All Plastic articles – Page 45
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NewsIndustry leaders slam ‘impossible’ timetable for DRS
Retailers, suppliers and trade bodies were this week summoned for talks by Defra about its key environmental proposals
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Comment & OpinionSimplified recycling advice is eminently sensible. Let’s make it mandatory
The new labels are a sign of the industry taking ownership of the issue of plastic
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Nestlé’s £1.6bn investment change the face of food & drink packaging?
The Swiss giant wants a circular economy of recycled plastics
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NewsIceland to trial plastic alternative packaging for 38 fresh fruit & veg lines
Overall the measure reduces plastic packaging used on the lines by 93%, according to Iceland
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NewsSupermarkets and suppliers agree to simplified recycling label system
The simplified system will tell consumers to either ‘recycle’ or ‘don’t recycle’ products
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NewsAsda changes shape of its Easter eggs to cut plastic
The retailer says the move will use 98% less plastic without losing any amount of chocolate
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NewsAsda escalates war on plastic with fish supplier waste collection scheme
The ‘Fishing for Plastic’ initiative aims to get Asda’s fish suppliers to scoop up plastic found at sea
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NewsTesco to remove plastic from branded and own-label tinned multipacks
The supermarket will replace tinned multipacks with plastic-free multibuys
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NewsEnterprise Brands to bring Pvre long-life ready meals to the UK
The brand is manufactured by Belgian supplier Tops Foods, which uses globally patented microwave technology to pasteurise the meals
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Comment & OpinionA plastic switch isn’t simple, but Coke is ideally placed to find a solution
Coca-Cola says its customers still want plastic bottles - but the customer isn’t always right
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NewsAldi to swap plastic applicators for cardboard across own-label tampons
The move follows campaigning by Ella Daish, who founded the grassroots movement #EndPeriodPlastic
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NewsAsda holds talks with suppliers over plastic reduction
Hundreds of suppliers took part in Asda’s conference on how to accelerate the war on plastic
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NewsM&S launches packaging free aisle with refill stations in Hedge End Food Hall
Rice, pasta, cereals and nuts are just some of the products available in the packaging-free trial
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NewsGraze reveals plan to slash plastic packaging use by 80%
The snack maker intends to achieve its aim within the next two years
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NewsUnilever and Kellogg’s link with Asda for sustainability store trial
The move follows a call by Asda CEO Roger Burnley in October for suppliers to “take a step into the unknown” and speed up their reduction of plastic
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NewsColgate launches ‘first ever’ recyclable toothpaste tube
Smile for Good uses only high-density polyethylene, the widely recycled plastic used to make milk bottles
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NewsAldi rolls out compostable carrier bags to all UK stores
The discounter said the compostable bags had proved more popular with customers than paper ones in a trial
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Analysis & FeaturesFood and drink businesses brace for impact of recycling price hikes
Plastic and aluminium saw the largest price jumps in 2019
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Comment & OpinionChemical recycling offers a way to create a circular plastics economy
Reducing our use of black plastic or using digital watermark technologies to improve the efficiency of mechanical recycling processes will only take us so far, says Richard Daley, MD of ReNew ELP
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NewsSushi Daily ditches black plastic in packaging overhaul
They will initially roll out to the brand’s 90 Waitrose counters across the UK, with the rest of its counters across Europe to follow