointed to deliver Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme - GOV.UK • Reforming the packing waste recycling note (PRN) system - GOV.UK • How much does Royal Mail make from undelivered parcels? - BBC News • Royal Mail is not selling ‘lost parcels’ for £1 – Full Fact • King Colis Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of www.king-colis.com • metro.co.uk • Waste Crime Action Plan - GOV.UK • RECOUP | Four out of five English local authorities without kerbside plastic film recycling collection are gearing up to launch it by 31st March 2027 • Ecosurety | FPF FlexCollect wins edie award for partnership and collaboration • Will higher fuel prices from global conflicts drive EV uptake? - ABC News • EV vs ICE: 2025 Cost, Range & Performance Comparison • European Union CO2 standards for new passenger cars and vans: Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions - International Council on Clean Transportation • Does high gasoline price spur electric vehicle adoption? Evidence from Chinese cities - ScienceDirect • Danish study - Electric vehicle adoption and energy prices: Empirical evidence from four Nordic countries - ScienceDirect • Glasgow Union Street fire: What we know so far - BBC News • Gel Packs 39% higher Co2 to produce than Water Packs • Greenwashing in the cold chain • Guernsey mother in tears after £11,500 battery waste fine - BBC News • Overflowing communal bins creating a 'green slum' in St Pauls - BBC News • How to use one paper towel | Joe Smith | TEDxConcordiaUPortland • Which is More Eco-Friendly - Air Dryers or Paper Towels? – A Drop in the Ocean • Paper towels least green way of drying hands, study finds | Energy efficiency | The Guardian • Talking Rubbish - Recycled Content | Podcast on Spotify • Notpla | Organisation | V&A Explore the Collections • Our Footprint – Air Wick® Botanica | Air Wick UK • Councils handed stronger legal powers to crack down on littering - letsrecycle.com • Leisure Loop: Flippers and goggles transformed into bench - BBC News • The No1 Binman • Lost Forest: why is BrewDog’s green scheme causing controversy? | Trees and forests | The Guardian • Scottish Forestry funding to Brewdog Lost Forest project: EIR release - gov.scot • Letter from Mike Berners-Lee • Oxygen Conservation - Home • Home - parkswatchscotland • Global Recycling League Table - Phase One Report - Eunomia • Instagram • Tree Shelter Collection & Recycling Programme - Tubex • SustainabiliTREE: A podcast focused on sustainable woodlands • Welsh DRS to include glass after UK Government grants exemption • UK approves use of recycled plastic in food packaging • Food Waste Disposers | InSinkErator • WaterUK position on food waste disposal units • Grocery store urges customers to rethink plastic with embarrassing bags | Canada | The Guardian • Bloomberg article • Attorney General James Uthmeier Leads Multistate Coalition in Calling Out Radical Environmental Groups for Antitrust Violations | My Florida Legal • Green Agreements Guidance • ICC guide on competition law • Council looks set to pause introduction of food waste collections | Wyre Forest District Council • FT - China running out of rubbish to burn • Electronics Collection Bag | The Modern Milkman • Friends Meal • ‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body | Plastics | The Guardian • Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains | Nature Medicine • University of Queensland report • Microplastics: State of the Evidence on Health Effects and Public Perception (03.10.2025) • A closer look at P&G’s recyclable plastic pump | Article | Packaging Europe • 'Forever chemical' testing to be ramped up amid growing concerns. - BBC News • Sheffield bins - payment confusion • Recyclability assessment methodology: assessing materials - GOV.UK • Glitter banned by Dorset children's nursery chain - BBC News • The legislation (includes a list of the 31 councils not introducing food waste) • How To Recycle Your Contact Lenses | Specsavers UK • Ryanair rejects Starlink internet • New stats show another increase in recycling in Wales | GOV.WALES • Packaging Technical Interpretations • Wild - Refillable Natural Deodorants, Lip Balms, Body & Hand Washes • Fussy™ Refillable Natural Deodorant - As Seen On Dragons' Den • Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | Forestry England • Home | Exchange for Change • Reventas • Prices - letsrecycle.com • Sprite green goes clear creation • Waitrose becomes first UK supermarket to scrap coloured milk caps • Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study | News | University of