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Comment & OpinionExtended producer responsibility: a looming, utterly avoidable crisis for SMEs
Next week, the government is rolling out the extended producer responsibility scheme, risking pushing hundreds of SMEs over the edge
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NewsFood business confidence crashes amid fears over taxation and EPR costs
A bombardment of taxation and regulation has led to a drastic fall in food industry business confidence, according to a damning report released by the FDF
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Comment & OpinionRed tape and bureaucracy: do we need PackUK to run the EPR?
Questions are being raised over the future of PackUK, the new quango set up to run EPR. With a £150k year CEO and separate bureaucracy, could this be run by the industry instead?
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Comment & OpinionCould reuse and refill replace single-use packaging in the next 10 years?
Will reuse and refill replace single-use packaging in the UK? Dr Paul Davidson, director of UKRI’s Smart Plastic Packaging Challenge, believes the reuse revolution is closer than we might think
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NewsYoplait moves to fully recyclable bottles four years after Joe Lycett campaign
Featuring clear PET and including 35% RPET, the bottles have a mico-perforated sleeve for the consumer to remove before being put into the recycling bin
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Comment & OpinionLabour must double down and make reusable packaging mainstream
Labour promised a zero-waste economy - reuse and refill is a sure-fire way of cutting plastic pollution at source, says City to Sea CEO Jane Martin
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NewsShoppers back ban on supermarket fruit & veg packaging
Plans to ban supermarkets from using plastic packaging across a large swathe of fruit & veg products have overwhelming support from the public
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NewsPackaging: hotline set up to report EPR ‘freeriders’
The Environment Agency told The Grocer it had already taken action against more than 1,000 companies in the last five months to bring them into compliance
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Guide ToThe Grocer Guide to Packaging
Despite cost-of-living challenges, packaging suppliers maintain that consumers are still focused on sustainability and environmentally friendly packaging. So, they are continuing drive for improvements in materials and design. However, recycling infrastructure is an ongoing conundrum.
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Analysis & FeaturesRefill Coalition: why didn’t it achieve its reuse vision?
Funding has run out and the only in-store pilot has ended. So what has the Refill Coalition achieved and what comes next?
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NewsFormer M&S packaging boss Karen Graley takes charge of EPR producer body
Graley will head the organisation which will act on behalf of all obligated producers under EPR
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NewsDrinks and hospitality bosses demand halt to ‘unviable’ EPR rollout
In the latest blow to the troubled scheme, the WSTA, Scotch Whisky Association, UKHospitality and the BBPA called for crisis talks with Defra ministers
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NewsKraft Heinz seeks packaging innovators for global R&D challenge
Startups have just over a week left to enter the competition
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NewsM&S trials paper packaging for chocolate bars
The new packaging ‘maintains the unbeatable M&S quality’, according to the retailer, while being easier to recycle via kerbside collection or while on the go
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NewsSupermarkets see red over Defra’s new traffic light recycling system
The Grocer understands Defra has told businesses it will now produce a new version of the RAM, which it hopes to have ready by the spring
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Category ReportTime for a clean-up: bottled water category report 2025
DRS and EPR are designed to get bottled water suppliers to clean up their act. What effect will they have on pricing and packaging?
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NewsFood bosses threaten to abandon support for extended producer responsibility scheme
Until now the FDF has supported EPR, despite other bodies such as the BRC and the WSTA calling for it to be delayed
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NewsMedia Bites 13 February: Coca-Cola/plastic, Heineken, Kraft Heinz
On a fairly quiet news day, Coca-Cola has said it may have to increase its use of plastic in the US
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Comment & OpinionGot beef? Iceland u-turn puts style ahead of sustainability
Last week, Iceland announced triumphantly that it would be returning to its traditional, less sustainable, mince packaging in its latest sustainability u-turn
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NewsSupermarkets and drinks companies submit bid to run deposit return scheme
Retailers have also urged ministers to take a step back because of the risk of the costs of DRS pushing up prices as the UK faces renewed pressure on food inflation