Keep Scotland Beautiful and DS Smith partner for Glasgow cup scheme

A new coffee cup recycling initiative is to be launched in Glasgow by Keep Scotland Beautiful in collaboration with DS Smith. Dubbed the Cup Movement,...
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Lucozade Ribena Suntory sets 100% sustainable packaging target

LUCOZADE Ribena Suntory has unveiled plans to move to 100% sustainable plastic within a decade
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Earth Action grants governments access to global plastic database

EARTH Action has granted all governments access to its global plastic data platform Plasteax. Plasteax has been in use for over three years, offering plastic...

Encore film range launched

INNOVIA Films has launched a new range of recyclable BOPP films called Encore, made from non-food based raw materials. Innovia said the Encore packaging and...

PRS Europe visitors to see how AI is ‘transforming’ the circular use of plastics

THE ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the circular use of plastics will be showcased at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe exhibition...

75 years of plastics innovation to be celebrated at Interplas 2023

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...
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A different sort of solution

TOMRA Sorting Recycling launched the new Innosort Flake at PRS Europe this year
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Winners of 2024 RECOUP Awards announced

THE winners of the 2024 RECOUP Awards have been announced following a record number of entries. Taking place the evening before the RECOUP Conference, the...
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Edinburgh University transforms plastic into vanilla flavouring

PLASTIC waste can be transformed into vanilla flavouring through the use of bacteria, researchers have discovered. The discovery comes following a study by the University...

Tesco asks suppliers to accelerate plans to tackle plastic waste

TESCO is to engage with suppliers in an attempt to accelerate its plans to tackle plastic waste. As part of the supermarket's 4Rs packaging strategy...