The revolutionary potential of the circular economy

By Sandy Dhesi, commercial manager at Ecoveritas  The #CircularEconomy is in full swing — no longer a niche, fuzzy concept. Everyone is looking into it:...

Aquapak appoints new sales director to drive Hydropol solution

AQUAPAK Polymers has appointed flexible packaging specialist Dudley Jones as sales director to drive end applications of its Hydropol polymer. Dudley has over 30 years’...

Supermarket trials in-store coffee pod recycling points

MORRISONS is trialling recycling points for coffee machine pods in 29 of its UK stores. The supermarket is working on the project in partnership with...

Barrier coating innovation boosts food packaging recyclability

MELODEA, a barrier coatings producer for packaging, has launched its newest innovation, which has been engineered to allow for the recyclability of plastic food...

EPR delay ‘unfortunate but necessary’ due to lack of clarity on costs

ENVIRONMENTAL compliance data specialist Ecoveritas has hailed Defra's decision to defer Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging fees until October 2025 as 'unfortunate but...

Reusable box closure solution brings ‘significant’ cost savings for retailer

BOX Latch Europe, a manufacturer of reusable corrugated box closure solutions, has supplied two New Jersey-based department store distribution centres with a carton closure...

Innovative, lightweight aluminium bottle perfect for sparkling wine and beer

Sponsored Content: NEXT is a bottle perfect for sparkling wines and beer. Created by Studio One Eleven, the bottle combines the elegant and traditional wine bottle shape with an innovative, sustainable and lightweight material: aluminium.

From red lights to robots: OMRON set to celebrate 90 years of innovation at...

Sponsored Content: Marking 90 years of innovation during which OMRON has continuously pushed technological boundaries from the development of automated traffic signals to cancer cell diagnostic solutions, the global leader in industrial automation is set to celebrate its anniversary at PPMA 2023.

Pallet pooler launches first sustainability report amid net zero ambition

IPP Pooling has published a sustainability report setting out targets to become net zero by 2045. The Coventry-based pallet pooler revealed it will improve the...

Edinburgh businesses launch luxury line to tackle dog waste bag pollution

TWO innovative Edinburgh businesses have partnered in a bid to tackle the issue of environmentally harmful dog waste bags. Project Harmless, which was described by...