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Recycle Week 2025: Why It Matters & How MYGroup is Helping Shape the Future
Every year in the UK, Recycle Week is a chance to pause and reflect on how we produce waste, how...
Total Waste Management: A Smarter Way for Businesses to Handle Waste
At MYGroup, we know waste is one of the biggest operational challenges businesses face today. It’s...
Crafting the future: University of Texas students gain valuable experience in sustainable textile production
A group of textile design students from the University of Texas at Austin recently crossed the...
MYGroup innovates in PPE and workwear recycling
While the world is increasingly aware of the effects of consumer fast fashion on textiles waste,...
Reducing Christmas waste for a greener holiday season
The festive holidays are a time for celebration and coming together with loved ones, but with all...
MYGroup’s pledge to consumers in Recycle Week 2024: Your efforts do make a difference!
Marking this year’s Recycle Week, MYGroup is reaffirming its commitment to transforming and...
Preparing for the new non-domestic food waste regulations in 2025
New regulations from March 2025 will require businesses, public- and third-sector organisations in...
MY2024 – investing in recycling
2023 has been another fantastic year for MYGroup, with over £1.5million invested into recycling,...
MYGroup partnership with The Hut Group delivers prestigious sustainable business award
MYGroup's partnership with The Hut Group (THG) to recycle the global e-commerce...
The CALPOL® brand teams up with Tesco for a new medicine packaging and materials recycling trial
Shoppers can now drop off CALPOL ® plastic syringes at recycling units in UK Tesco stores, or send...
Compostable Packaging Made Easy
There has been a recent movement towards reducing reliance on plastic packaging and a race to find...
What is anaerobic digestion?
Anaerobic digestion is a biological process that is used to convert organic waste into biogas,...
UK moves to ban single-use plastics
The United Kingdom recently made headlines with its bold move to ban single-use plastics starting...
Specsavers launch glasses and contact lens recycling initiative with MYGroup
Specsavers is offering customers the chance to recycle their glasses and contact lenses in-store...
Government has ignored innovation in recycling industry over disposal of PPE and LFDs
Lazy, hasty procurement and lack of cohesion between Government departments are also contributing...
MYGroup partners with Boardmasters to transform on-site plastic waste into green festival furniture
Under a new sponsorship agreement announced today, MYGroup will collect and sort plastic waste...
Turning banners into bags: closing the loop
Collaboration closes the loop on difficult to recycle printed waste A partnership with Reconomy...
Boots in-store recycling initiative sees over one million used products saved from landfill
Boots is delivering its ‘Recycle at Boots’ scheme in partnership with MYGroup, which has similar...
AkzoNobel launches nationwide Dulux Tester Takeback pilot scheme
As part of its ongoing global commitment to achieve zero waste by 2030, AkzoNobel has launched a...
MYGroup becomes accredited packaging waste reprocessor
We're pleased to announce that our state-of-the-art Board Production Facility in Hull is now...
MYGroup to expand food waste processing capabilities
Continuing our innovation and investment programme, work has now started on a significant...
From wind turbine covers to work bags – tackling the textile mountain
Whilst wind energy undoubtedly plays an important part in our fight against climate change - much...
COP26: Cop Out?
What are your feelings after COP26? Do you feel it’s just a ‘cop out’ by our leaders, not making...
Recycling & rewards scheme aimed at primary schools launches in the UK – SchoolCycled
SchoolCycled is an initiative by MYGroup designed to educate the next generation about recycling,...
Reducing food waste at home
With households collectively throwing away 7 million tons of food every year, that’s hundreds of...
Reduce your waste: home composting
Did you know that up to 60% of your household waste could be composted? Why not save money for...
The world’s first beach waste Christmas tree
This festive season, we introduce the world's first beach waste Christmas tree - a sustainable...
‘Reclaim the Mask’ – the only fully integrated mask recycling system
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic – where only doom and gloom was assured each day...
Recycle at Boots – What items can you recycle in Boots stores?
With the the Recycle at Boots scheme now extended to 700 stores there's no better time to start...
Wilko in-store facemask recycling scheme extended
Since its launch in April, the wilko #ReclaimTheMask scheme has seen thousands of facemasks...
Brighton & Hove become first UK council to offer PPE recycling
An innovative sustainability scheme has been launched across Brighton & Hove to recycle...
UK Football clubs join the fight against litter in a new scheme
We're thrilled to announce our supporting role in the innovative Tidy Teams scheme. A new...
The Body Shop launches its Return, Recycle and Repeat scheme into 225 stores across the UK
The innovative recycling scheme runs in partnership with MyGroup and Scan2Recycle, engaging with...
Fortnum & Mason add our recycled planters to flagship store
Twenty-three stunning window box planters made from recycled plastic waste have appeared on...
Closing the loop – recycling the unrecyclable
The UK uses around 275,000 tons of plastic each year, with about 15% being recycled By creating...