Colpac hails award recognition for cartonboard innovation
COLPAC (now Sabert & Colpac) has expressed its delight after winning the Cartonboard Pack of the Year category at the UK Packaging Awards 2025.
The...
Flexible packaging consortium marks a century of stakeholders
RPC–bpi group has become the 100th firm to sign up to CEFLEX, the consortium of organisations collaborating to enhance the performance of flexible packaging in...
M&S and Waitrose report increase in demand for unpackaged goods
BOTH Waitrose and Marks & Spencers are to extend their trials of unpackaged, refillable goods after both reporting positive uptakes.
The supermarkets each launched trials...
Plastics Recycling Show Europe has become ‘the place to be’ for plastic value chain
The Plastics Recycling Show Europe returns to Amsterdam from April 1-2, 2025. Here, Matt Barber, global events director at Crain Communications, tells Packaging Scotland...
Sustainability remains key priority for consumers
NEW research published by Macfarlane Packaging has highlighted that sustainability remains the key priority for consumers.
Over half (55%) of respondents demanded that retailers stay focused...
Amcor confirms ‘enhanced’ recycled content target
AMCOR has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, which details the firm's environmental progress and announces an enhanced target to achieve 30% recycled content across...
Smurfit Kappa invests €27 million in paper mill sustainability initiative
SMURFIT Kappa has announced a €27 million investment in a new waste management and recovery facility at its Nervión paper mill in Iurreta, Spain.
The...
Recyclable sausage packs help food firm’s sustainability journey
MONDI has revealed details of its work with Nordic food producer HKScan to provide renewable paper-based packaging for its Falukorv sausage.
HKScan sells over eight...
BPF unveils updated version of packaging design tool
THE British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched the latest edition of its packaging design tool PackScore.
Unveiled at Packaging Innovations, PackScore is designed to be...
Venting gives container lightweighting a helping hand
The pressure to reduce packaging waste is leading many producers to remove excess material from their containers. However, this is triggering an unwanted side...
