A string of big-name food-to-go brands including McDonalds, Costa Coffee and Pret A Manger have unveiled plastic-free offerings to be piloted at Dubai Airport next month, as part of the airport's commitment to eliminate single-use plastics. To find out more, follow...

International energy company Total, plastic recycling technology provider Recycling Technologies, and global brands Nestlè and Mars have today (10 Dec) joined forces to develop an "innovative" industrial chemical recycling industry in France. To find out more, follow...

Both Geminor and Recycling Technologies have today (December 10) announced deals involving the chemical recycling of plastics. However, this comes amid a statement from FEAD, the European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services, which said that more...

Ineos Styrolution and chemical recycling specialist Agilyx Corp. are setting up a processing facility in Channahon, Ill., as part of their joint effort to advance the chemical recycling of polystyrene. The facility will be capable of processing up to 100 metric tons...

Two of the UK's leading bottled water brands have this week provided an update on their plans to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging. Bottled water brand Belu confirmed it is now making all its bottles from 100 per cent recycled plastic, while Buxton...

SIG has announced the launch of the first beverage cartons made with recycled polymers produced from post-consumer plastic waste. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Plastics manufacturer Trinseo is continuing to invest in ‘polystyrene depolymerisation’ with its plans to process 50 tons of post-consumer polystyrene feedstock daily. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Plastic packaging produced by supermarkets in the UK has risen to more than 900,000 tonnes a year, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). To find out more, follow the link below:...

Food and drink giant Nestle has revealed plans to make all plastics packaging across its Buxton water brand with 100% recycled content by 2021. To find out more, follow the link below:...

The UK is second in Europe (Germany came first) in collecting and recycling waste PVC with a total of 137,989 tonnes recycled in 2018 across all PVC recycling formats. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Google will increase its efforts to develop and scale up new technologies that tackle plastics waste and pollution, after joining the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy initiative. Launched last October, the initiative aims to create a “new normal” for...

UK bottled water firm Belu has announced today that it is moving all of its bottles to 100% PET recycled plastic, as it has the “lowest carbon footprint” when compared with alternatives. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Thermoforming manufacturer Macpac has produced a tray design and raw material solution to ensure bakers and food processors OGGS keeps its supply chain as sustainable as possible. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Viridor has signed an agreement with packaging producer Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) to supply it with 8,000 tonnes per year of recycled plastic. The five year deal will see food packaging specliaist kp supplied with post-consumer recycled PET (rPET) from Viridor’s £65...

DS Smith has reacted to a surge in sales of plastic bags by insisting that 1.5 billion tonnes of supermarket plastic can be replaced annually. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Iceland has sent letters to all of its suppliers, calling on them to support the retailer in eliminating plastics packaging from its own-label products by the end of 2023. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Polymer distributor Plastribution has launched a portfolio of materials with focus on sustainability with a supporting event planned for 2020. The move is in response to ongoing environmental concerns regarding plastic and the calls from designers, brand owners, OEMs...

Soft drinks giant Britvic is to partner with Esterform Packaging for the supply of recycled PET (rPET) as part of its sustainability strategy. The long-term agreement means that Esterform will become Britvic’s preferred supplier of rPET in the UK and Ireland. Britvic...

GA Circular has launched a new report "Full Circle: Accelerating the circular economy for post-consumer PET bottles in Southeast Asia" in collaboration with The Coca-Cola Company. The report provides for the first time, systematic and comparable baseline collection...

Plastic “bags for life” should be banned or raised in price, campaigners say, as new figures reveal a surge in the bags is fuelling a rise in the plastic packaging footprint of leading supermarkets. To find out more, follow the link below:...

TOMRA, the world's leading sustainable technology company, has announced its commitment to enable 40 per cent of plastic packaging produced globally each year to be collected for recycling by 2030, with the TOMRA UK team set to play a major part in that drive. To find...

Hospitality firm Whitbread has pledged to rid all 800 of its UK hotels and restaurants of unnecessary single-use plastics by 2025, and has called on other UK firms to do the same. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Private investment consultancy firm IW Capital has invested £2m in plastics manufacturers Impact Recycling, a subsidiary of BP Chemicals. According to Impact Recycling, the investment will be used to upgrade existing equipment at the company’s headquarters in...

India generates close to 410mt of plastic waste every year. At the IFCA conference, Kelvin Davies, Australian project manager at Nextek Technologies discussed the recycling problem in-depth. He presented strategies for ensuring that a recycled product has an upscale...

Metsä Board is introducing a new plastic-free eco-barrier paperboard, for food and food service end uses, that can be recycled in paper or paperboard streams. New MetsäBoard Prime FBB EB has a medium barrier against moisture and grease, which makes it especially...

Selfridges has removed all single-use beauty wipes from its in-store Beauty Halls and its online offering, in a bid to reduce the plastic footprint of its customers' bathroom routines. The retailer completed the phase-out this week, replacing all single-use wipes with...

The Conservative Party has vowed to “lead the world in tackling plastics pollution” following the launch of its manifesto. Its environmental plans, ahead of next month’s General Election, outline the party’s desire to tackle plastics pollution both in the UK and...

Chemicals company INEOS has agreed a deal with waste management company Viridor to produce “high-specification polymers with more than half post-consumer recycled content”. To find out more, follow the link below:...

Iceland has claimed that its Christmas range of food and drinks for 2019, which includes 18 plastic-free lines, contains 97% less plastic than its 2017 range. As it works to eliminate all single-use plastics packaging from its own-brand products by 2023 – the most...

Colgate-Palmolive Co. has developed a recyclable toothpaste tube and is willing to share the new packaging development with competitors. The New York-based consumer goods company's breakthrough involves the use of multiple layers of high density polyethylene instead...