Packaging

Latest government figures show the UK has exceeded EU targets, but campaigners claim supermarkets should do more to combat the problem

Pilot scheme in two stores intended to gather information on where customers feel packaging improvements can be made

Waste agency launches new project to help promote cutting-edge green packaging technologies

Switching Easter Egg packaging to bioplastics could save enough energy to power one million homes during the holiday weekend

Ministers proposing one of the world's largest "polluter pays" schemes

Survey shows excessive packaging still the norm, as councils call for retailers to pay towards landfill taxes

IT giant commits to slash packaging by 20 million pounds a year, saving $8m in the process

Carluccio's charged over alleged breaches of waste packaging rules

"It's a triumph, whichever way you look at it"

Government agency to invest £780,000 in trials designed to promote packaging re-use