Amazon to pack items sold by third party sellers in recyclable bags

AMAZON has announced it is to use recyclable paper bags and cardboard envelopes for orders shipped from its fulfilment centres. The firm has already stopped...

Smurfit Kappa cleans up with new detergent pack solution

SMURFIT Kappa has announced the firm has developed a new sustainable packaging solution for detergent with McBride, a manufacturer of private label products for...

Vegware Sustainability Report outlines progress on environmental ambitions

COMPOSTABLE foodservice packaging specialist Vegware has released its Sustainability Report 2021. The report highlights the Edinburgh-headquartered firm's commitment to driving access to composting infrastructure, and...

Recycle-ready packaging is a wrap for premium cheese

AMCOR and French cheese producer Fromagerie Milleret have teamed up to create a new recycle-ready paper packaging for the company’s Le Baron Brie and...

Next generation compression film boasts up to 30% PCR content

BERRY Global’s European flexible films division has launched a next generation version of its FormiFor insulation compression film, which now incorporates up to 30%...
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Berry innovation chosen for Glasgow returnable cup project

BERRY Global’s range of reusable plastic cups has been selected for the Borrow Cup ‘collaborative returnable cup initiative’, which was launched recently in Glasgow. Borrow...

Glass packaging business launches new solar power plant

ARDAGH Glass Packaging-Europe has announced that a solar power plant at its facility in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, is now supplying renewable electricity on-site, to...

TIPA acquires compostable packaging solutions provider

TIPA has completed the acquisition of compostable packaging specialist Bio4Pack. Bio4Pack will complement TIPA's offering for the compostable industry as its European end-applications solution provider. Customers...
Korozo KoroRCY stand-up pouch

From complex to kerbside – pushing packaging circularity forwards

Thomas Stevenson, UK & Ireland business development manager at Korozo Group, says the packaging sustainability ‘revolution’ remains far from over AS the global packaging industry...

Entry deadline for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe extended

ORGANISERS of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2021 have extended the entry deadline until Friday 30 April 2021. Product designers, design engineers, plastics processors, manufacturers,...