Flexible packaging consortium marks a century of stakeholders
RPC–bpi group has become the 100th firm to sign up to CEFLEX, the consortium of organisations collaborating to enhance the performance of flexible packaging in...
RPC provides refillable bottles to UN conference
RPC Group provided 400 refillable water bottles to a recent UN human rights conference in Warsaw, Poland.
The firm said the move eliminated the need...
Packaging producers to pick up recycling tab in new waste strategy
BUSINESSES and manufacturers south of the border will have to pay the full cost of recycling or disposing their packaging waste, under a new...
New film educates public on recyclable packaging
AUTOMATED Packaging Systems has announced the launch of an educational film which encourages responsible recycling.
The film includes information on the types of packaging materials...
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...
New guide aims to boost plastics recycling
RECOUP and the British Plastics Federation (BPF) have teamed up to launch new guidance aimed at helping designers create plastic packaging that is easy...
Nivea calendar considers the environment
THERMOFORMING specialist Macpac has designed and produced advent calendar trays for Beiersdorf Nivea, which feature 24 different skin care products behind numbered doors to...
Food experts discuss sustainable packaging at business breakfast
OVER 120 food industry professionals have met to discuss the future of plastics at a packaging event held by Roythornes Solicitors in Peterborough.
Biodegradable and...
Mapping the way ahead: Vanden calls for more work on plastic recyclability
PLASTIC recycling specialist Vanden has welcomed the UK Plastics Pact Roadmap - but warned more work is needed on plastic packaging.
The organisation questioned whether...
Returnable pack boosts beverage sector sustainability
DS Smith Plastics Bilzen has designed a returnable pack which the firm claims can fit inside reusable crates and be stacked without a crate.
The...
