All Plastic articles – Page 8
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Comment and OpinionWill the deposit return scheme’s new 2025 target be hit?
The big question this week was not whether Scotland’s pioneering DRS would be delayed, but if the new deadline can possibly be hit
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NewsDeposit return scheme shelved until at least October 2025
The Scottish government met with representatives from industry earlier today in talks which put the final nail in the coffin of the proposed launch in March next year
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NewsGunna adds functional lemonades in aluminium bottles
The brand said it hoped the packaging innovation would be a ‘catalyst for change’ for the soft drinks sector, encouraging rivals to ditch plastic bottles
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NewsWalkers Leicester factory in line for mega cash injection
The investment aimed to ‘future-proof’ the Leicester site, allowing PepsiCo to ‘deliver on our ambitions on packaging and health’
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News‘D Day for deposit return scheme’ as axe could fall in next 48 hours
First minister Humza Yousaf wrote to prime minister Rishi Sunak on Friday, giving him until the end of today to back Scotland’s plan for an “all in” system
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NewsLidl introduces vacuum-packed packaging across beef mince lines
The packaging will be on shelf early next year
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Analysis and FeaturesIs Britain’s disposable vape market beyond saving?
Disposable vapes may be booming, but their manufacturers are in a battle of rule-followers versus rule-breakers. Now Big Tobacco is wading in to shake things up further
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NewsAldi switching to easier-to-recycle colourless milk bottle caps
The move follows a trial of the new caps in a number of stores last year
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NewsUK urged to lead on global plastics treaty amid DRS meltdown
Campaigners are urging government to push for ambitious measures at the talks in Paris this week
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NewsSoft drink suppliers pull support for 2024 Scottish DRS launch
BSDA says only sensible move now is for a UK-wide deposit return scheme to be delayed until at least October 2025
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NewsDRS ‘dangling by a thread’ as Sunak calls for it to be dropped
The PM said the landmark scheme would limit choice and add to food inflation
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NewsPepsiCo drops plastic outer bag from Snack a Jacks multipack
The trial has been made possible by PepsiCo investing more than £2m in new equipment at its Skelmersdale factory
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy has the Refill Coalition lost M&S and Morrisons?
Morrisons and M&S are out, while Aldi is in. So why are retailers playing musical chairs instead of collaborating on refill solutions?
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy ‘there are no winners’ in the Tortoise Better Food Index
The Tortoise Better Food Index ranks Britain’s 30 biggest suppliers on their impacts across issues including nutrition, environment, and social mobility. The key finding: no one is doing enough
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NewsRetailers and suppliers lining up 'huge' DRS compensation claims
Humza Yousaf has admitted he expects businesses to demand tens of millions in compensation if the UK’s first deposit return scheme is declared unviable
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NewsRetailers could halt soft drink deliveries due to DRS dispute
Sources told The Grocer such a move would be ’catastrophic’ for the rollout of DRS
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NewsAldi joins the Refill Coalition while Morrisons and M&S leave
The coalition says its standardised refill station dispensers are a scaleable end-to-end solution to packaging waste
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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 and 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 and 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