Green beans: Heinz heats up sustainable packaging push

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Food giant announces roll out of new recyclable paperboard multipack sleeves as part of £25m investment in sustainable packaging innovations

Heinz is rolling out a new paperboard sleeve to replace the plastic shrink-wrap holding together its multipacks of cans, the firm announced today, as part of the US food giant's £25m investment in sustainable...

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