Paper and cardboard recycling reaches “record” high in Europe

PAPER and cardboard recycling has reached a record high across Europe, new research from the European Union has revealed. Ahead of Global Recycling Day, figures...
SIG Terra portfolio

SIG Terra portfolio sees 15% sales growth in 2024

SIG has announced a 15% increase in sales for SIG Terra packaging materials for aseptic cartons in 2024. The growth is well above the 6%...
Asda extra special Sirloin

Asda continues well done own brand packaging shift

ASDA has introduced 100% recyclable packaging for its range of Aberdeen Angus steaks

Firm diverts 20,000 tonnes of plastic from entering waterways

BANTAM Materials, the supplier of Prevented Ocean Plastic, has announced that it has successfully diverted 20,000 tonnes of plastic from polluting the world's oceans...

Berry invests in certification ahead of new Plastics Tax introduction

BERRY Global has announced the availability of certified recycled plastic from six of its UK sites, ahead of the introduction of the Plastics Tax...
James Cropper cotton fibres

Papermaker confirms ‘world first’ innovation to transform polycotton waste into paper

JAMES Cropper has announced it has devised a 'revolutionary process' that makes it possible to recover and use cotton fibres from the UK’s polycotton...

‘Breakthrough’ film innovation set for exhibition showcase

PACKAGING manufacturer Coveris will showcase its latest solutions at Packaging Innovations next week, including its MonoFlex Thermoform 'breakthrough innovation'. The film is described as a...

From red lights to robots: OMRON set to celebrate 90 years of innovation at...

Sponsored Content: Marking 90 years of innovation during which OMRON has continuously pushed technological boundaries from the development of automated traffic signals to cancer cell diagnostic solutions, the global leader in industrial automation is set to celebrate its anniversary at PPMA 2023.

Plastic waste from trains and stations transformed into usable products

OVER a tonne of plastic waste collected from trains and stations has been transformed into usable products by LNER since November last year. The initiative...

Sustainable challenges for closures

Darren Dodd, service and marketing director at Selig, discusses how the environmental agenda is bringing into question how beverage companies use packaging seals in...