Bantam Materials joins the Ethical Trading Initiative

  BANTAM Materials, the supplier of Prevented Ocean Plastic, has announced it is to join the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI). The firm - which works with...
Katherine White and Mike Boswell

Plastribution confirms changes to senior leadership team

PLASTICS raw materials distributor Plastribution has announced plans for major changes to the firm's senior leadership team. Current commercial director Katherine White will become MD,...

Emmanuelle Maire confirmed as keynote speaker for PRSE conference

EMMANUELLE Maire, head of unit ‘Circular economy, Sustainable Production and Consumption’, DG Environment, European Commission has been announced as the keynote speaker for the...

Sharpak launches recyclable CPET tray for ready-meal market

SHARPAK has launched CPAK Jazz, a new sustainable packaging solution described as a recyclable, ovenable CPET tray aimed at the ready-meal market. The product features...

RPC sponsors schools initiative

PLASTIC packaging supplier RPC Group is taking part in a national programme to alert secondary school students to the problems of food waste and encourage...

The plastic packaging financial time-bomb

By Dom de Ville, senior consultant at Sancroft, an international sustainability consultancy, which works with companies to improve their environment, ethical and social impact Plastic...
ReCover Louth de-inking facility

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...

Scottish Government announces ban of plastic cotton buds

SCOTLAND has banned plastic-stemmed cotton buds in a UK first. The move comes with the country's commitment to meet or exceed standards set out in...

Entries sought for RECOUP Awards 2024

TIME is running out to enter this year's RECOUP Awards 2024. The organisation, which is an independent authority on plastics resource efficiency and recycling, is...

PRSE 2023 set to be biggest show ‘by far’

The Plastics Recycling Show Europe returns to Amsterdam on May 10-11, 2023. Matt Barber, global events director at organisers Crain Communications, recently answered Packaging...