Packaging

Slight year-on-year uptick in household recycling welcomed by industry, but green groups highlight 'packaging waste mountain' revealed by latest Defra figures

Amid growing global concern about the impacts of plastic and other waste, the two global icons have a big appetite for change

Retail giant breaks ranks to declare that 'the continuing defence of current plastic packaging does not resonate with the consumer and general public opinion'

From cutting food waste to ending hunger, Tetra Pak is getting excited about some big-picture sustainable thinking

Drinks giant sets out raft of green pledges, as packaging industry faces criticism for lobbying against deposit return schemes and new EU 'polluter pays' proposals

And if you don't want to eat it, it will dissolve quickly in water

Hailed as a 'closed loop breakthrough', the new recycled plastic bottle took five years to develop

Packaging giant cuts relative emissions by 6.7 per cent in 2016/7 and now sources 85 per cent of packaging fibre from FSC-certified sites

Tech giant claims its forestry programme now protecting and creating enough sustainable forest to cover its paper packaging use

More than 140 products including crisps and popcorn put in smaller, redesigned packets with reduced air pocket, but same amount of food