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Last week we published our 'Tackling Household Plastic Waste: Best Practice for a Circular Plastics Economy' report. This month we're hosting an online event to discuss the report and our call to action. Sign up here - eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-bin-to-r…

🙋 Do UK policies to tackle plastic waste actually create further challenges in an already overburdened & siloed plastic supply chain? 📣 Helen Holmes calls for government to support an overhaul of UK plastic policy in this article: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2023/03/… ManchesterSCI

Join the OneBinUoM team on Thursday 20th April, 12-1pm to hear about concrete solutions to tackle the UK's plastic waste problem! Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-bin-to-r…

With #EarthDay approaching, make sure to book tickets to the OneBinUoM event on Thur, 20 April to learn about innovative solutions to the UK's plastic waste problem! 🌎♻️ Book your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-bin-to-r…

Excellent to see the team's work featured by Localgov.co.uk - localgov.co.uk/The-recycling-… UoM School of Social Sciences Kristoffer Kortsen Torik Holmes Helen Holmes Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub ManchesterSCI

Plastic waste is creating a significant environmental problem, with plastic waste accounting for a large percentage of the 30 million items littered in the UK each year - Helen Holmes of OneBinUoM for Localgov.co.uk ManchesterSCI @SustainableUoM localgov.co.uk/The-recycling-…

Households want better plastic recycling - Helen Holmes of OneBinUoM for Localgov.co.uk says we need to end the recycling postcode lottery and simplify systems to tackle plastic waste. UoM School of Social Sciences ManchesterSCI localgov.co.uk/The-recycling-…

A new Week in Public Services to welcome Alex Chalk as the 10th justice secretary in 10 years - an impressive feat for a man who claims he isn't a career politician This week: Raab fallout; a plan for social care reform; and govt hits its police target medium.com/week-in-public…

Households want better plastic recycling - Helen Holmes of OneBinUoM for Localgov.co.uk says we need to end the recycling postcode lottery and simplify systems to tackle plastic waste. UoM School of Social Sciences ManchesterSCI @SustainableUoM localgov.co.uk/The-recycling-…

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We've just published an article via The Conversation following the recent 'wishcycling' news, feel free to get involved in the debate! The UK's recycling system is confusing, chaotic and broken – here's how to fix it theconversation.com/the-uks-recycl…

Here's a piece in the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand from the OneBinUoM team on why we need a crackdown on confusion over “wishcycling” to improve recycling - theconversation.com/the-uks-recycl… Helen Holmes Kristoffer Kortsen Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub @SustainableUoM ManchesterSCI Uni Manchester Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social

Get the box on!!! We're on TV this morning.

Bit of behind the scenes footage from Stockport Market - sadly no prizes for getting your plastics in the right bin, just the knowledge that you are getting your recycling right! Imagine how much easier it would be if there was just #OneBin for all plastics... Checkout OneBinUoM

Understand more about how confusing and contradictory messages make recycling our plastic waste WAY more complicated than it needs to be. Torik Holmes Helen Holmes & Kristoffer Kortsen of OneBinUoM explain all in this week's The Conversation article theconversation.com/the-uks-recycl…

With the Prime Minister’s recent announcement on the roll back of recycling policies, Helen Holmes of The University of Manchester asks whether it is time to move on from behaviour change in waste policy in this piece for our #Election24 hub Read more: acss.org.uk/binning-it-is-…

📽️One Bin to Rule Them All📽️ Torik Holmes and I Presented our findings at the @SustainableUoM seminar and you can watch it now: youtube.com/watch?v=Zwx7co… Check out the online tool here👉 tinyurl.com/PlasticsHierar… I'm always available for questions so feel free to reach out!

If the below takes your fancy - check out the OneBinUoM outputs: sustainablefutures.manchester.ac.uk/research/case-…. These explain why consistency is so important for plastics recycling and what it will take to get it across the board. Policy@Manchester Uni Manchester Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social ManchesterSCI Helen Holmes

New paper out in Sociological Research Online by Helen Holmes and me on household plastics recycling - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…. Drawing on OneBinUoM research, we argue… (1/3)