OPRL recyclable packaging design tool into final testing
OPRL’s PREP UK packaging design tool with UK recycling infrastructure data for testing, ensuring recyclability assessments…
McDonald’s partners with Starbucks for recyclable cup
McDonald’s is committing $5m in partnership with New York-based recycling and sustainability investment platform to launch…
Viridor, Faerch Plast, and retail giants to recycle black plastic
Viridor has teamed with Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and food packaging manufacturer Faerch Plast to put recycled…
McDonald’s plans to phase out plastic straws across the UK
The restaurant chain will replace plastic straws with paper ones and follows a successful trial in selected outlets. It will complete the move…
A perfect example of gross overpackaging
Many mail order companies are still over-packaging items being delivered to customers, resulting in wasted materials and resources as they send…
Waitrose creates punnets using dried tomato leaves
Waitrose is experimenting with a new form of non-plastic punnet which uses tomato leaves to help package tomatoes. The packaging is created in a complex process…
Cornetto rolls out new logo and packaging to look more “natural”
The Italian ice-cream brand, which turns 60 next year, has launched a “simplified” new look created by…
Actionpoint warehouse drone footage
We took to the skies with our drone to grab some aerial footage of the Actionpoint headquarters on a lovely summers evening…
EC proposes taxing non-recycled plastic packaging waste after Brexit
The European Commission has announced plans to tax non-recycled plastic packaging waste in the new EU budget, following Britain’s exit next…
‘Only 10%’ of UK businesses considering packaging improvement
Around half of UK businesses have not prepared for a rise in e-commerce deliveries which might affect the condition of their products’ packaging…
UK to ban plastic straws and commonwealth to fight marine waste
The Government has announced the end to the sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds at the start of the Commonwealth Heads…