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Gosport Borough Council, Huhtamaki Launch Paper Coffee Cups Recycling Initiative in UK
Jan 18, 2018Gosport Borough Council and paper cup manufacturer Huhtamaki have initiated a recycling initiative for paper coffee cups in Gosport, UK. Environment Minister, Thérèse Coffey, has today launched a new recycling initiative for ...
Tags: paper cup, paper coffee cup
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Simply Cups to Recover and Recycle Smart Planet's Paper Coffee Cup in UK
Jan 16, 2017UK’s workable cup recycling scheme Simply Cups and Smart Planet Technologies (SPT) have partnered to recover and recycle the ‘reCUP’ hot beverage paper cup. The reCUP, which is designed by Smart Planet in California, can ...
Tags: Coffee Cup, Paper Cup
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UK's Costa Launches Cup Recycling Program
Dec 13, 2016UK-based coffee shop chain Costa has launched a nationwide cup recycling scheme in nearly 2,000 stores of the country. The program has been designed to recover and guarantee the recycling of its takeaway cups. Costa will also accept ...
Tags: Cup Recycling, Costa
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Avery Dennison Supports Coca-Cola in PET Recycling
Nov 15, 2016Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) has worked with Viridor and plastics recycling company PET UK on a project to reprocess PET liner waste from the product packaging for its Smartwater bottled water range. CCEP worked with packaging ...
Tags: PET bottles, bottles
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Port of Melbourne Lease Cautiously Welcomed
Sep 27, 2016The Port of Melbourne. The Victorian Government has successfully leased the Port of Melbourne for more than $9.7 billion. The Lonsdale Consortium, comprising of the Future Fund, QIC, GIP and OMERS signed a lease of the port’s ...
Tags: Port of Melbourne, lease
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Food and Grocery Council Proposes Alternative to NSW Container Recycling System
Mar 30, 2016An election promise made by Premier Mike Baird, the container deposit scheme will reward the public with 10c each container they return and recycle. Similar programs were established in South Australia and the Northern Territory in the ...
Tags: AFGC, Recycling System, NSW
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NZ Retail Beefs up Sustainable Trays
Sep 15, 2015Polystyrene trays for meat are officially on their way out, with packaging giant Pact Group now trialling recyclable plastic meat trays in two of New Zealand's largest supermarkets. After two years of product development, Pact Group ...
Tags: Polystyrene trays, Pact Group
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New Zealand Launches a New Initiative to Supply Recycling Bins at Retail Outlets
Jul 21, 2015The New Zealand Government has launched a new initiative to supply recycling bins at retail outlets to enable consumers to dump the used soft plastic bags for recycling. Initially put on a pilot mode at New World, PAK'nSAVE and The ...
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A Container Deposit Scheme for Beverage Packaging
Jan 7, 2015An alliance of Australia’s beverage manufacturers has responded to speculation that New South Wales could introduce a Container Deposit Scheme for beverage packaging, saying recent research has shown such schemes are “many times ...
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Different Approaches to Encourage Recycling and Litter Reduction Targets
Jan 6, 2015Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has confirmed the acceptance of a letter addressed to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Authority (NPCIA) from the New South Wales (NSW) government related to a container deposit scheme and is examining ...
Tags: packaging waste litter, packaging recycling, Agriculture
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The Proportion of UK Collecting Beverage Cartons for Recycling From Kerbside Reaches 60%
Dec 16, 2014The proportion of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons for recycling from kerbside has reached 60%, according to figures released by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK. ACE stated that this was a ...
Tags: Beverage, wood fibres, Agriculture
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The K-Cup Coffee Pods Discarded in 2013 Would Have Encircled The Globe 10 Times
Oct 28, 2014The K-cup coffee pods discarded in 2013 would have encircled the globe 10 times. Coffee pod sales have more than tripled in the last three years. Nespresso published a corporate backgrounder in March 2011 stating that 12,300 cups of ...
Tags: K-cup coffee, Nescafe Coffee
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Huhtamaki Said Many Customers Enquire About a Paper Cup Recycling Service
Sep 24, 2014The scheme, which currently operates within the M25, provides a cost-efficient collection and recycling service to help paper cup manufacturers and organisations operating within the supply chain reduce their operating costs and improve ...
Tags: Huhtamaki, 'Simply Cups', Packaging
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The Nescafe Dolce Gusto Team to Develop a Solution to Recycle Used Coffee Capsules
Sep 5, 2014The Nescafe Dolce Gusto team will partner with recycling company TerraCycle to develop a solution to recycle used coffee capsules. TerraCycle's recycling program Brigades will be used by Nescafe to give life to its plastic smart capsules ...
Tags: Nescafe, coffee capsules, Packaging
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Contracts Has Been Admitted as a Corporate Member of The Furniture Makers' Company
Aug 19, 2014Flooring contractor Designer Contracts has been admitted as a corporate member of the Furniture Makers’ Company – the furnishing industry’s charity. As a corporate member, Designer Contracts will help to support ...
Tags: Makers, Furniture, Furnishing