Supermarket giant Tesco recently announced plans to remove plastic shrink wrap from all its multipack tins in a move to reduce packaging waste by 350 tonnes per year and significantly reduce its CO2 emissions. While [read more…]
Manchester Gin has improved its sustainability by introducing environmentally friendly, recycled glass bottles. The environment is at the heart of the award-winning business, both in its distillery and its cocktail bar and restaurant and this [read more…]
Have you reached your waste saturation point? While the effectiveness of POS displays has been undeniable in boosting brand visibility and retail sales, success has come at a toll. Store operators and reverse logistics partners [read more…]
New guidance expanding the reach of the UK’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap is published today (Tuesday 17th March), providing growers with advice on how best to measure food surplus and waste on farm to identify [read more…]
Following the Government’s announcement that it intends to introduce a new, higher tax on plastic packaging that contains less than 30% recycled content, Southampton-based Polystar Plastics has launched a new and exclusive Post-Consumer Waste (PCW) [read more…]
CEO of low carbon secondary packaging specialist TrakRap, Martin Leeming, hails Tesco’s efforts to remove unnecessary and non-recyclable plastic shrink wrap from its shelves but warns supermarkets and retailers not to ignore the environmental impact [read more…]
The UK food supply chain is being urged to collaborate more closely in the wake of more high-profile product recalls. Just this week, food product recalls have continued to make headlines, with several supermarkets recalling [read more…]
A new report published today (Monday 2nd December) reveals that 75% of UK shoppers want supermarkets to only stock food from sustainable and ethical sources. Adding even more pressure for retailers already on the frontline [read more…]
Like something straight out of the Bushtucker Trial on last night’s I’m A Celebrity, Roberts is the first major bakery brand in the UK to launch insect bread. The batch of limited-edition Crunchy Cricket Loaves has [read more…]
Smurfit Kappa has been named a founding member of a new industry alliance to boost the contribution of paper-based packaging in a circular and sustainable economy. The 4evergreen forum, which is led by the Confederation [read more…]
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