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This week Tetra Pak announced the introduction of certified recycled polymers, making it the first company in the food and beverage packaging industry to be awarded the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Advanced Products…

Somerset-based thermoformed packaging firm, Kingsmoor Packaging, has recently launched a new lightweighting initiative known as KPL Cirrus. A year in development, the move is part of the company’s continued drive to make their plastic…

Sun Chemical has signed up to the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0, facilitated by AIM, the European Brands Association. In doing so, Sun Chemical is joining forces with more than 85 companies and organisations to participate in…

Announcing the winners of the 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards recognising breakthrough packaging achievements in design, technology, sustainability and user experience, Dow, presented the highest honour, the Diamond Award, to Henkel AG…

UK biotech company Toraphene is preparing to unveil the world's first truly biodegradable, compostable and commercially viable alternative to plastic packaging. The company has developed a new material, also called Toraphene, that uses…

The use of recycled material is playing an increasingly important role in the work of Greiner Packaging. The new circular economy strategy, which the plastic packaging manufacturer has been actively pursuing since the autumn, includes…

Michelle Carvell, COO of Lorax Compliance “The government’s proposed incineration tax, which will see waste companies pay a fee per every tonne of plastic burned, should be used to fund a consumer recycling education programme to mend…

Færch Plast is closing the loop on plastic food trays with the acquisition of Dutch 4PET Group, a leading sheet manufacturer with unique recycling capabilities. With this acquisition, Færch is becoming one of the world’s first integrated…

The use of plastic strapping as a packaging material and a means for securing goods for transportation, exemplifies sustainability. It ensures that transported goods are secured with the minimal use of materials, meaning less packaging…

Leading food packaging manufacturer is a founding member of exciting new collaborative initiative to create a circular economy for plastics Faerch Plast UK – one of the leading manufacturers of plastic packaging for the food industry –…