Packaging

Multinational launches latest initiative to tackle single-use plastic consumption

MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee warn chemical pollution is a growing problem in the UK and argue the government has been slow to act

Woolcool is encouraging customers to send back its wool boxes and liners to be cleaned and re-used

Which? study compared 11 of UK's biggest supermarkets, and found the average percentage of packaging that could easily be put in household recycling bins stands at just 52 per cent

Fast food giant ditches plastic lids for flagship ice cream dish, and replaces single-use plastic used in salad packaging with cardboard

Unilever brand debuts new wrapper-less lolly packaging designed to cut plastic waste by 35 per cent

World famous race meeting to introduce 'Re-Cup' re-use initiative in bid to slash plastic waste

Olay Regenerist Whip moisturiser to be offered in refillable pod, as P&G launches three month trial

New green innovations from leading supermarket include dedicated refillable zone, borrow-a-box scheme, and frozen pick and mix

Government proposals to tax plastic packaging are not ambitious enough, accountancy group argues