Compostable packaging specialists announce collaboration
POLAND-based flexible packaging converter SILBO has teamed up with compostable packaging specialist TIPA on a new sustainable solution.
SILBO produces film-based packaging with compostable water-based...
AI-powered robots used to pick valuable materials from Fife waste
AI-powered robots are being used to sort Fife Council's household waste in its Dunfermline material recovery facility (MRF).
Installed in late 2022, the robotic pickers...
‘First-of-its-kind’ Quality Street tub unveiled ahead of Christmas
A 'first-of-its-kind' paper Quality Street tub is to hit the shelves of Tesco in a new trial by Nestlé.
More than 200,000 of the paper...
Amcor recognised with prestigious award for recycle-ready coffee packaging
AMCOR has been recognised at the 35th Packaging Innovation Awards (PIA) for its AmPrima Plus solution for coffee.
Sponsored by Dow, the award recognises excellence...
Scottish Government ramps up plans to boost reuse and recycling rates
THE Scottish Government has published its Circular Economy and Waste Route Map, containing actions aimed at ensuring households and businesses boost reuse and recycling...
Packaging exhibition proves green credentials with recyclable visitor bags
PACKAGING Innovations & Empack has chosen the RePapaPac bag, made by EP Group, as its official visitor bag for the 2025 event, which returns to...
Plastic waste from trains and stations transformed into usable products
OVER a tonne of plastic waste collected from trains and stations has been transformed into usable products by LNER since November last year.
The initiative...
Navigating the transition away from ‘forever chemicals’
Peter Tindale, European sales director at Selig Group, discusses the move away from packaging containing PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals, and what Scottish producers can do...
Updated OPRL tool helps brands meet pEPR obligations
OPRL has announced the launch of an updated tool to help members demonstrate the recyclability of packaging products under new Extended Producer Responsibility for...
Compostable pipette dropper tipped to ‘revolutionise’ sustainable packaging for beauty sector
SHELLWORKS has launched what it is calling the world's first fully home-compostable pipette dropper.
The move is tipped to 'revolutionise' sustainable packaging for the beauty...
