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The UK's metal packaging sector is being undermined by a growing disconnect between environmental, trade and industrial policy, according to a new manifesto published by the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA).

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Almost 20% of household packaging placed on the UK market is classified as red under the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM), while approximately one in seven producers supplies exclusively red-rated packaging, according to figures presented by PackUK at the FPA Environment Seminar.

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The Scottish Government is proposing twin-stream recycling and a limit on residual waste collected at kerbside as part of its new household recycling code of practice.

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Biffa has reached an agreement to acquire Enva’s general recycling businesses that serves commercial, industrial and construction and demolition customers across England and Scotland.

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Amcor has revealed new consumer research which shows that two-thirds of respondents were more likely to buy a nut product if it was sold in recyclable packaging.

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