Leicester • Kidlington Waste Clearance - Find a Tender • Fenton firm sees St George's and union jack flag sales jump - BBC News • How to Retire Your Flag | Military.com • Implementation plan (January 2026): Environment Agency's regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export - GOV.UK • Crafty inventor builds world's fastest wheelie bin that could hit up to 79 mph | Guinness World Records • Are you guilty of ‘double dishwashing’? Here’s how it’s damaging the environment | Euronews • PackUK advisory group members appointed and Chairs confirmed - GOV.UK • Packaging Innovations & Empack Birmingham 2026 • Birmingham bin strike reaches one-year mark with no end in sight • Simpler Recycling coming to Birmingham • EA to spend millions clearing Oxfordshire illegal waste mountain in break with policy | Environment Agency | The Guardian • Polypipe Building Products x Plumb Centre Recycling Initiative • The 1000 Tyres Project • California Tightens Requirements for Labeling Products as ‘Compostable’ • UK Gate Fees Report 2024-25 | WRAP - The Waste and Resources Action Programme • ESA report • The Fraud of Plastic Recycling | Center for Climate Integrity • UK statistics on waste - GOV.UK • Brita® Free Recycling Program · TerraCycle • Directory • Nepal to scrap 'failed' Mount Everest waste deposit scheme - BBC News • Battery charging breakthrough in lithium recycling innovation • ESA resurrects zombie batteries this Halloween | esauk.org • Traditional Wooden Toys, Puzzles and Jigsaws UK - Wood Like To Play Ltd • PackUK - GOV.UK • Fury as firms charged millions to cover EPR bad debt | News | The Grocer • PackUK promises refunds after hundreds of producers charged in error - letsrecycle.com • ‘RPD reporting system is hugely adding to pEPR stress’ - letsrecycle.com • Recyclability assessment methodology: how to assess your packaging waste - GOV.UK • Year 2 illustrative waste disposal fees: Extended producer responsibility for packaging - GOV.UK • Danish Ministry of the Environment report • Glow Sticks - North Carolina • Bristol rejects plans to move to three-weekly bin collections - letsrecycle.com • EU moves against cheap plastic imports • Aerosols | Recycle Now • Goodevas - Premium wooden climbing sets and furniture for children • Instagram - Bristol Backpackers • Beef Consumption by Country 2025 • Can Antarctica survive tourism? - Climate and Capital Media • Why a Swedish town is on the move – one building at a time | Sweden | The Guardian • Interrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countries • Go Away Green - Wikipedia • Sustainable materials - Sustainability - LEGO.com • LEGO reveals first bricks made from recycled plastic bottles | Article | Packaging Europe • Lego abandons effort to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles | Lego | The Guardian • The Cornish beaches where Lego keeps washing up - BBC News • Teenager finds ‘holy grail’ Lego octopus from 1997 spill off Cornwall coast | Lego | The Guardian • Lego overhauls packing lines with recyclable paper bags • Cadbury Heroes trials paper tubs in Tesco | The Grocer • House of Lords slams Environment Agency over waste crime ‘inadequacy’ - letsrecycle.com • Chocolate Advent Calendars 2025 – Tony’s Chocolonely UK • Hundreds of raw sausages fly-tipped near city centre - BBC News • UK households bin 168m Christmas lights and ‘fast tech’ items a year | Environment | The Guardian • Compostable plastics | Recycle Now • Christmas Sharing Tins & Boxes at M&S Food • Aberdeen recycling fire: People urged not to throw away batteries - BBC News • Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, but safety standards haven’t caught up, warn Fire Chiefs - NFCC • Wasteserv fires have made recycling uninsurable, company laments • Greenway Polymers fire costs council £200,000 - letsrecycle.com • Recycle Your Electricals - WEEE Recycling - Material Focus • Nitrous oxide ban: guidance - GOV.UK • ‘My customers like zero waste’: the blacksmith recycling canisters into cult kitchen knives | Recycling | The Guardian • Breaking The Plastic Wave: Stop Plastic Pollution | SYSTEMIQ • Kerbside glass collections expanded across Bedford Borough from Monday, 1 December | Bedford Borough Council • Recycling body criticises Pringles and Lucozade packaging - BBC News • Tesco RAG • Ribena progresses its sustainability journey by rolling up its sleeves | Suntory Beverage and Food GBI • Biffa - recycling in the UK report • Durham Council to trial weekly vape recycling collections - BBC News • Dylon report - fast fashion vs fabric dyes • Dylon | Detergents | Dyes | Fabric Experts • Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field - BBC News • Hoads Wood: The Bluebell woodland turned 'desolate wasteland' - BBC News • National waste crime survey 2025 - GOV.UK • Environment Agency investigation sees three individuals convicted for dumping 26,000 tonnes of illegal waste - GOV.UK • ESA responds to Mary Creagh ‘whole system failure in the waste industry’ comment - letsrecycle.com • No wheelie bin, rubbish piling up on my street - what can be done? - BBC News • Photoinitiated addition-cure for silicone-release coatings: Part 1 - Converting Quarterly • New law bans plastic wet wipes to protect rivers and seas - GOV.UK • Over 12% of materials in the EU come from recycling - News articles - Eurostat • Sustainable Productions Start Here | Leverage Point Entertainment • Albert 2025 report • Download SPA carbon emissions report • Home - albert • Subtitles to save the world • British Glass urges producers to ‘think twice’ before switching from glass - letsrecycle.com • Check if your material is waste - GOV.UK • COP30 • Calendar celebrates Greater Manchester wheelie bins - BBC News • Burger King • Waffle House Training - Pull Drop Mark Order Calling Method • I Powered My House Using 500 Disposable vapes - YouTube • thePlumber.com - statistics • Premium Toilet Paper and More | Who Gives A Crap UK • Made in China FAQ | Who Gives A Crap — Talking Crap • We convinced our landlord to spell out CRAP in solar panels — Talking Crap • WR Recycled White Toilet Tissue 9x240 sheets | Waitrose & Partners • Naked Paper | The UK’s Best Eco Toilet Roll • Snip to Recycle - Carex • The Earthshot Prize 2025 Winners & Finalists • Little Coffee Cup • Tracking Covid from wastewater • Skibidi Toilet • The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics | Ellen MacArthur Foundation • Ellen MacArthur Foundation • Jambeck plastic in the ocean study • Uncertainties in global estimates of plastic waste highlight the need for monitoring frameworks - ScienceDirect • Simon Jennings fish estimates • Richmond Council U-turn on £150 fine for coffee poured in drain - BBC News • Yellow fish campaign - Adur & Worthing Councils • How are scratch cards made? - Scratch Card Printing UK • Hearing begins in Biffa’s £166m case over delayed Scottish DRS - letsrecycle.com • Good Karma | Recycled foil • The Earthshot Prize - Urgent Optimism to Repair our Planet • Matter. - Matter. Pioneering plastic capture for the good of the planet • The $40,000 Olive: How Entrepreneurs Can Spend Time Saving Money • XP20-AP | Nerf Wiki | Fandom • Mum faces massive £5,000 fine for putting packaging in park bin because it wasn’t ‘public litter’ • Spin Master Playsponsible 2025 Update • Delterra, an environmental nonprofit • The $40,000 olive: A Lesson from American Airlines - Broker Insights • IATA - New Report on Single Use Plastics Products Focuses on Mitigation Strategies • IATA - Home • Aircraft waste: separating recycling and international catering waste - GOV.UK • Cornwall’s recycling rate increases by more than 20% after new collections rolled out - Cornwall Council • sweetgreen | Inspiring healthier communities • No more landfillings – all toothpaste tubes now recyclable for Recycle Week | WRAP - The Waste and Resources Action Programme • John Lewis losses nearly triple to £88m • Our Commitment to Sustainability - Capri Sun Group • Resource Hot 100 2025: Full List Revealed | Resource.co • Greenback and Amcor - advanced recycling • Everything Under the Sun: All Around the World: The BRAND NEW book of curious questions for every day of the year: Amazon.co.uk: Oldfield, Molly: 9780241619124: Books • Recycle Week | WRAP - The Waste and Resources Action Programme • Pop Mart • Labubu: The big hype behind the tiny plushie, in 5 charts | CNN • Blind box over-engagement and suicide risk among adolescents and young adults: Results of a large-scale survey - eClinicalMedicine • Vape ban isn't working, says waste firm boss • Peak Cavern • Yoghurt pots - Recycle Now • Chichester recycling service to stop due to low uptake • Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first | South Australia | The Guardian • Environmental Services & Solutions Expo: ESS Sep'25 • OPRL labelling rules change to support flexibles recycling - Food and Drink Technology • Ecosurety | Aldi pioneers transparency in flexible plastic recycling via the Flexible Plastic Fund • Flexible Plastic Fund • BBC NEWS | Health | Microwave 'sterilisers' warning • Reddit - sea sponge or plastic? • KKR set to launch £7bn sale of Viridor - letsrecycle.com • Plastic Packaging Tax income dips by 3% as