EFSA approves Greiner Packaging’s decontamination process
THE European Food Safety Authority has approved the decontamination process used by Greiner Packaging UK & Ireland to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact...
Plastic lids to be removed from Quaker’s Oat So Simple range
QUAKER has removed the plastic lids from its Oat So Simple range of porridge pots, in what parent company PepsiCo described as another step...
Slashing food waste with induction heat seals
Food waste has been in the headlines for a long time and in this season of supply chain challenges, making the most of such...
Tesco removes more than two billion pieces of unnecessary plastic
TESCO has said that it has removed more than two billion pieces of plastic since the launch of its 4Rs - remove, reduce, reuse,...
Lidless disposable cup launched to help tackle ‘eco disaster’
A product described as Britain's first fully plastic-free and recyclable lidless takeaway cup has been unveiled.
The ButterflyCup is initially being introduced at WWT (Wildfowl...
Sustainably packaged ‘living lettuce’ launched in Co-op stores
FRESH produce grower and supplier, JEPCO, has launched its 'living lettuce' innovation in sustainable packaging across Co-op stores nationwide.
Packed in sustainable, 100% recyclable and...
New solution unveiled for vacuum skin packaging for processed fish
A new innovation designed for vacuum skin packaging (VSP) for processed fish has been launched by Klöckner Pentaplast (kp).
The kp Evolve Fish Boards can contain...
Mike Revell elected executive chair of the Foodservice Packaging Association
THE Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) has announced Mike Revell, MD of the Socius Network, as the organisation's new executive chair.
The result was very close,...
Flow-wrappers prove Paramount
PARAMOUNT Packaging Systems claims to be seeing increasing demand for its Alpha VII flow-wrapping equipment.
Paramount is the exclusive distributor of Fuji Machinery Company’s horizontal and vertical form-fill-seal...
Snacks manufacturer is nuts about multihead weigher
ISHIDA Europe has revealed one of its compact linear multihead weighers is providing a 'fast and efficient' solution for the weighing of nuts into...
