Sonoco urges continued awareness and engagement around EPR
SONOCO has revealed it is involved in the UK Government’s EPR consultation process and continues to engage with officials and industry stakeholders to scrutinise...
Aberdeenshire seaweed cultivation deemed commercially viable
SEAWEED cultivation on the north Aberdeenshire coast has been recommended as a financially-viable business opportunity.
The process is becoming a rapidly-growing market, with seaweed products...
Films deliver ‘substantial’ material savings in stand-up pouch and deep-freeze bag products
POLYMER producer TotalEnergies and SML, an Austrian specialist in extrusion technology, have teamed up to develop two films designed to enable material savings in...
Machinery has the bottle to handle eco-friendly packs
PEEBLES-based bottling and packaging machinery supplier Evolution BPS has revealed that the shift towards sustainable solutions has led to a growing number of enquiries...
Berry initiatives look to help customers meet sustainable goals
Berry M&H has announced a number of initiatives to support customer sustainability goals and help them satisfy the requirements of the UK Plastic Packaging Tax.
The...
WERIT cuts material use as packaging tax pressures rise
INDUSTRIAL packaging manufacturer WERIT UK has revealed how it is reducing plastic use across its product range through engineering-led design.
In response to the UK’s...
Scotland-based consultancy to offer guidance on DRS
WITH just over two years until the UK introduces a national Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), a new Scotland-based consultancy has been launched to help...
New stats reveal record aluminium packaging recycling rates
NEW figures released by the Environment Agency revealed a record 40,653 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in Q2 2020.
This indicates that...
Lucozade Ribena Suntory sets 100% sustainable packaging target
LUCOZADE Ribena Suntory has unveiled plans to move to 100% sustainable plastic within a decade
Sainsbury’s makes its biggest ever single plastics removal
SAINSBURY'S is to switch its own-brand mushroom punnets from plastic to cardboard in a move which it says will save over 775 tonnes of...