recycled packaging grows - letsrecycle.com • BeWILDerwood - The Curious Treehouse Adventure • Citizens of Soil | The Olive Oil Club | Shop Extra Virgin Olive Oil • River Dart Country Park • Plastic Packaging Tax - GOV.UK • Brands cutting back on recycled plastic content as costs rise - Foodservice Footprint • Biffa closes Sunderland plastics recycling plant - letsrecycle.com • Viridor to close Rochester plastics recycling site - letsrecycle.com • Recycle BRITA Filters | BRITA® • The Aqua Optima® Water Filter Recycling Programme | TerraCycle UK · TerraCycle • London's 'Wet Wipe Island' in Hammersmith to be mass-cleaned - BBC News • Melksham man who paid for waste removal fined £600 | Wiltshire Times • Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided - BBC News • Global Plastics Treaty | Pages | WWF • Exclusive: Trump administration memo urges countries to reject plastic production caps in UN Treaty • More than 200 lobbyists at UN’s plastic treaty talks will limit progress, campaigners warn • BuzzBallz Free Recycling Program • Home - BuzzBallz UK • Buzzballz Strawberry Rita, 1.75L | Costco UK • Bitcoin: James Howells gives up on retrieving hard drive from Newport landfill site • Shein fined €1m in Italy for misleading environmental claims about products • Jenny's post about the Leon bins • Could aluminium become the packaging 'champion'? • Meadow • Alupro - The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation • One year on: Tethered caps reduce litter and reshape beverage bottle design • Single-use plastic carrier bags charge: data for England 2024 to 2025 • Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic a book by Saabira Chaudhuri. • Hanneke Faber presents our Foods & Refreshment strategy | Unilever • 89 billion and counting: Unilever’s out of control plastic sachet habit - Greenpeace International • Why do you continue to sell plastic sachets? | Unilever • Metal bottle caps ‘surprising’ source of microplastic contamination, study finds • Play-Doh • Playdough recipe • Liquid cartons move to a 'Recycle' label • Green packaging law makes plastic cheaper than reusable glass • itsu - eat beautiful • The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015 • Find your local Trading Standards office • Poor packaging costs firm £3,250 • Sainsburys excessive packaging case dropped - letsrecycle.com • How Amazon continues to improve its packaging • FAQS - Babybel - UK • The Babybel® Free Recycling Programme | TerraCycle® UK • Major grocery retailers collectively commit to introducing reusable packaging • Welsh bottle returns to start in 2027 - without glass refunds • Walmart’s steel water bottles recalled after ejected lids cause vision loss • The Hidden Engineering of Landfills • How a landfill site works • How does a landfill work? - SUEZ in UK • Film to be made on man who lost £570m bitcoin in Newport tip • www.compensators.org • Could this change the packaging industry forever? • MYGroup Black Soldier Fly project enters new phase - letsrecycle.com • Home - Behaviour Change • People are just realising Wimbledon balls become homes for mice • Microplastic contaminations in a set of beverages sold in France • Scientists issue urgent warning over drinking bottled BEER • What's next for green claims in the EU and the UK? • Scientists use bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol • Cornwall Council • Met Office launches search for new storm names • Small World Consulting | Sustainability | Carbon Accounting | Mike Berners-Lee • 2024 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market (SOVCM) - Ecosystem Marketplace • Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows • Microsoft buys 18m carbon credits • BrewDog drops ‘unsustainable’ offsetting approach and carbon negative pledge - edie • 6m Ozempic pens could end up in landfill yearly - letsrecycle.com • Sharpsafe 3 Litre 5th Generation Yellow/Grey -Sharps Bin Clinical Waste Disposal : Amazon.co.uk: Health & Personal Care • PenCycle • Reddit - The heart of the internet • Three weekly waste collections • Truckloads of Scotland's rubbish will be exported to England, say experts • Home – Earthfest 2025 • The show must go on report • A Greener Future • Green Gathering Festival • Home - Glastonbury Festivals • Glastonbury Festival: Clean-up of litter under way • No Tent Left Behind • Top tips for a waste free barbeque | Recycle Now • Littered with evidence: Proof that deposit return systems work • West Oxfordshire council defends four litter fines in decade • The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012 • FSA position