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MYGroup backs Great British Beauty Clean Up 2026 as UK’s beauty waste demands industry action
MYGroup is playing a central role in the Great British Beauty Clean Up 2026, a nationwide campaign...
MYGroup and British Beauty Council in Push to Tackle the Industry’s hard-to-recycle Waste for Great British Beauty Clean Up 2026
MYGroup, a leading UK waste management and recycling company, is joining forces with the British...
‘Three Big Bens’ Worth of Waste and Counting: How MYGroup is Redefining Circularity in UK Beauty
As British Beauty Week 2025 shines a spotlight on sustainability as one of the defining pillars of...
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...
Waste Not: Fallout to future – An exhibition on the frontline of waste
In September, MYGroup is proud to support Waste Not: Fallout to future – a new exhibition...
Recycling Beauty: UK Solutions for Cosmetic Waste
The UK beauty and personal care industry is one of the largest in Europe, valued at over £10...
Celebrating Earth Day: MYGroup Joins Forces with The Ocean Recovery Project
As Earth Day approaches, it is a powerful reminder of our shared responsibility to protect and...
MYGroup becomes first waste management firm to join British Beauty Council
MYGroup has become a patron of the British Beauty Council (BBCo), making it the...
Sustainable textiles, empowered communities and cleaner coasts: MYGroup’s vision for Sri Lanka
MYGroup is embarking on a pioneering sustainable textile production and manufacturing...
Navigating the new packaging regulations: a call to action for local authorities
The UK Government has recently unveiled the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and...
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...
MYGroup supports Boots in blister pack recycling scheme pilot
MYGroup has supported Boots to launch a pilot blister pack recycling scheme in the health and...
MYGroup advances recycling for diagnostic and surgical device packaging through Johnson & Johnson collaboration
Waste management and recycling company, MYGroup, is collaborating with Johnson & Johnson Medical...
MY2024 – investing in recycling
2023 has been another fantastic year for MYGroup, with over £1.5million invested into recycling,...
Harrods and MYGroup expand cosmetics recycling scheme UK-wide across ‘H beauty’ store network
Leading waste management company MYGroup and Harrods have expanded their cosmetics recycling...
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...
MYGroup and Nimbuscare recycling partnership giving new life to waste blister packs
A partnership between waste management firm MYGroup and primary care provider Nimbuscare has seen...
MYGroup and Southend-on-Sea City Council deliver replicable plastic recycling solution as part of innovative EU project
Southend-on-Sea is one of four European cities taking part in an EU-funded proof-of-concept...
MYGroup to turn plastic waste into homes for birds in Hull alongside Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
MYGroup has partnered with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to create urban homes for birds along...
UK moves to ban single-use plastics
The United Kingdom recently made headlines with its bold move to ban single-use plastics starting...
UK primary school children save two tons of plastic from landfill through MYGroup’s innovative recycling programme
Primary school children from across the UK have collected two tons of plastic bottle tops to be...
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...
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...
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,...
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...