Sustainability

PLASTIC straws, drinks stirrers, and plastic-stemmed cotton buds are to be banned in England from next year, following an open consultation. Environment Secretary Michael Gove...

THE Blue Planet II effect may well have become shorthand for growing public desire to tackle plastic pollution of the natural environment, but as one of the most versatile materials at our disposal continues to be demonised, there is a real risk of blinding ourselves to the opportunities that already exist which can help to solve the problem.

TESCO has announced that it will remove one billion pieces of plastic from its own products for sale in its stores by the end...

CONSTRUCTION giant Balfour Beatty has been pioneering an innovative packaging solution at its project to build a new facility for Fife College at Dunfermline...

At the top of the Winter & Company UK agenda is sustainability and reducing their impact on the environment both locally and globally.

The introduction of Scotland's deposit return scheme (DRS) has been delayed by a year in order to allow businesses more time to prepare and...

NEW colourful bins have been unveiled in Aberdeen as part of a new initiative to encourage people not to litter. The local authority has received...

XAMPLA, a creator of natural alternatives to single-use plastic, has been announced as a finalist for the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize. Senior figures from...

SAINSBURY'S is to remove plastic straws from its own brand range of lunchbox juice cartons in place of paper straws. The supermarket said that the...

KM Packaging has launched K-Nature Paper HBe, described as a high barrier paper packaging material designed to eliminate consumer confusion around recycling. The product is...