on ocean bound plastic • Toolkit - Flats recycling package - ReLondon • Sustainability : Our approach | BIC Corporate • Disposable vapes ban: Why people are stockpiling ahead of June deadline • Why Walmart, Nestlé, Mars & More Have Left US Plastics Pact • Skip, Grab Hire & Roll on Roll Off Hire Bristol - Abacus Waste Management - Waste Collection Services • Plastic tongue cover • Ban environmental claims on dog poo bags | 38 Degrees • Scottish single-use cup charge likely delayed - letsrecycle.com • OPRL • The fly-tipped sofa: how an abandoned couch changed a small village – in pictures • M&S supplier back to pen and paper after cyber attack • New recycling tax set to drive up use of... plastic • Clorox fined for greenwashing ‘ocean plastic’ claims - edie • Diageo launches first 70cl paper-based bottle on-trade trial for Johnnie Walker • Milk bottles contain 40% recycled content • Closed Loop • UK's biggest plastic milk bottle recycler on brink of collapse • Paper Bottle - Absolut Vodka • Paboco | The Bottle • Water use in Uruguay • Reusable PP milk bottles distributed as Berry and Abel & Cole join forces • Heura launches packaging 3.0 with R-PET for chilled products - Retail Voices • Is paper packaging really more sustainable than plastic? • Homepage - Iceland – Doing it Right • Paper Meets Plastic: The Perceived Environmental Friendliness of Product Packaging • Birmingham bin strike: Why is it happening and what is the impact? • How to recycle Calpol | CALPOL® UK • Sherbourne Recycling • New wheelie bins roll out across the city from Monday 4 September | Milton Keynes City Council • Local authority collected waste management - annual results • Oxo-biodegradable plastic report • Expanded Polystyrene Recyclers Map launched • Toxocariasis • Heathrow ‘forced to shut down because of net zero’ • Summary of French laws • HuskeeSwap • Boston Tea Party • Textile Recycling Association • Conservative party to ditch commitment to net zero in UK by 2050 • Basildon bringing back weekly bin collections after backlash • Bristol's four-weekly bin collections idea 'dropped' • Home - James Cropper • Hot water bottles • Defra cancels mandatory single-use cup take-back scheme • The 3.2bn cup report • Viewpoint: The waste mountain of coffee cups • Recycle your medicine & vitamin blister packets • Smog of the Sea film • Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do • www.recyclenow.com • Plastics in the Marine Environment – Eunomia Research and Consulting • A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required • 5 Gyres • Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea • The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | The Ocean Cleanup • Global plastic production | Statista • Blue Planet II - Series 1: 7. Our Blue Planet • Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbish • Luxury Holiday Cottages in Cornwall — The Cornish Place • Donald Trump signs order shifting US back towards plastic straws • Study - PFAS in straws • Can we take the 'forever' out of forever chemicals? • Everything you need to know about car tyre recycling | Michelin • PAS 9017:2020 | 31 Oct 2021 | BSI Knowledge • Netley boy saves thousands of sweet tubs from landfill • The Green Dot Trademark • Guinness Nitrosurge | Official Site | Great Britain • Glass sector concerns not reflected in new EPR fees, says British Glass • 12p a bottle: ‘huge’ EPR costs to consumers revealed as spirits and wine top list • Deposit Return Scheme: drinks producer and retailer responsibilities • How to Dispose of Your Car Tyres • Participating in the UK ETS • Tesco Bags for Life campaign • Climate Comedian and Business Speaker Stuart Goldsmith • Robbie's Sky News appearance - 31 mins 35 seconds • Lions Recycling for Sight and Hearing - Lions International • Say no to monthly bin collections in Bristol | 38 Degrees • Waste and Recycling Collection Consultation 2025 | Ask Bristol Consultation and Engagement Hub • Three-week or monthly bin days loom for most Welsh areas • Revealed: the number of bins that each UK council collects • Bristol may become first English council to collect black bins every four weeks • The Real Reason Why Oranges Are Sold In Those Red Net Bags • Garden waste and composting • Recyclability assessment methodology: assessing materials • Supermarkets demand ban on ‘danger’ oxo-degradable plastics • Symphony loses EU case on degradable plastic | MRW • Oxo-degradable Plastics Ban in the EU | EPI • Polymateria misuses RecyClass Recyclability Evaluation Protocols • Biobased, biodegradable and degradable plastics (as a solution for littering) • Gulf's