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...
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...
WRAP announces winners of plastic waste solution competition
WRAP has announced four schemes that have won grants totalling nearly £1 million, as part of a UK research and innovation (UKRI) competition to...
Colpac hails ‘remarkable’ progress on net zero ambitions
FOOD packaging specialist Colpac has highlighted its 'remarkable' net zero progress following the release of the firm's Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) report for 2025.
This...
Heriot-Watt University to aid international study into microplastics
HERIOT-WATT University is to aid an international team of marine scientists in a project to better understand where microplastics come from, how they are...
Unpacking sustainability
Hugh Lightbody, chief officer of the Business Gateway National Unit, explains that help is available for businesses looking to invest in more sustainable packaging...
Council announces new glass recycling system thanks to ‘impressive’ facility
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GLASS bottle and jar recycling is to move from segregated to mixed glass recycling in the Highlands.
It comes thanks to a system from The...
The importance of responsible claims on sustainability
By Jane Bevis, executive chair, OPRL LTD
AS we look forward to the delayed COP26 in Glasgow this November, and backwards to the cause of...
‘Revolutionary’ Heineken bottle could lead to ‘radical’ change in glass manufacturing
HEINEKEN is to trial a 'revolutionary' glass bottle in the UK which it said could lead to a 'radical' reduction in the use of...
Aldi to trial refill stations
ALDI has launched a trial selling its first packaging-free products in a bid to help customers shop more sustainably.
The pilot will begin at a...
