New Domestos bottles made with recycled plastic

UNILEVER has relaunched its Domestos core bleach range in new bottles made with 50% post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR). The new bottles are said to use...

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...

Interplas 75 @ 75 announced on eve of exhibition

THE Interplas 75 @ 75, a collection of 75 influential people in the UK plastics industry from the 75 years of Interplas, have been...

Polymer Industries Apprentice of the Year winner announced

THE British Plastics Federation (BPF) and the Worshipful Company of Horners have announced that Samuel Johnston of Colloids Ltd has won the 2023 Polymer...
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Plastics Industry Award winners revealed

THE winners of the 2019 Plastics Industry Awards have been announced. Actor Shaun Williamson revealed the 16 winners at a ceremony in London, with Rosti Automotive...

New dates confirmed for PRSE 2020

NEW dates have been confirmed for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE). The event, which was initially due to take place in Amsterdam later this...

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...

UKRI launches £16m funding competition for large scale packaging projects

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced the opening of a new £16 million funding competition for large-scale plastic packaging projects. The demonstrator projects rounds...
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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...

Interplas exhibitors express delight at reconnecting with market

MORE than 300 exhibitors demonstrated the latest technologies in the plastics sector over three days at Interplas 2021, which returned to the NEC in...