Livingston start-up secures £3.5m to tackle difficult-to-recycle plastics
A Scottish start-up pioneering a new type of plastic recycling has been awarded a £3.5 million grant to support the development of its solvent...
Highland school to trial reusable packaging in ‘first-of-its-kind’ move
KINGUSSIE High School is to trial serving food from its canteen in reusable lunch containers, in what the Highland Council said could potentially be...
Packaging business celebrates vegan-certified status
SMURFIT Kappa has announced it has become the first packaging company to become vegan-certified.
The business said obtaining the Vegan Society trademark also marks the...
Novolex completes acquisition of Vegware
NOVOLEX has acquired Edinburgh-headquartered compostable packaging specialist Vegware.
Vegware said its teams in both the UK and America are expected to join the Novolex family,...
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...
Sustainable cup solution launched to tackle festival waste
RECYCLING specialist Simply Cups has launched an events and festivals division to help tackle the issue of waste and single-use containers at UK festivals.
The...
Plastic packaging tax details divulged in UK Budget
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has used today's Budget to confirm plans to introduce a plastic packaging tax from April 2022.
New legislation will mean manufacturers...
Studies highlight ‘consumer confusion’ around compostable packaging
A new multi-trial study by environmental and behaviour change experts Hubbub and the University of Sheffield, has found 'significant improvements' in the disposal of...
Saica unveils new Research, Development & Innovation Centre
THE Saica Group has unveiled its Research, Development & Innovation (R&D&I) Centre at its El Burgo de Ebro plant in Zaragoza, Spain.
Launched as part...
‘Pioneering’ trials to begin on lightweighting glass bottles
TRIALS are set to start aimed at increasing the strength and thereby reducing the weight of glass bottles.
Three major players in the sector are...