use of oxo-biodegradable plastics is toxic for environment • Oxo-Degradables • Earth Day: Post-Brexit Britain fumbles exports of plastic waste • OECD Countries • “We can no longer bear this load” UK waste exports to Turkey on the rise again - Greenpeace UK • Piling Up: How China’s Ban on Importing Waste Has Stalled Global Recycling • 'UK is third highest exporter of waste', says Cleanhub - letsrecycle.com • PackFlow Refresh 2023 reports • UK: plastic waste exports 2000-2023 | Statista • UK: plastic waste export destinations | Statista • Bring Back Heavy Metal - Hubbub • Unilever grants manufacturers access to its ‘warmer’ ice cream recipes • McDonald's: Car registration plates could go on bags • Recycle - Pringles • Closing the loop on black plastic ready-meal trays • Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index • Recent panic over black plastic started with a math error • Black Plastic Kitchen Tools Might Expose You to Toxic Chemicals. Here’s What to Use Instead. • Brominated flame retardants (decabromodiphenyl ether): general information • Polytag • Unlock the power of AI waste analytics | Greyparrot waste intelligence • Use of digital watermarks validated for advanced sorting of flexibles through industrial trials • Batteries | Recycle Now • Join the Talking Rubbish Discord Server! • Reusable Baby Wipes | Cloth Baby Wipes | Cheeky Wipes • Home - OPRL • Firework safety • No date for bottle returns as Welsh government exits UK scheme • Biffa confirms it is suing the Scottish government • Millions of euros unclaimed from Deposit Return Scheme • Norway’s deposit return scheme is world’s recycling role model • Overwhelming public support for UK DRS, says Tomra | MRW • Brits will be paid 20p for every plastic bottle they recycle under new plans • Deposit Return Scheme legislation • Vegware - plant-based compostable foodservice packaging • TUB2PUB • Grown in Britain • Choose a sustainable Christmas tree | Soil Association • The legacy of the poo bus • Christmas Tree Collection - St Peter's Hospice • What happens to recycled Christmas trees? • British Christmas Tree Growers Assocation • Shrinker - James' present to Robbie • Wet wipes | Recycle Now • Fine to Flush certification to end | Water UK • How Bad Are Bananas? • Ultra Processed Food article • Reusable nappies: research • United Kingdom: CO2 Country Profile • Information is Beautiful - carbon pages • Information is Beautiful • Bristol Nappy Recycling Trial • Nappies added to roads 'doubles life of surfaces' • Pura | Eco Friendly Baby Wipes & Low Impact Nappies | Make a Change • NappiCycle – Nappy Recycling & Sustainability Solutions • Notpla • Can I post rubber bands in postboxes? │ Royal Mail Group Ltd • Royal Mail's red rubber band use revealed • Glossary of Terms - BBIA • Packaging Waste Directive & Compostable Packaging • Electrical waste: retailer and distributor responsibilities • The Guardian - article on cardboard contamination • The Dirty Delivery Report | money.co.uk • Green Alliance report • Most Black Friday purchases soon end up as waste | University of Leeds • Waste less, celebrate more: Tips for a zero waste holiday • Talking Rubbish - Listener Survey • Viridor to close recycling plant in Avonmouth - letsrecycle.com • Aluminium: Nothing goes to waste - Alupro • M6 Toll built with pulped fiction • Books | Recycle Now • Recycle vapes - Find a local recycling point • Disposable vape waste quadruples to 5 million per week • Government crackdown on single-use vapes • Bristol Wood Recycling Project • Chopping board report • Card recycling | Santander UK • HSBC UK and Mastercard launch payment card recycling pilot - About HSBC | HSBC UK • Mastercard - plastic card recycling • Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury - incineration in the waste hierarchy: independent review • Burning household rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power, BBC finds • Landfill Tax rates • United Kingdom Without Incineration Network • Stormboard Recycled Plastic Board made in the UK • Sainsbury's online Grocery Shopping and Fresh Food Delivery • Morrisons Whole Cucumber • Tesco Whole Cucumber Each • Community Fridge Network - map • Neat Streets • Leeds By Example - Impact report 2019 • Hubbub • Nestlé trials Quality Street paper tub • Sew Spooky - Hubbub • Polling data - Hubbub • Eat Your Pumpkin - Hubbub • Outraged that some plastic you send for recycling ends up being burned? Don’t be | James Piper • Bloomberg report • Everyday Plastic report • Ecover 'The Rewear Chair' - our voiceover • Epsom and Ewell Borough Council - Food waste