They estimate the development of each plastic waste renewal plants could divert up to 400,000 tonnes a year of waste plastic from disposal to create sustainable products

Around 6,300 tonnes of grit, produced at water treatment works, have been processed into reusable material since April 2019

It forms part of a £30m programme to move the UK towards a circular economy, in which waste products and materials are reused, repaired or recycled to extend their lifecycle

The loan will boost Nilar International’s research and development programme to demonstrate commercial viability of its technology

Certain companies must register with an accredited compliance scheme and recover and recycle packaging waste, which EMC Computer Systems failed to do

The firm claims they are ten-times less energy-intensive to produce than traditional options

The move accounts for almost 4,000 tonnes of plastic being made more easily recyclable

The move is expected to remove 4,000 tonnes of single-use plastics per year

The supermarket will remove all non-recyclable and hard to recycle materials from its own products

The project supports the company’s ambition to collect and recycle the equivalent of a bottle or can for every one it sells by 2030