Morrisons launches concept store featuring its ‘widest range’ of plastic-free products
MORRISONS has launched a lower environmental impact store with the potential for its initiatives and designs to be rolled out nationwide.
Launched in Little Clacton,...
New tech gives Scots firm the EDGE in sustainable packaging quest
A Scottish business involved in food safety and reducing un-recyclable plastic waste has won an £80,000 award to help take it to the next...
Aseptic carton producer to sponsor FSC general assembly
SIG has announced it will be the exclusive top sponsor (Green Sponsor) for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) general assembly in Bali, Indonesia, in...
Is £200 a tonne enough to move the dial?
Kathy Illingworth, head of sustainability consulting at Ecoveritas shares some insight into the Plastic Packaging Tax and questions if the price is right to...
Cartonboard can be a ‘lynchpin’ in packaging circular economy
By Winfried Muehling, general manager of Pro Carton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard manufacturers
CARTONBOARD is leading the drive towards a truly circular...
North Coast 500 set for new reusable cup scheme
A survey has been launched to aid the development of an 'innovative' new large-scale reusable cup scheme in the Highlands' North Coast 500 route.
NorthCoast...
McLaren Packaging teams up with carbon offsetting specialist on sustainability project
MCLAREN Packaging has invested in planting a second Scottish woodland, removing 6,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere through the duration of the project.
The...
Former Motherwell parcel depot being transformed into DRS facility
WORK is progressing in Motherwell on the £6 million transformation of a former parcel depot into a facility set to play a crucial part...
Sainsbury’s removes plastic trays from its whole chicken range
SAINSBURY'S has removed single-use plastic trays from its by Sainsbury's range of whole chickens.
The supermarket estimates that the move will save 140 tonnes of plastic annually,...
Hair care specialist launches recycling scheme
HAIR care specialist Living Proof has partnered with TerraCycle to ensure its plastic packaging is diverted from landfills and sustainably recycled.
Through the partnership, consumers...
