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TRNSMT pop-up restaurant to highlight benefits of tinned food

FREE South Asian-inspired dishes are to be served at the upcoming TRNSMT festival at Glasgow Green in a bid to highlight the benefits of...

90% renewable paperboard pressed tray solution launched for fresh food sector

STORA Enso has introduced a recyclable and peelable board material for vacuum packaged fresh food. The manufacturer said Trayforma BarrPeel supports sustainability ambitions by reducing...

Kids help design new Graham’s product

GRAHAM'S has announced the launch of a new kids' yoghurt pouch designed by the children of the family firm's managing director. Twelve-year-old Douglas Graham designed...

Klöckner Pentaplast announces ‘major breakthrough’ in food packaging

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) has announced the launch of what it describes as the first food packaging trays comprising 100% recycled PET (rPET) deriving exclusively...
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Voluntary schemes ‘key to cup recycling success’

FOLLOWING the delay to the plan to introduce a 25p charge on single-use drinks cups in Scotland, the National Cup Recycling Scheme (NCRS) has...
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Pret A Manger to list ingredients on fresh food labels

PRET A Manger has announced that all of its 391 UK stores will stock freshly made food in packaging that is labelled with a full list of ingredients

‘Remarkable’ solution unveiled for limited-edition blended malt Scotch whisky

CARTON manufacturer Falconer Print & Packaging has produced a 'premium' solution for Compass Box, a producer, bottler and marketer of a range of blended...

Nestlé to use AI to help develop more sustainable packaging

A partnership between Nestlé and IBM Research has led to the development of a generative AI tool that can identify novel high-barrier packaging materials. Nestlé...

Greggs ramps up sustainable packaging but coffee cups prove an ‘ongoing challenge’

GREGGS has said that coffee cups remain an 'ongoing challenge' as it continues to ramp up the sustainability of its packaging - with it...

Beverage carton recycling rate rises in EU

THE Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) has announced that the recycling rate for beverage cartons in the EU28 rose to 49% in...