Council announces new glass recycling system thanks to ‘impressive’ facility

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAnzQl-EIs4 GLASS bottle and jar recycling is to move from segregated to mixed glass recycling in the Highlands. It comes thanks to a system from The...
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Corrugated cardboard packaging solution proves the perfect ‘blend’

DS Smith and BSH Nazarje, a Slovenian company that is part of the BSH Home Appliances Group, have teamed up on a project to...

Momentum grows for reuse systems, but ‘fragmented’ policies constrain progress

REUSE systems as a model to reduce plastic pollution are beginning to emerge globally, but remain constrained by fragmented policies, weak financial incentives and...

Tesco makes ‘revolutionary’ alteration to cheese packaging

TESCO has announced it is to alter the packaging of its own label hard cheeses in a move which it says will save 260...

Aldi joins Podback recycling scheme

ALDI customers are set to be able to recycle their used coffee, tea, and hot chocolate pods after the supermarket became a member of...
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Refillable milk bottles help ‘unpack complexities’

BERRY Global Group has teamed up with Abel & Cole, a specialist in sustainable food delivery, to supply bottles for its Club Zero Refillable...

‘Confusing’ information potentially hindering packaging recycling

NEW research commissioned by OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) has revealed that recycling remains important for consumers - but more than half of respondents said...

Celebration to show off new rPET foodservice packs

CELEBRATION Packaging is set to launch a new range of recyclable packaging products made from recycled PET plastic. The firm will be unveiling the products...

Return of the pack: the end of single-trip packaging

By Ian Beresford, head of marketing & development at Essentra Tapes Is there more to packaging than the sum of its parts? Is packaging nothing...

Targets for recycled content in food packaging need care

Setting minimum targets for recycled content in food packaging may sound like a good idea, but could lead to overall less efficient use of...