New guide offers packaging advice for socially-distanced catering models

COMPOSTABLE packaging specialist Vegware has created a 24-page guide to help foodservice businesses plan for socially-distanced service models. The Edinburgh-headquartered business revealed disposables are in...

New guide aims to boost plastics recycling

RECOUP and the British Plastics Federation (BPF) have teamed up to launch new guidance aimed at helping designers create plastic packaging that is easy...

Burger King removes toys from kids’ meals

BURGER King has announced that plastic toys will no longer be included in kids' meals as it aims to improve its wider sustainability practices
Marieke Koekkoek

Full conference programme published for PRS Europe 2025

ORGANISERS of Plastics Recycling Show Europe have published the full conference programme for this year’s event, which takes place at RAI Amsterdam from April 1-2. The...
Mercel's Alastair Kennedy (COO); Dr Mark Dorris; and Dominic O’Rourke

Napier University spinout looks to weed out microplastics

AN Edinburgh Napier University spinout’s approach to utilising seaweed as an alternative to plastics could help eliminate a range of microplastics found in packaging. In...

Xaar sustainability report highlights green goals progress

INKJET technology specialist Xaar has launched the firm's first Sustainability Report, highlighting the progress made towards the objectives set out in the company’s Sustainability...

‘Cutting-edge technology’ provides plastic box pallet solution

Palletower, a manufacturer of storage and logistics equipment, has created what it calls 'the UK’s market leading moulded collapsible plastic box pallet'. Having teamed up...
Jane Martin, CEO of City to Sea

Global Reuse Summit calls for ‘robust’ policy to support reusable packaging

KEY stakeholders attending the second Global Reuse Summit have urged the UK Government to support reusable packaging with 'robust' policy. The Bristol event, hosted by...

An iconic sustainability approach in Kirkcaldy

KIRKCALDY-based Kwikpac Ltd says it is ‘leading the way’ in reducing waste in the packaging industry by supplying a large range of widely recyclable...

PP-based mono-material gives Mondi another slice of sustainable packaging

MONDI has collaborated with Scan Sverige to create a polypropylene (PP) based mono-material packaging, that is designed for recycling. Scan Sverige has over a century of...