Morrisons to use paper bands instead of plastic bags for bananas
MORRISONS has pledged to remove plastic bags from all of its bananas sold in its stores, in what it says is a supermarket first.
New...
Skincare brand and TerraCycle team up on sustainability initiative
CLINICAL skincare brand Murad has teamed up with recycling specialist TerraCycle to help divert plastic waste from landfills while turning it into new recycled...
New name reflects firm’s ‘leadership’ in plastics recycling
BERRY Global has announced that its Plasgran plastics recycling operation in Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, is to be renamed as Berry Circular Polymers, alongside the company’s...
Packamama secures grant funding to innovate sustainable wine packaging
SUSTAINABLE wine packaging innovator Packamama has secured a $100,000 feasibility grant from the Australian Government under the Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII), Renewables...
RECOUP Conference tipped to help shape the future of plastics
THE RECOUP Conference will return on 25 September 2025 at the KingsGate Conference Centre in Peterborough, where stakeholders from across the plastics value chain...
Waitrose unveils new recycled strawberry packs
WAITROSE has unveiled new 80% recycled packaging for its British strawberries range in a move which it says will eliminate 16.89 tonnes of plastic...
Winners of Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 announced
WINNERS of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 have been announced during the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam.
The seven winners are as follows:
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Nestlé unveils paper packaging for Smarties range
NESTLÉ'S much-loved Smarties brand is to be packaged using recyclable paper material, as the firm continues its sustainability drive.
The rollout of the new packaging,...
France EPR legislation ‘catching UK businesses unawares’
ENVIRONMENTAL compliance specialist Valpak has claimed that UK businesses are being caught out by the latest French EPR legislation.
France operates extended producer responsibility (EPR)...
Major UK investment aims to make plastic a sustainable packaging choice
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced it is to invest £20 million in four cutting edge recycling plants in a bid to make...



















