Mixed response to Scottish Parliament’s DRS approval
THE news that the Scottish Parliament has voted in favour of regulations for a deposit return scheme (DRS) has been met with a mixed...
Sumitomo Demag training academy earns skills recognition
SUMITOMO Demag has announced that its training academy has been awarded Skills Partner status by Cogent.
The firm said the award recognises the company’s Daventry-based...
Businesses urged to start preparing now for Plastic Packaging Tax
SOUTHGATE Packaging is urging business to prepare now for the Plastic Packaging Tax, which is due to come into force in April next year.
The...
New venue for Plastics Recycling Show Europe
THE Plastics Recycling Show Europe exhibition and conference will move to a new venue in the Netherlands next year following "very strong support" for the...
Pallet specialist says new folding box is just magic!
GOPLASTICPALLETS.COM has added a new folding plastic box to its portfolio that provides a multi-trip offering.
Manufactured by Gamma-Wopla and available exclusively through Goplasticpallets.com in the...
PRS Europe to expand again following ‘unprecedented’ demand
ORGANISERS of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe have announced that the show will expand into a fourth hall after selling out of exhibition space...
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...
Karen Drinkwater re-elected to serve second year as BPF president
KAREN Drinkwater has been re-elected as president of the British Plastics Federation (BPF).
Karen, a founding director of JSC Rotational Limited, was re-elected to serve...
Millions of Sainsbury’s products to be packaged using recovered coastal plastic
SAINSBURY'S has announced that over 39.5 million items bought from its stores are to be packaged using plastic bottles recovered from the coastal areas.
It...
Asda continues own-brand sustainability drive
ASDA are to launch their ready meal lines in 'Evolve' trays by Faerch Plast from November 3.
The packaging, made from natural cPET, will be...
