Scottish and UK governments urged to work together to ban plastic-based wipes

SCOTTISH Water has called on the Scottish and UK governments to work together to ban wipes made with plastic. It comes following the launch of...
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Coveris to showcase ReCover innovation at PRSE 2025

COVERIS has announced plans to put the spotlight on its efforts to close the plastic packaging loop at Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) next...
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Lighter jar brings PET benefits to food industry

PLASTIC packaging supplier Petainer has launched the petainerJarâ„¢, a PET jar claimed to offer significant cost and sustainability benefits over jars made from other...

New venue for Plastics Recycling Show Europe

THE Plastics Recycling Show Europe exhibition and conference will move to a new venue in the Netherlands next year following "very strong support" for the...

Lockdown survey reveals household plastic waste increase

A lockdown survey has revealed that the amount of plastic waste in British households increased over lockdown. The Everyday Plastic Survey tracked 483 participants' plastic...

Seven new categories confirmed for Plastics Industry Awards

SEVEN new categories have been added to this year's Plastics Industry Awards. Entries are now to companies and individuals from across the UK and Republic...

Plastic pallets and boxes can help create a sustainable parcel delivery supply chain

By Jim Hardisty, MD of Goplasticpallets.com Over the last decade, consumer shopping habits have changed. More people are shopping online than ever before, and last...

Plastic waste from trains and stations transformed into usable products

OVER a tonne of plastic waste collected from trains and stations has been transformed into usable products by LNER since November last year. The initiative...

2018 Plastics Industry Awards finalists announced

THE finalists have been announced for the 2018 Plastics Industry Awards. Winners will be confirmed at a big band-themed gala event in London on September 28....

Over 1.5 billion pieces of plastic removed from Tesco since launch of 2019 strategy

TESCO has revealed it has removed more than 1.5 billion pieces of plastic since launching its 4Rs - remove, reduce, re-use, recycle - packaging...