by stefanie | Feb 20, 2025 | World Focus
Government, industry, and consumers unite to drive ambitious action on electronic waste and recycling. Britain is accelerating its drive towards a more sustainable electronics sector, with a combination of government reforms, private sector initiatives, and growing...
by stefanie | Feb 21, 2024 | World Focus
UKCRA voices concerns over EPR undermining cartridge remanufacturing and calls for a redefinition of ‘waste’. The UK Cartridge Remanufacturers Association (UKCRA) has raised concerns over the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on...
by stefanie | May 5, 2022 | Around the Industry
In March, the European Commission rejected the proposed Voluntary Agreement and will instead bring forward regulations so that reuse is properly regularised. The working plan by the European Commission confirmed the Commissions assessment that the revised...
by stefanie | Aug 20, 2021 | World Focus
A thinktank says the UK could create 320,000 jobs through increased remanufacturing and recycling. Increasing reuse, repairing and remanufacturing and increasing the recycling of throwaway items could create hundreds of thousands of new generation jobs across the UK,...
by stefanie | May 17, 2021 | UKCRA feed, World Focus
Laura Heywood penned an article, responding to a recent report in which the US Federal Trade Commission confirmed that large companies are hurting small businesses, undermining ownership rights, and hurting the planet with their anti-repair actions. Twenty years ago,...