Berry initiatives look to help customers meet sustainable goals

Berry M&H has announced a number of initiatives to support customer sustainability goals and help them satisfy the requirements of the UK Plastic Packaging Tax. The...

Keep Scotland Beautiful eyes record-breaking spring clean

KEEP Scotland Beautiful is aiming to make this spring its biggest and best spring clean yet as it puts out a call for 50,000...

Preliminary figures indicate record year for aluminium packaging recycling

PRELIMINARY figures released by the Environment Agency indicate that 2020 was a record year in the UK for the volume of aluminium packaging collected...
Natural Selection Packaging

Students say cheers to eco-friendly packaging

NATURAL Selection Brewing are to release a new beer in eco-friendly packaging at an exclusive Edinburgh event

Heriot-Watt unveils energy-efficient alternative to incinerating face masks

HERIOT-WATT University has developed an alternative to the 'expensive' process of incinerating disposable face masks. Researchers from the Edinburgh learning institute have unveiled a process...

Food-grade film helps businesses to reduce waste

SEALED Air has developed what the firm described as the world’s first food-grade soft plastic film containing Certified Circular Resins (CCR). The new CRYOVAC Brand...

IKEA marks 30 years of iconic blue bag with sustainability upgrade

IKEA is celebrating 30 years of its FRAKTA bag with an updated version containing a minimum of 90% recycled material. More than 44 million FRAKTA...

Sustainable materials are a natural choice for brands

Scott Thompson, head of R&D at Xampla, answers Packaging Scotland's questions about the company's ongoing mission to develop sustainable packaging products Q) What’s the history...
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Your chance to save up to £400 on your pass for the Sustainable Packaging...

Don't miss your chance to save up to £400 with an early bird rate that ends this Friday 10th May
Skincare stick applicator

More sustainable stick applicator supports sports brand’s carbon commitments

AMCOR has produced a skincare stick applicator for sports brand Decathlon, using recycled plastic sourced from Amcor’s proprietary CleanStream technology. With 87% rPP, each applicator...