TRNSMT 2018 Day 2

Recycling to take centre stage at Glasgow music festival

TRNSMT music festival will introduce a host of environmentally-friendly initiatives after partnering with Green Nation – an organisation aimed at improving recycling at festivals

McDonald’s to change ‘famous’ plastic McFlurry spoons to paper

MCDONALD'S is to roll out McFlurry spoons made from a sustainable, paper-based material. It comes as the fast food chain replaces all its plastic cutlery...

Tesco suppliers can advertise excess packaging on new marketplace

TESCO suppliers can now cut production costs and reduce waste by selling or donating surplus stock and materials - including packaging - to other...

Reusable packaging firm scoops top sustainability accolade

REUSABLE packaging and performance pooling solutions specialist Tosca has been awarded the EcoVadis platinum medal for its sustainability initiatives. The award places Tosca in...

Reusable container offers ‘ideal’ refill packaging solution

A 14-litre HDPE reusable container by Berry Global is providing the vessel for a new refill packaging solution from the Refill Coalition. The pilot for...
The GlenAllachie Distillery

Speyside-based distillery raises a glass to sustainability progress

THE GlenAllachie Distillery has marked progress in its sustainability journey after unveiling a distillation system which is tipped to reduce energy usage by over...

Cricket sponsor bowled over by non-plastic food bucket

GRAPHIC Packaging International has revealed it will supply 500,000 sustainable food buckets to KFC Australia for Australian cricket’s Big Bash League 2018, which starts...

DS Smith predicts ‘self-healing’ box as packaging innovation evolves

IN the 150th year of the cardboard box, DS Smith’s innovation specialists have revealed a futuristic blueprint for how the box might evolve in...
MM Packaging Deeside

MM Packaging to showcase sustainable solutions in exhibition debut

MM Packaging Deeside has revealed the firm's debut at Packaging Innovations and Empack 2025 will see the business showcasing its range of sustainable board...

Asda unveils fully recyclable crisp tube

ASDA has unveiled fully recyclable packaging for a line of their own brand crisps, in a move described as a UK supermarket first for...