All Plastic articles – Page 16
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NewsTesco calls for DRS delay and joint action on soft plastic
Tesco has removed more than two billion pieces of plastic from its business since launching its 4Rs – Remove, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle – packaging strategy in 2019
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Analysis & Features‘Self-destructing’ plastic. The saviour of food and drink packaging?
Polymateria says it has overcome plastic’s ‘impossible challenge’
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat went wrong at ground-breaking Morrisons recycling plant?
The site in Fife was hailed as a huge step in the journey to recycle soft plastics. But a few months on, the plant is facing closure
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NewsComfort reformulates fabric conditioners to improve fragrance
The conditioners are being sold in 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles featuring updated designs
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NewsAldi moves to fully recyclable packaging for own-label handwash
The discounter has removed glass and metal components from the pumps, which it says means the plastic packaging can be disposed with household recycling
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NewsFish Said Fred revamps packaging to highlight sustainability and accessibility
The new design focuses on the brand’s core messaging and USPs alongside the bright colours of its original pack design
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NewsMorrisons’ plastic recycling plant falls into administration
The Grocer understands the administrator has spoken to several interested parties, with a formal deadline for bids tomorrow (5 May)
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NewsTesco, M&S and Ocado join forces with war on plastic coalition
The move comes with half or 1.2 million tonnes a year, of the UK’s plastic packaging not currently recycled
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Phoebe Williams, research scientist, Xampla
‘It’s really rewarding to understand why some products are so difficult to put on the market and to develop solutions to overcome those barriers’
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NewsM&S introduces recyclable packaging for rice, grains and pulses
The new packaging designs will save 5.5 million pieces of plastic a year, according to the retailer
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NewsWaitrose removes foil and plastic sleeves from top of wine bottles
The sleeves will initially be removed from bottles used for four lines in the Waitrose Loved & Found range
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Comment & OpinionDon’t let the ‘social’ be overlooked in your ESG strategy
For our sustainability targets to be effective, we need buy-in from employees, suppliers and consumers, says Emma Keller, head of sustainability at Nestlé UK&I
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NewsRecycling reforms: supermarkets tell Thérèse Coffey to go back to drawing board
Retailers have set out six key areas they say need to be changed to prevent EPR being a failure
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Comment & OpinionCompostable plastic was never the answer. But a circular economy is still possible
The world of innovation is moving fast, leapfrogging ‘less bad’ solutions to a better way entirely, says Siân Sutherland, co-founder & chief, A Plastic Planet and PlasticFree
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NewsDRS delay: companies call for tens of millions in compensation
Companies are demanding compensation after the plans were shelved for a third time
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NewsScotland’s deposit return scheme: industry reacts to delay
The launch of the UK’s first deposit return scheme (DRS) has been delayed until at least 1 March next year
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NewsDeposit return scheme delayed until next year
First minister Humza Yousaf told Scottish parliament the move would give businesses extra time to prepare for the introduction of the scheme
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NewsMilliways plastic-free gum secures first major supermarket listing
Milliways was launched in 2021 with the hope of taking on traditional, plastic-based gum brands
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NewsDrinks blamed for a third of packaging environmental impact
IGD research shows beers, wines and spirits and non-alcoholic drinks have the greatest overall impact
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NewsTesco to recycle ready meal packaging back into food trays
PET trays collected via kerbside waste will be recycled and converted back into food-grade plastic trays, in what the retailer claimed was an industry first.