Environmental organisation hails Arsenal Football Club’s cup record
FRIENDS of the Earth has urged sports stadiums and venues across the UK to introduce returnable cup and plastic recycling schemes, following Arsenal Football...
Association warns ‘single-use plastic’ term is negative
RESEARCH has shown that the term ‘single-use plastic’ has a negative impact on recycling, the Natural Source Waters Association (NSWA) has said.
The surveys, undertaken...
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,...
Iceland to reduce plastic fruit & veg packaging in ‘largest ever’ trial
ICELAND are to trial new packaging solutions on their fresh fruit and vegetable lines that will see either plastic-free variations or significantly reduced plastic...
Tesco cans multipack packaging
SEVERAL lines of multipacks are set to be replaced with plastic-free multibuys across all Tesco stores.
The supermarket has said that the move will eliminate...
Plastics are no newcomer to sustainability schemes
In the need to create a more sustainable world, plastics are very much part of the solution says Katherine Fleet, sustainability manager at Berry...
An iconic sustainability approach in Kirkcaldy
KIRKCALDY-based Kwikpac Ltd says it is ‘leading the way’ in reducing waste in the packaging industry by supplying a large range of widely recyclable...
Latest plastics recycling trends on show at Amsterdam exhibition
The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE), the pan-European exhibition and conference dedicated to plastics recycling, returns to the RAI Amsterdam in March. Here, event...
Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2020 shortlist revealed
THE finalists have been announced for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2020 following a 'record' number of entries this year.
The winners of all seven award...
UK Government announces funding for new sustainable plastic packaging solutions
THE UK Government has made investment of up to £1 million in funding available to early-stage sustainable plastic packaging solutions.
Innovate UK, part of UK...
