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Industry commits to halve UK food waste
The UK’s largest retailers, food producers, manufacturers, and food service companies have committed to ambitious milestones to reduce the UK’s food waste problem.
Round Up: Packaging
Here is your weekly round-up of packaging news. Next week’s round-up will focus on processing news.
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Faerch Plast signs up to UK Plastics Pact
Faerch Plast UK, a manufacturer of plastic packaging for the food industry including the snacks segment, has signed up to the UK Plastics Pact.
WRAP announces UK Plastics Pact
The UK Plastics Pact launched by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is a collaboration which brings together businesses from across the plastics value chain with UK governments and NGOs to tackle the issue of plastic waste.
Axion launches packaging design service
Axion has launched a new Design for Recycling service to help increase the recyclability of plastic packaging.
Rockwell Automation announces winners of annual Manufacturing Safety Excellence Awards
Recipients recognised for making workplace safety a core business value.
Round Up: Packaging
Here is your weekly round-up of packaging news. Next week’s round-up will focus on processing news.
CPI joins UK recycling scheme
The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) is the latest organisation with an interest in materials recycling to join the UK-based On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme.
WRAP presents new labelling guidance
Waste reduction charity WRAP has published new labelling guidance to give consumers more consistent storage and date label advice.
FDF Awards 2017 shortlist announced
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has announced the shortlist for the Food and Drink Federation Awards 2017.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Sustainability
Boardlink invests £100K into tray facilities
Boardlink, the largest producer of resilient ovenable board ready meal trays, has announced an investment of £100,000 to increase its capacity.
Changes to food packaging could save £1bn annually
Around 350,000 tonnes of household food waste, worth an estimated £1 billion annually, could be prevented through further changes to key food items in the UK’s shopping aisles, new research shows.
Manufacturers discuss innovation ahead of Valentine’s Day
Ahead of Pro2Pac in March (20-22), the organiser spoke to some of the exhibitors to find out how they are going to make their products stand out this Valentine’s Day.
Courtauld Commitment 3 delivers waste savings
More than 50 signatories took part in the Courtauld Commitment 3 (CC3), delivering over £100 million business savings by reducing food waste over a three-year period.