Packaging is key to a cleaner future
By Iain Gulland, chief executive at Zero Waste Scotland
AS we continue to take steps back to normality following the pandemic, Scotland’s rural and green...
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...
Paper-based tubes enhance Lismore’s sustainability credentials
SMURFIT Westrock has provided details of its work to boost the sustainability credentials of the Lismore range of Speyside malts by providing luxury cardboard...
DS Smith helps create fibre-based e-commerce packs for juice bottles
DS Smith has teamed up with drinks company V. Rοubis, the creator of bfresh spitiko, to develop e-commerce packaging for three sets of juice...
Antalis makes ‘carbon balance’ commitment over paper range
ANTALIS has announced it is working with World Land Trust to 'carbon balance' every product in its Arjowiggins Creative Papers range.
The offer is made...
The Wine Society to trial flat recycled plastic bottles
PACKAMAMA has announced that The Wine Society is set to trial the firm's eco-flat bottles.
Following the publication of its Alternative Packaging for Wine report in...
Avery Dennison expands sustainable packaging options
AVERY Dennison has announced it has achieved OK Compost certification for a BPA-free and FSC-certified thermal label material combined with the new adhesive SX6030.
The...
Poll shows support for glass to remain in Scottish DRS
A new survey has found strong support amongst Scots for glass to remain in a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
Eight out of ten Scottish respondents...
Polish ice-cream producer has sustainability licked!
POLISH producer Bracia Koral is introducing reusable ice-cream packs.
The PET jars from RPC PET Power can be reused for many different purposes, offering customers a...
Tethered closures ‘should not impede the drinking experience’
BERRY Global has claimed 'high performance, robust solutions and intuitive functionality' will be crucial to achieving consumer buy-in to tethered closures for plastic bottles,...
