Funding boost for Edinburgh’s expanded polystyrene recycling plans
THE City of Edinburgh Council has been awarded £19,000 to support the recycling of expanded polystyrene (EPS) at household recycling centres.
The £70 million Recycling...
Waitrose ranked number one supermarket for plastic reductions
WAITROSE has ranked first in an annual table measuring the work of UK supermarkets to reduce single-use plastics across its stores and products.
The report,...
Refillable spout pouch wins Innovation Gallery award
EASYFAIRS UK, the organiser of Packaging Innovations & Empack, has confirmed Swiss Pack as the winner of the Innovation Gallery award for its FORMIL...
Co-op calls on government to introduce 50p plastic bag fee
THE Co-op is to remove plastic bags for life from sale in all of its stores and has made a number of recommendations to...
In line with offline methods
Craig Quirie explores the challenges faced by online retailers in the quest for quality and environmentally-friendly packagingÂ
The revolutionary potential of the circular economy
By Sandy Dhesi, commercial manager at EcoveritasÂ
The #CircularEconomy is in full swing — no longer a niche, fuzzy concept. Everyone is looking into it:...
E-commerce report highlights importance of packaging quality and eco-friendliness to consumers
MONDI has announced the results of its fifth annual e-commerce report, which revealed that almost half of consumers have bought via social commerce in...
Tesco cans multipack packaging
SEVERAL lines of multipacks are set to be replaced with plastic-free multibuys across all Tesco stores.
The supermarket has said that the move will eliminate...
Metal packaging stakeholders explore impact of evolving regulatory landscape
AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings recently brought together voices from across the metal packaging industry for a webinar that explored how brand owners, canmakers, and coatings...
New College Lanarkshire to trial reverse vending machines ahead of DRS launch
STUDENTS at New College Lanarkshire are to trial reverse vending machines ahead of Scotland's impending deposit return scheme (DRS).
The trial - at the Motherwell,...
