One year to go: Scottish businesses urged to prepare now for DRS
CIRCULARITY Scotland is calling on producers, retailers, and hospitality venues across Scotland to begin preparing for the introduction of the country's deposit return scheme...
Pringles unveils new ‘designed for recycling’ tube
THE Pringles tube has been given a sustainable redesign with its metal bottom replaced with a paper fibre-based alternative.
Kellanova Europe worked with paperboard container...
Automation, technology and cost pressures will take centre stage in 2024
2023 was a testing year for the packaging industry with skills and labour challenges prevalent across the sector and continued uncertainty and delays plaguing...
Sustainability poised to remain THE key focus for packaging industry in 2023
2023 has arrived and it’s the time of year when thoughts turn to the future. Last year brought a number of challenges for the...
25p disposable cup charge ‘won’t create lasting change’
People across Scotland are being asked their views on the potential introduction of a minimum charge on single-use cups. The Scottish Government is currently...
Packaging Innovations & Empack postponed to June 2021
PACKAGING Innovations & Empack Birmingham has been postponed to June 2021, organiser Easyfairs has confirmed.
The event was due to take place on March 3...
Carlsberg unveils “revolutionary” sustainable packaging
CARLSBERG has unveiled a new packaging innovation in a bid to reduce waste, which will see cans held together by glue, rather than plastic...
‘Still work to do’ on educating businesses about outlawed packaging
MONTHS after the UK's ban on single-use EPS/XPS foodservice packaging, Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) said it believes there’s still work to do in educating businesses...
‘First of its kind’ fully compostable coffee capsule lid unveiled
PACKAGING developer and manufacturer TIPA has launched what the firm is calling a 'first of its kind' fully compostable coffee capsule lid, in collaboration...
Zeus Group ramps up growth strategy with double acquisition
ZEUS Group has completed the acquisitions of Empire Tapes, a UK-based manufacturer of specialist adhesive tapes, and Rio Tinto Plásticos, a Spanish distributor and manufacturer...
