plastic packaging

Sanner obtains BRCGS certification for food safety

Plastic and desiccant packaging meets the strict regulations for food safety.

Food safety, Packaging

Cocoa Canopy adopts NatureFlex renewable and compostable packaging

Ccellulose film handles differently to conventional plastics.

Packaging

Graphic Packaging International to host plastic to paperboard multipacks webinar

The free webinar on 25 March will offer insight into how brands and retailers can make the switch from their traditional plastic packaging designs to paperboard alternatives.

Packaging, Sustainability

Naked becomes only juice and smoothie brand to offer a bottle made from 100% recycled plastic

UK smoothie brand, Naked, has pledged to help build a world where plastics never need become waste.

Packaging, Sustainability

SIG announces funding for sustainable packaging research at EPFL

SIG will fund breakthrough research at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, as part of a joint initiative with Nestlé, Logitech and other partners, to tackle environmental challenges associated with plastic waste.

Packaging, Sustainability

Consumer brands responsible for half a million tonnes of plastic pollution

Bottling up problems

On my most recent trip to the supermarket, I couldn’t help but notice discarded bottles, wrappers and all sorts of detritus on the way to, and within the bounds of, the shops.

Packaging

UK announces plastic packaging tax

As part of the UK’s Budget 2020, the government has announced the introduction of a tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled content.

Regulatory, Sustainability

StePac unveils new sustainability strategy

StePac, a manufacturer of packaging for fresh produce, has published its new sustainability strategy. Based on four pillars, the strategy mitigates the necessity of climate-positive plastic packaging, addressing the critical problem of food waste which globally, contributes to about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. “Plastic packaging plays a critical role in the fresh produce […]

Packaging, Sustainability

Sleaford Quality Foods to change to white plastic packaging

Sleaford Quality Foods (SQF) has revealed it is converting all its plastic packaging from black to white.

Packaging, Sustainability