recycling - weekly collection • Bristol - Brown food waste bin and caddy • The Philips Dental Care Free Recycling Programme | TerraCycle® UK • Capri-Sun petition to bring back the plastic straw • Single-use plastics bans and restrictions • Lucozade invests £6 million in redesigning bottles - letsrecycle.com • Handheld NIR scanner • Impact Recycling - Separation Technologies • Boots blister pack recycling • Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’ • Microplastics are bad, but ignoring science is worse - Research & Development World • Report - could you eat a credit card of plastic a week? • United Nations • World Economic Forum • NEXTLOOPP | The goal is to establish a circular economy in the production of post consumer food-grade rPP • Resource Hot 100 2024: Full List Revealed • Bower Collective • WhatsApp us... • ‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast | Fishing | The Guardian • Eco Chamber - Podcast - Apple Podcasts • The Loss Aversion Effect in Blind Box Purchases: Why Are Consumers More Willing to Make Additional Purchases? | Studies in Social Science & Humanities • Recycling Center Simulator on Steam • FPF FlexCollect Report 2025 — Flexible Plastic Fund • Uneeka - A Lifestyle Made Fair • Newspaper Bags – The india Shop • H&M - Changing Markets report • FSA publishes new advice for businesses on using ocean bound plastics for food packaging • Home | UK DMO • The poop scoop: is bagging it really the best solution? • Sam Altman: Why politeness to AI costs millions • EPR is a tax and won’t improve recycling before 2030, admits Treasury spending watchdog • The case of the disappearing litter bins • Pet Products (Non-Food) - Zero Waste Box™ • Monk Debunks • Plastic or paper? The truth about drinking straws • Sea Turtle with Straw up its Nostril - "NO" TO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC • Simpler Recycling in England: policy update • Plastic Packaging Tax • Find out your rubbish collection day • BPA Comment on EMF’s report on Plastics - Biodeg • EU News | Symphony Environmental • Evidence and Reason • The Report - From e-waste to living space • Pioneering Digital Watermarks | Holy Grail 2.0. • Marmite brings back 'greatest invention' product after four years away • Wrapping paper and the Scrunch Test • Ultra-Processed People • Grind coffee pods • How to use OPRL labels - OPRL • Organic Cucumber, Whole, Each | Abel & Cole • Material Focus: ‘Solution to copper crisis could be at home’ - letsrecycle.com • Superdrug blister pack recycling • Talking Rubbish website • James on Radio 4 (10 minutes 50 seconds) • Solo® Cups, Plates and Bowls - Everyday Tableware | Solocup.com • Man buys house using money gathered from recycling bottles and cans • Coca-Cola to update recycling labels following EU greenwashing complaint • Mobile phone recycling explained - Uswitch • Community Calling - Hubbub • Couples are arguing every week about this one thing - and it might surprise you • Recycle4Charity | Inkjet Cartridge Recycling | Recycle4Charity | UK • Polyester recycling plant opens as part of Project Re:claim - letsrecycle.com • Textiles - TOMRA - Material Sorting - Waste Recycling • Sales of eco-friendly pet food soar as owners become aware of impact • Borrow Cup - Hubbub • National Cup Recycling Scheme | Paper Cup Recycling • Light bulbs | Recycle Now • Why your recycling is a signpost to burglars • Bottle recycling scheme to cost at least £1.8bn per year • Textile Take Back Scheme - Help Reduce Waste | Dunelm • How CHEP works • The Guardian - podcast of the week • Amazon, Walmart, CVS, Target rethink private-label flexible packaging | Packaging Dive • Greenwashing .Keurig’s $3 million fine highlights the issue • Turning electronic waste into gold: The Royal Mint brings world first sustainable precious metal technology to the UK | The Royal Mint • Oxfam - Donate your old phones • UK watchdog bans coffee pod ads over ‘misleading’ composting claims • The Recycling Factory - Tesco returns • Should Your Dog Become a Vegetarian? | This Morning • City to Sea - Connecting our actions to our oceans • Retailers expect to pass on 80% of pEPR costs to customers - letsrecycle.com • Quorn advert that claimed to ‘reduce carbon footprint’ ruled misleading • Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) v1.1 • BHF - Donate your old phones and tablets • DCi • Recognizing the role of street waste reclaimers in South Africa | UNIDO • How Many Dogs Are In The World? A Look At The Numbers!! • re-universe digital returns platform • I emptied out my warm water bottle into the street. A cop saw me and gave