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Plastics Pact: UK firms slash 'unnecessary' plastic packaging in 2019
Plastics Pact: UK firms slash 'unnecessary' plastic packaging in 2019

More than 150 retailers, manufactures and brands collectively reduced tonnage of single-use plastic packaging sold by 30 per cent

  • Waste
  • 08 December 2020
Chicken and cereal open up new front in war on plastic
Chicken and cereal open up new front in war on plastic

Tesco announces it is removing plastic trays from its fresh chicken, as Aldi unveils fully recyclable cereal packaging

  • Waste
  • 25 November 2020
UKRI awards £8m to innovative plastic packaging waste projects
UKRI awards £8m to innovative plastic packaging waste projects

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems, and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from government-backed agency

  • Waste
  • 19 November 2020
Packaging developer Choose toasts 'world's first' biodegradable paper bottle
Packaging developer Choose toasts 'world's first' biodegradable paper bottle

The fully biodegradable and compostable packaging innovation has been developed in Edinburgh with support from Innovate UK and Sky Ocean Ventures

  • Waste
  • 29 October 2020
'The world is moving on': Coca-Cola's Therese Noorlander on plastic, packaging, and youth activism
'The world is moving on': Coca-Cola's Therese Noorlander on plastic, packaging, and youth activism

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts

  • Management
  • 21 October 2020
Plastics recycling: Four 'cutting edge' facilities secure £20m UKRI funding
Plastics recycling: Four 'cutting edge' facilities secure £20m UKRI funding

Government research body announces fresh support for plastics recycling facilities alongside £65m of industry investment

  • Recycling
  • 16 October 2020
'Horrific': Iceland details full scale of plastic packaging sold in its stores
'Horrific': Iceland details full scale of plastic packaging sold in its stores

Iceland managing director Richard Walker calls on government to make plastic packaging tonnage disclosure mandatory in order to tackle plastic pollution crisis

  • Waste
  • 17 September 2020
Make Up Not Make Waste: L'Oreal announces raft of recycling initiatives
Make Up Not Make Waste: L'Oreal announces raft of recycling initiatives

The new initiatives build on L'Oreal's ambitious 2030 sustainability strategy, launched in June

  • Recycling
  • 10 September 2020
Ineos moves to ramp up recycled plastics offering
Ineos moves to ramp up recycled plastics offering

UK chemicals firm INEOS announces it has made progress incorporating recycled plastics into more challenging applications, as Coca-Cola launches two new recycled plastics commitments in Europe

  • Waste
  • 08 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
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics

With the launch of the US branch of the Plastics Pact the case for corporates to step up their plastic waste reduction efforts are becoming clearer than ever

  • Waste
  • 28 August 2020
Naked strips out virgin plastics with 100 per cent recycled bottles
Naked strips out virgin plastics with 100 per cent recycled bottles

The move makes it the only UK juice or smoothie brand using 100 per cent recycled plastic packaging, manufacturer PepsiCo claims

  • Waste
  • 27 August 2020
Plastic Pact launches in the US as industry giants pledge action
Plastic Pact launches in the US as industry giants pledge action

Top brands and retail giants come together with a pledge to redouble efforts to curb plastic waste

  • Waste
  • 25 August 2020
Which plastics tax? Policymakers face fresh pressure over plastics tax and compostable packaging
Which plastics tax? Policymakers face fresh pressure over plastics tax and compostable packaging

Environmental arguments are continuing to be made both for and against the inclusion of compostable plastics in the government's planned plastics tax

  • Taxation
  • 24 August 2020
Green grips: Heineken switches plastic for compostable cardboard on beer multipacks
Green grips: Heineken switches plastic for compostable cardboard on beer multipacks

The innovation is now in place on UK cans of Foster's, Kronenbourg and Heineken, with the rest of Heineken's portfolio set to follow in 2021

  • Technology
  • 18 August 2020
Packaging firm Crown launches decade-long sustainability drive
Packaging firm Crown launches decade-long sustainability drive

  • Supply chain
  • 07 August 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
Cathedral City launches solution to cheese's plastic recycling challenge
Cathedral City launches solution to cheese's plastic recycling challenge

Leading brand launches new effort to recycle flexible film packaging

  • BusinessGreen
  • 14 July 2020
'A watershed moment': Kimberly-Clark pledges to halve environmental footprint within 10 years
'A watershed moment': Kimberly-Clark pledges to halve environmental footprint within 10 years

Personal care giant confirms science based emissions target and vows to cut forest and water footprints by 50 per cent

  • Management
  • 09 July 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
P&G to ramp up recycled plastic in its packaging with five-year Viridor deal
P&G to ramp up recycled plastic in its packaging with five-year Viridor deal

Agreement will see recycling firm Viridor supply consumer goods giant with recycled plastic for use in its packaging

  • Waste
  • 18 February 2020
Accor joins new Global Tourism Plastics Initiative with fresh wave of waste-reduction pledges
Accor joins new Global Tourism Plastics Initiative with fresh wave of waste-reduction pledges

Accor is to rollout a series of solutions to replace single-use plastic, including shampoo dispensers, water filtration taps, and reusable dishes

  • Waste
  • 24 January 2020
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
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
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