Environmental organisation hails Arsenal Football Club’s cup record

FRIENDS of the Earth has urged sports stadiums and venues across the UK to introduce returnable cup and plastic recycling schemes, following Arsenal Football...

Association warns ‘single-use plastic’ term is negative

RESEARCH has shown that the term ‘single-use plastic’ has a negative impact on recycling, the Natural Source Waters Association (NSWA) has said. The surveys, undertaken...

Antalis makes ‘carbon balance’ commitment over paper range

ANTALIS has announced it is working with World Land Trust to 'carbon balance' every product in its Arjowiggins Creative Papers range. The offer is made...

Edinburgh toxicologists play key role in creation of biodegradable beauty packs

TOXICOLOGISTS from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have been involved in a project to develop biodegradable packaging designed to help cosmetics firms meet demand for environmentally-friendly...

Keep Scotland Beautiful and DS Smith partner for Glasgow cup scheme

A new coffee cup recycling initiative is to be launched in Glasgow by Keep Scotland Beautiful in collaboration with DS Smith. Dubbed the Cup Movement,...

Sustainable cup solution launched to tackle festival waste

RECYCLING specialist Simply Cups has launched an events and festivals division to help tackle the issue of waste and single-use containers at UK festivals. The...

Aberdeenshire Council to trial polystyrene recycling

ABERDEENSHIRE Council is to begin a polystyrene recycling trial at three of its household recycling centres (HRCs). A contract has been signed between the council...

Iceland to reduce plastic fruit & veg packaging in ‘largest ever’ trial

ICELAND are to trial new packaging solutions on their fresh fruit and vegetable lines that will see either plastic-free variations or significantly reduced plastic...

Alternatives to plastic packaging in food and drink

ADVERTORIAL Plastic was invented a little over a century ago, but it has quickly become ubiquitous globally with 8.3 billion metric tons created since its...

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...