Speaking exclusively to Packaging News at the third European Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference, Quentin Clark, head of sustainability and ethical sourcing at Waitrose, said the high-end grocery retailer wanted consumers and local ...
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Last month the EU proposed a tough set of waste recycling targets that have been met with much resistance by the packaging industry. The new proposals revolve around the aim for 80% of packaging waste materials to be recycled by 2030. ...
UK-based recycling services provider Viridor will ivest 25m pounds in the development of a new glass recycling facility at Newhouse in Lanarkshire. The new facility, which will be located adjacent to the M8 motorway, will operate with a ...
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in conjunction with the soft drinks industry, trade associations and WRAP, has launched Soft Drinks Sustainability Roadmap (SDSR). The initiative was launched by Food ...
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For the fashion industry too sustainability is more than just a buzzword. Ever since the 1990s the entire textile industry, everyone from machine manufacturers to companies producing fibres, fabrics and garments, has been implementing ...
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Badger Plug Company has added Newport, Indiana to the list of locations within the framework of a program for accepting and recycling packaging components, which were earlier used in shipping and storage of roll products. Badger Plug ...
Enval, which has developed a method for recycling laminated plastic and aluminum packaging, is opening its first processing facility at Alconbury. The company, backed by Nestlé, Kraft Foods and Mondelez International, will install ...
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