Amcor expands paper-based packaging offering for food and drink applications
AMCOR has announced the expansion of its AmFiber Performance Paper packaging range in Europe to include heat seal sachets for dry culinary and beverage...
Smurfit Kappa adds the missing ingredient to sustainable recipe box
A recipe box company has collaborated with Smurfit Kappa to make its packaging more sustainable.
Mindful Chef experienced a 'huge' increase in demand for its...
Packaged food supplier makes sustainability pledge
SLEAFORD Quality Foods (SQF) has vowed to ensure all of its packaging is recyclable or compostable by 2022.
The supplier of packaged foods said its...
Morrisons launches ‘rentable’ salad boxes
MORRISONS is to trial the introduction of 'rentable' boxes on its salad bar in a bid to allow customers to enjoy lunch more sustainably.
It...
Crackdown on illegal waste exports promised as company fined
THE Environmental Agency (EA) has promised to treat illegal waste exports as a 'priority', after fining a waste management company for illegal exports.
Biffa was...
Recycling tech utilised for ‘unprecedented’ traceability of water bottles
RECYCLING technology specialist Polytag has revealed it will apply both unique-every-time QR codes and UV tags to Co-op own-label PET two-litre spring water bottles.
Described...
Iceland launches paperboard packaging for its Pink Lady apples
ICELAND has launched plastic-free packaging for its Pink Lady apples, in what it says is a UK supermarket first.
The new paperboard packaging will replace...
New group vows to reinforce standards for paper straws
A number of stakeholders from across the paper straw supply chain have founded a new charter of trust for compliance standards relating to all...
Antalis updates blown hand stretch film range to boost customer sustainability demands
ANTALIS has announced that its Master’in Performance range of blown hand stretch film is now Plastic Packaging Tax-exempt thanks to the use of 30%...
Collaborative project sets up new recycling scheme for plastic compost bags
A new recycling initiative involving Veolia, garden product brand Miracle-Gro, and Dobbies garden centres has set its sights on the 100 million bags used...
