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Say ‘Hello’ to the UK's First Electric RoRo by Scania

Recorra launches the UK’s first electric RoRo vehicle in partnership with Scania, delivering zero-emission collections for high-volume waste.

Food Made Good Awards 2018

The shortlist of this year’s Food Made Good Awards has been announced and we are proud sponsors of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle category.

The truth about recycling - coffee cups

Coffee cups have made the headlines with their dubious recycling record, where it was revealed that us Brits were throwing away 2.5 billion cups a year!

The truth about recycling - waste electricals

37% of all used waste electrical equipment is still destined for landfill

The truth about recycling - recycling symbols

‘Recycling is a waste of time – it all ends up in landfill anyway’, a common thought perhaps by many of us today. But what really happens to that plastic bottle we avidly dispose of in our recycling bin?

Interview: Orsola de Castro, Founder and Creative Director, Fashion Revolution

Denim's deadly price tag

How big is denim's environmental footprint, and what is being done?

Giving old clothes new life

Find out how you can refresh your wardrobe, without breaking the bank, or the planet.

Fast Fashion Faux Pas

Textile waste is at an all time high. It's time for our shopping habits to change

Is our plastic waste really being recycled?

Our very talented Senior Account Manager Rebecca wrote an article for the Sustainable Restaurant Association

Interview: Introducing Tom Mockridge, Commercial Director

Tom began his career as Paper Round's first employee, now he's back with a wealth of experience in the newly created Commercial Director role.

WRAP launches 'Your Business is Food'

WRAP release toolkit for hospitality businesses to help them tackle food waste.

Recycling for clean air

Vanessa Gomez, Paper Round Sustainability Manager, takes a look at how recycling helps us breathe better air

A zero-waste world – What to do with all this plastic?

60 years ago, we humans turned the plastic tap on and left it running. Enter David Attenborough!

Clean Air Day

21 June marks clean air day

Followers of Fashion

​Planet-saving fashion warriors, Vin and Omi had single-use plastic saved just in the nick of time by Paper Round during London Fashion Week Men's.

1000th donation to The Children's Literacy Charity

This week Paper Round celebrates 1000 tutoring sessions donated to The Children’s Literacy Charity.

The Ultra-Low Emission Zone

2019 sees the roll out of the ULEZ – this stands for not just low, but ultra-low emission zone

Lifting the fog on air pollution

Air pollution is one of the most significant challenges facing UK cities. Today we launch our latest in a series of campaigns, lifting the fog on air quality.