Plastics

LINX Printing Technologies has announced the development of an ink that seeks to address the challenges of delivering long-term high-quality code adherence for rigid...

A ban on plastics packaging could result in more - not less - food waste. That's the view of Michelle Carvell, COO at Lorax Compliance. She...

The European Union has laid out plans for the first ever Europe-wide plastics strategy. The strategy is being adopted as “a part of the transition...

MÜLLER has partnered with Waitrose as part of a trial to scrap the blue, green and red caps used to signify the fat contents...

Kathy Illingworth, head of sustainability consulting at Ecoveritas shares some insight into the Plastic Packaging Tax and questions if the price is right to...

THE Blue Planet II effect may well have become shorthand for growing public desire to tackle plastic pollution of the natural environment, but as one of the most versatile materials at our disposal continues to be demonised, there is a real risk of blinding ourselves to the opportunities that already exist which can help to solve the problem.

Interplas 2023 returns to the NEC, Birmingham from September 26-28. David Gray, head of content at Rapid News Group, recently answered Packaging Scotland's questions...

THERMOFORMED packaging specialist Macpac is targeting growth in the Scottish market as the firm aims to capitalise on growing demand for sustainable products and...

PLASTIC vending cup producer RPC Tedeco-Gizeh is launching a new service to help customers recycle used cups into valuable second life products. The firm is...

NESTLÉ has announced that the packaging of its confectionary sharing bags have 'significantly' less packaging thanks to a redesign. From April, the likes of Milkybar,...