me a ticket for littering. Is this even fair? - Quora • Watchdog bans HSBC climate ads in fresh blow to bank’s green credentials • Commission adopts ban of Bisphenol A in food contact materials • Phthalate exposure from plastics and cardiovascular disease: global estimates of attributable mortality and years life lost • FAQ's - Cartridge UK | Ink Cartridges, Refills, E-Cigarettes & Vapours • Myplas - Plastic Recyclers Cape Town • Dogs, Cats And Climate Change: What's Your Pet's Carbon Pawprint? • Woman fined £80 for pouring her coffee down a drain | The Independent | The Independent • Watchdog finds that advertising by Luton airport was misleading • Chemicals in Plastics - A Technical Report • Global Plastics Outlook • Premier Plastics (Pty) Ltd • How to Recycle Product Packaging | Purina • Cups and packaging — Sustainability | Costa Coffee • 'Litter police' get bonuses to target public, Panorama finds - BBC News • Aluminum can, minus the aluminum! • Polyvinyl Chloride PVC • Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and recycling fall short, says OECD • A guide to poo bags • CLUBZERØ, formerly CupClub | ZERØ waste packaging for takeaway and delivery • DEFRA - Litter Code of Practice • Coca-Cola accused of quietly dropping its 25% reusable packaging target • AI sorting bin • DEHP phthalates in medical devices • Is only 9% of plastic is recycled? • CPI - Recyclability Guidelines • Jigsaw wreath • DEHP in blood bag systems • www.science.org • Enval • Government paper on litter • Jigsaw coasters • zerowasteeurope.eu • Why aren’t we recycling more plastic? - United Nations Development Programme | UNDP • Food and drink pouches | Recycle Now • Jigsaw earrings • A New Study Raises Alarms About Plastics and Heart Disease. Here’s What to Know. • Packflow reports • Millions of UK tyres meant for recycling sent to furnaces in India • CGR Global 2025 • Starbucks redesigns its iconic white takeaway cup in Europe for rollout across the region - Starbucks Stories EMEA • ProAmpac Enhances Dairy Packaging Lineup with High-Performance Butter Wraps • Aldi introduces recyclable butter packaging • 28% of PET bottles are being recycled, The Recycling Partnership reports • Forever Toxic: The science on health threats from plastic recycling - Greenpeace - Greenpeace • Treatment of polyvinyl alcohol containing wastewater in two stage spiral symmetrical stream anaerobic bioreactors coupled a sequencing batch reactor • Behold the BinDayCator! — Raspberry Pi Official Magazine • Big Plastic Count • Bath Spa University removes all single-use cups from campuses • Broccoli - loses 80% of glucosinolates • Benefits Of Glucosinolates In Broccoli • To wrap or to not wrap cucumbers? | Engineering Archive • Shred-it - 100% recycled product • Metal statistics • How are cans recycled? • Ecosurety • EPR base fees • Magnetic separation • Britvic moving from steel to aluminium • Fire in the Mountain festival • Pixmob - sustainability page • The Paris Olympics Prove Reusable Packaging Is Possible On a Massive Scale • Kitchen towel | Recycle Now • EU single use plastic label • Packaging recycling targets • BBC milk bottles article • Tesco x Loop report • The Refill Coalition • Ocado starts trial selling everyday products in refillable packaging • Bristol Refill Cup Scheme - City to Sea • Asda scraps plastic refill store trials • #LeedsByExample • City to Sea • 38 Degrees - City to Sea campaigns • The Big Plastic Count • Can Calippo tubes be recycled? • Carrier bag usage plummets by 97% • MCS report - 80% drop in carrier bags on UK beaches • Carrier bag charge - summary of data in England • Co-op Bag to Rights report • California bag ban leads to increase in plastic • Environment Agency report in carrier bag materials • What happens to furniture after the Olympics? • Cardboard bed life could be 10 years • Apple Podcast Categories • Paper can be recycled 25 times • Abandoned Olympic buildings • Paris Olympic sustainability plan • National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) • Recorked UK - wine cork recycling scheme • How contamination affects paper recycling • Grocer article about 1/3 of Brits own a coffee pod machine • Wired article where James first read about pod credentials • The Conversation summary of the coffee pod report • Podback • Alupro - aerosol recycling initiative • Eunomia report that confirms Wales as the second best recycler • The article that inspired James to write the book • The Times article on tethered caps that James contributed to • Recycle Now • Pizza box recycling

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