One Bin to Rule Them All Project Impact

The One Bin project has had a substantial impact on policy, industry and public perceptions. Our activities to date include:

Policy:

• Policy white paper ‘Tackling household plastic waste: best practice for a plastic circular economy’
• Invited contributions to 5 DEFRA/HMRC consultations on waste management
• After advocating for simpler and consistent recycling, “Simpler Recycling” launched in UK embedding many report recommendations.
• Authored “Waste Management” policy brief for UN Plastics Treaty Scientists’ Coalition. Numerous citations in UN Plastics Treaty negotiations.
• Featured in COP26 Innovation Showcase “Sustainable World”
• Invited POSTnote contribution on Net Zero (publishing Feb 24)
• Policy workshops with WRAP, DEFRA, Scottish Government, GMCA. Follow on POSTnote on Net Zero.
• Featured article in LocalGov.
• Household focussed report hosted by GMCA.

 

Industry:

• Plastics hierarchy of fates adopted by 11 industry partners.
• Plastics hierarchy used to reframe GMCA materials recovery facility (MRF) infrastructure breaking ground in 2024, reshaping Manchester’s recycling future with >£50m investment.
• Hierarchy cited British Plastics Federation, Association of Plastics Recyclers (USA) and RecyClass (EU) in best practice to members.
• Featured in industry publications Material Recycling World, Sustainable Packaging News, Packaging Gateway.

 

General public/wider media:

• Recycling segment on BBC1’s Morning Live (1 million viewers).
• BBC Radio 4 interview on recycling.
• Featured in Nature, Washington Post, Academy of Social Sciences, The Conversation, I-News, LocalGov, About Manchester.