Flexible food packaging sector collaborates to create new snack packaging

SEVERAL partners from across the flexible food packaging supply chain have worked together to launch new snack packaging. The 'premium quality' packaging contains 50% recycled...

AI-powered robots used to pick valuable materials from Fife waste

AI-powered robots are being used to sort Fife Council's household waste in its Dunfermline material recovery facility (MRF). Installed in late 2022, the robotic pickers...

Polytag secures funding boost

FEMALE-led recycling technology company Polytag has announced that it has completed series A seed funding with two prominent female-led investors. The news comes as the...

Lidl unveils Glasgow mural made from over 30,000 bottle caps

LIDL has unveiled a 25ft mural, inspired by Botticelli, in Glasgow city, made from over 30,000 bottle caps. The hand-crafted mural - aptly named Bottlecelli...

Webinar will share new packaging recycling behaviour research findings

AN upcoming webinar organised by the Compostable Coalition UK will share new packaging research findings around recycling. On March 19, the University of Sheffield and...

Aldi launches own-brand paper wine bottles

ALDI is launching what it calls the UK’s first supermarket own-brand paper wine bottles. The Cambalala South African Shiraz and Cambalala South African Sauvignon Blanc...

Entries open for RECOUP Awards 2024

RECOUP has announced that entries are now open for the RECOUP Awards 2024, which recognise achievements in plastics resource efficiency and recycling. The awards aim...

Paper bubble wrap earns top innovation prize at Packaging Innovations & Empack

LEIPA UK Ltd and Papair's PapairWrap, described as the first bubble wrap made from 100% paper, has won the Innovation Gallery Award at Packaging...

E-commerce report highlights importance of packaging quality and eco-friendliness to consumers

MONDI has announced the results of its fifth annual e-commerce report, which revealed that almost half of consumers have bought via social commerce in...

Inflatable packaging solution launched for lower-volume businesses

A new inflatable packaging system has been launched by SEE to provide medium-throughput businesses with on-demand cushioning and wrapping containing a minimum of 30%...