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Our Repak Blog offers guidance and opinions on the issues affecting Repak Members, as well as information on recycling for consumers and businesses.
Design your packaging for recycling
In order to achieve a circular economy for packaging we must improve how we design packaging and awareness of how to do so. Find out more by reading our design guide.
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Find out what new EU packaging recycling targets mean for Irish businesses, particularly plastic packaging recycling and how to get the most from your waste contract.
The updated Waste Framework Directive requires the modulations of financial contributions in order to minimise waste contribution and facilitate recycling of materials. Learn more about why eco fee…
The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy was published by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications on the 4th of September 2020. This policy document fulfils the commitment in…
Circular economy systems: keep the added value in products for as long as possible and aim to eliminate waste and keep resources within the economy when a product has reached the end of its life, so…
The launch of the Circular Economy Package (CEP) in 2015 is undoubtedly the most significant environmental legislative programme at EU level in the last decade. The full impact of the CEP on…
How we use and dispose of plastic waste is now an urgent environmental issue among governments and consumer groups. It is widely accepted that action is now required to address the large quantities of…
There has been a significant public reaction to plastic marine litter including calls for plastic packaging to be reduced or even banned. Some organisations are looking to bioplastics and particularly…
As our desire for convenience and on the go products continues to grow, single use take away coffee cups have become more popular.Coffee cups have recently received plenty of media attention here in…