Plans to ban or charge for single-use plastic bags are a diversion from the real environmental issues, a  government adviser said. Waste and recycling expert Professor Chris Coggins said such a government policy allowed the supermarkets to pass on responsibility to customers. Professor Coggins was extensively quoted in a BBC article which can be read in full here.  Read More →

Knowaste, a Canadian company that currently recycles nappies and other products in the US is starting a recycling plant for disposable nappies in Tyseley, in Birmingham. About 30,000 tonnes of nappies a year will be recycled, turning the waste which normally goes into landfill site to plastic and other plastic related items. Some groups argue that parents should use washable cotton nappies instead of disposable nappies in the first instance, this is said to go a long way towards reducing the estimated 750,000 tonnes of disposable nappies currently sent...