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News£52m café coffee cup recycling scheme binned
The plans for dedicated bins has been due to come in this year but was delayed until 2025 to enable sellers to prepare for the introduction of the regulations
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Analysis & FeaturesHow sustainability efforts in food are going up in flames
The clock is ticking on myriad climate targets, but progress appears to be stalling. As a swathe of senior sustainability leaders leave the industry, what can be done to reverse the damage?
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Plastics Pact II do any better without legislation?
A broader ‘mark II’ is here – but some argue regulation is required
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Comment & OpinionEPR: brands must speak out before unfair fees cost them ‘bigly’
High EPR fees are going to cost producers ‘bigly’, as our friend across the pond might say. But brand owners have largely met the news with a deafening silence.
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NewsOcado and Co-op call for digital DRS after Wales drops out
The UK government has this week laid out the regulation in parliament to pave the way for a DRS system in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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NewsFrylight reduces bottle weight by 9% to reduce carbon emissions
The change will remove 20 tonnes of plastic from the supply chain
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Analysis & FeaturesAs Wales backs out, is there any hope left for a UK DRS?
Hopes DRS would be simpler under Labour have been shattered, as Wales’ withdrawal leaves drinks industry players ‘speechless’
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NewsSteve Reed says deposit return scheme ‘better’ without Wales
Drinks industry bosses were left stunned this week, after Wales withdrew from the planned UK-wide rollout of DRS in October 2027
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NewsSupermarkets to sign Plastics Pact Mark II to ramp up reuse and refill
Retailers will be asked to agree to the mass rollout of standardised technology on a sector-by-sector basis across their stores
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NewsUK-wide deposit return scheme in tatters as Welsh government pulls plug
Wales said it had been left with no option but to withdraw from the deposit return scheme because Westminster was not allowing it to include glass
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NewsTesco scraps plastic from Finest pasta range
The move was announced today and will involve 10 lines in the range, including the likes of spaghetti, fusilli and rigatoni
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NewsDave Kennedy calls for industry war room mentality to tackle net zero
The former Defra boss has called on the food industry to bring the “wartime” spirit of its battle during the pandemic to the fight against climate change
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NewsOcado launches digital QR codes to boost plastic refill uptake
The online giant has employed tech company Polytag to roll out QR code technology across 60 of its packaged dry food and cleaning products in refillable containers
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Sustainability Pack of the Year
This packaging solution has already saved 236,155 single-use plastic bottles
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Paper Pack of the Year
The switch to paper came with plenty of risk as there was no guarantee the film would perform in freezers
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Eco-pack of the year
Several years of research lie behind this sustainable ‘smart strip’ from John West
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Composite pack of the year
The 100% recycled punnets from BerryWorld UK are a category first for branded packaging in berries
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NewsMüller Corner yoghurt pots go clear to reduce environmental impact of packaging
The introduction of fully recyclable clear pots facilitates the retention of the material for reuse again within the food sector
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NewsCadbury to transition all UK&I sharing bars to 80% rPP wrappers
The new, recycled packaging will hit shelves in 2025
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NewsModern Milkman cuts losses in half in latest results
The Manchester-based business posted an operating loss of £10.5m in the year to 31 December 2023, down from £22.8m in 2022