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Upstart Hazel finds cachet for innovative sachets that extend produce shelf life
Upstart Hazel finds cachet for innovative sachets that extend produce shelf life

US start-up reveals how its packaging innovations are helping to curb food waste

  • Waste
  • 27 November 2020
Refills, recycling and plastic-free fruit and veg: Asda debuts 'sustainability store'
Refills, recycling and plastic-free fruit and veg: Asda debuts 'sustainability store'

Trial store in Leeds is set to feature more than 50 fresh produce lines sold in a loose or unwrapped format to cut down on packaging and plastic waste

  • Waste
  • 20 October 2020
Crisps, chocolate and cheese brands under fire for wasteful packaging
Crisps, chocolate and cheese brands under fire for wasteful packaging

Investigation by Which? finds swathes of major snack brands come in hard to recycle packaging with unclear labeling for consumers

  • BusinessGreen
  • 24 September 2020
Aldi rolls out cardboard steak packaging, as Absolut toasts paper vodka bottles
Aldi rolls out cardboard steak packaging, as Absolut toasts paper vodka bottles

Latest packaging innovations aimed at cutting back on plastic and carbon emissions, according to firms

  • Waste
  • 04 September 2020
Packaging firm Crown launches decade-long sustainability drive
Packaging firm Crown launches decade-long sustainability drive

  • Supply chain
  • 07 August 2020
Carbon-free diet? HelloFresh commits to offsetting all emissions
Carbon-free diet? HelloFresh commits to offsetting all emissions

  • BusinessGreen
  • 05 August 2020
Ball Corporation inks power purchase deals for 93.4MW of European wind energy
Ball Corporation inks power purchase deals for 93.4MW of European wind energy

Company inks deals to use electricity from wind farms in Spain and Sweden to power aluminum packaging plant

  • Wind
  • 23 July 2020
In the Loop: Radical zero-waste shopping scheme launches in UK
In the Loop: Radical zero-waste shopping scheme launches in UK

Tesco and Terracycle team up to launch new packaging re-use delivering model in the UK

  • BusinessGreen
  • 15 July 2020
Tetra Pak commits to net zero emissions
Tetra Pak commits to net zero emissions

Packaging company confirmed today that it will set science-based emissions reduction targets for activities across its value chain as it works to reach net zero operations by 2030.

  • Management
  • 11 June 2020
Two ways P&G is working toward its packaging goals
Two ways P&G is working toward its packaging goals

  • Recycling
  • 07 May 2020
DS Smith launches new circular principles for packaging design
DS Smith launches new circular principles for packaging design

Packaging giant hopes that its new principles will cut waste, boost the amount of reyclable packaging materials on the market and address a widespread confusion among consumers over what types of packaging are recyclable.

  • Recycling
  • 30 April 2020
'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan
'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan

Environmental groups and green businesses broadly welcome strategy, which aims to 'make sustainable products the norm'

  • Policy
  • 12 March 2020
Iceland cuts own-brand plastic packaging by 29 per cent
Iceland cuts own-brand plastic packaging by 29 per cent

Supermarket claims engaging with its suppliers and customers has been key to reducing plastic from own-brand products

  • Waste
  • 10 March 2020
Breaking the single-use cycle
Breaking the single-use cycle

Jo Gilroy is head of sustainability and environment at Kier Group

  • Management
  • 02 March 2020
Toy firm Mattel aims to construct a sustainable future with new bio-plastics building sets
Toy firm Mattel aims to construct a sustainable future with new bio-plastics building sets

The new products build on the firm's recently announced commitment to make 100 per cent of its toys recycled and recyclable by 2030

  • Supplier
  • 29 January 2020
Recipe box outfit Gousto delivers on 50 per cent plastic reduction pledge
Recipe box outfit Gousto delivers on 50 per cent plastic reduction pledge

Company says it has met its target to halve plastic packaging and is now working to make all its branded packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by the end of 2022

  • Technology
  • 07 January 2020
Child's play: Mattel eyes 100 per cent recycled and recyclable toys by 2030
Child's play: Mattel eyes 100 per cent recycled and recyclable toys by 2030

Firm behind Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price plans to launch first toy made from and packaged in green materials in early 2020

  • Recycling
  • 19 December 2019
Plastics Pact: One billion single use plastic items to be eliminated by end of 2020
Plastics Pact: One billion single use plastic items to be eliminated by end of 2020

Businesses need to deal with highly complex technical and economic challenges in order to meet plastic reduction targets, report shows

  • Recycling
  • 17 December 2019
Greenwashing 2.0: It's back and it's got more sophisticated
Greenwashing 2.0: It's back and it's got more sophisticated

Trewin Restorick argues that moves to tackle packaging waste have unleashed a new wave of dubious corporate announcements

  • Marketing
  • 26 November 2019
Iceland unwraps plastic-free Christmas dinner range
Iceland unwraps plastic-free Christmas dinner range

Supermarket offers customers festive dinners of starters, mains, and desserts completely free of plastic packaging

  • Waste
  • 22 November 2019
Plant-based packaging: Tetra Pak unveils newly certified sugarcane cartons
Plant-based packaging: Tetra Pak unveils newly certified sugarcane cartons

Packaging giant says Bonsucro certification scheme provides assurance over the sustainability of its sugar-cane based cartons

  • Policy
  • 19 November 2019
Plastic-free material made from fish waste wins £30,000 James Dyson prize
Plastic-free material made from fish waste wins £30,000 James Dyson prize

Student inventor Lucy Hughes takes home prize for MarinaTex, a biodegradable translucent film made from organic fish waste and red algae

  • Recycling
  • 14 November 2019
McFlurry makeover: McDonald's serves up menu of plastic waste reduction measures
McFlurry makeover: McDonald's serves up menu of plastic waste reduction measures

Fast food chain's new measures include cutting plastic drink and ice cream packaging in Europe and trialing edible packaging in Ukraine

  • Recycling
  • 14 November 2019
Our independent craft brewers need certainty on deposit returns
Our independent craft brewers need certainty on deposit returns

A deposit return scheme may help boost recycling, but it also comes with major challenges for smaller businesses, warns James Calder of The Society of Independent Brewers

  • Recycling
  • 21 October 2019
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