9 April 2018
50% recycled content for M&S mac
Retail giant Marks & Spencer today (9 April) unveiled a pack away mac made from 50% recycled polyester, sourced from used plastic bottles. A spokeswoman for the retailer said that "The pack away mac has been designed a part of...
4 April 2018
Unilever supports plastic conversion technology
Unilever has partnered with one of the world’s largest PET producers to pioneer a new technology which converts PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging. The consumer goods company will be teaming ...
20 March 2018
New faces for Advisory Committee on Packaging
The importance of the role of the Advisory Committee on Packaging has been highlighted by its chairman, Phil Conran, after the appointment of three new members. Mr Conran said: “The Government is under intense pressure to ...
8 March 2018
IKEA reports growth in waste tonnages
Home retail giant IKEA has revealed the amount of waste it generated globally last year increased in comparison to 2016, along with a marginal increase in the percentage of waste sent for recycling and energy recovery. The results...
21 February 2018
Fareham rolls-out takeaway bags to restaurants
Fareham borough council has commissioned 10,000 takeaway bags to be distributed to local restaurants as a measure to reduce food waste. The bags will allow customers to take their leftovers home with them when they eat out and ...
5 January 2018
Defra ‘encouraged’ by industry action over coffee cups
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has vowed to “carefully consider” calls from the Environment Audit Committee to introduce a 25p ‘latte levy’ on disposable coffee cups. But, signalling that it...
5 January 2018
Industry responds to coffee cups report
Two of the UK’s most prominent waste management companies and the Paper Cup Alliance have responded to the call from the Environmental Audit Committee today for a 25p “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups. Starbucks has ...
5 January 2018
Creagh committee proposes 25p coffee cup levy
The Environmental Audit Committee today called on the government to introduce a UK-wide 25p “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups and set targets to recycle 100% of them by 2023. In a report - ‘Disposable packaging: ...
29 November 2017
WRAP publishes food label guidance
As part of its work to reduce household food waste, resource charity WRAP has unveiled changes to the way food packaging will be labelled. The aim, said WRAP – the Waste & Resources Action Programme – is changes to labels ...
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