Day: 25 May 2026

Prevented Ocean Plastic First To Pass New Audit Protocol For EU Food-Contact Recycled Plastics

Stuart Mitchell

Prevented Ocean Plastic has supported the development of the RINA Food Contact Recycled Plastics Audit Protocol, a new framework aimed at supporting a clear path to market for food-safe recycled plastics in Europe. Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 sets strict requirements for recycled plastics used in food-contact applications, including full process control and third-party certified Quality Assurance Systems. This sits alongside broader EU policy drivers such as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD), all of which are tightening expectations on traceability, safety and recycled content.At the…

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Government opens search for fund manager as £500m Better Futures Fund moves into delivery

Stuart Mitchell

The UK Government has opened a competition to appoint a delivery partner for Round 1 of the Better Futures Fund (BFF), the first major procurement milestone since the fund was announced in July 2025. The delivery partner will be selected by 10 July 2026 and will oversee the commissioning of Social Outcomes Partnerships (SOPs) for Round 1, which commits up to £37 million of government funding to tackling child poverty through outcomes-based contracts. Organisations wishing to apply have until 12 June 2026. Once the delivery partner is in place, the…

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Meta defies gravity, open web is moribund versus Q1 2026 benchmarks

Stuart Mitchell

The first quarter of 2026 delivered a useful reminder that not all online advertising growth is created equal. Meta outpaced WARC Media’s forecast, while Amazon held steady, and YouTube continued to struggle even as Alphabet’s wider advertising machine powered ahead.  This is according to analysis by WARC Media in its latest Earning Debrief, an advertising revenue performance analysis of Big Tech compared against WARC Media’s quarterly global ad spend forecast data, to provide a current round-up of their ad spend.  Benchmarking against WARC Media’s ad spend projections – derived from a proprietary neural network of over two million data points – Meta’s reported…

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