The UK food industry has fallen short of the 5% target of sugar reduction across food products set by Public Health England (PHE) in the first year of its 4-year sugar reduction program. According to a report unveiled by the executive ...
Tags: Food Industry, Sugar
Project Beacon, which has the potential to recycle all plastics in Scotland and beyond, has secured £3m funding. Project Beacon, at Binn Farm in Perthshire, is lighting the way to a circular world of complete plastics recycling ...
Tags: Plastic Recycling
The Canadian government passed legislation to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products despite evidence that the policy doesn't work and is not supported by Canadians. A study by Forum Research shows Canadians believe requiring ...
Tags: Plain Packaging, Packaging
Filtration Group announced the closing of its acquisition of Multisorb Technologies, a world leader in active packaging technology. As part of the Filtration Group family, Multisorb will now be able to enhance its product portfolio and ...
Ren Clean Skincare is set to introduce Atlantic Kelp and Magnesium Body Wash in a recycled bottle containing reclaimed ocean plastic, as part of its clean to planet initiative. The skincare brand has collaborated with recycling innovator ...
Tags: Ren Clean, ocean plastic
Smart Planet Technologies has launched the reCUP Recycling Initiative to address global paper cup recycling problem. The Recycling Initiative has been launched with support from Southern California based recycling partners, Allan Company, ...
Tags: Smart Planet, paper cup
UK-based food-to-go packaging manufacturer RAP has developed a new modified atmosphere (MA) carton food tray for Moy Park, a poultry meat producer in England and Northern Ireland. The new RapTray, which is claimed to be the world’s ...
Tags: RAP, Carton Food Tray
Bosch Sprang, a subsidiary of Kiefel, has unveiled a new patent pending thermoforming tooling system to produce coffee cups. The coffee cups produced by the system can be recycled in water separation systems, as they will have material ...
Tags: Bosch Sprang, Coffee Cup
Wang Jun-xian, the new chairman of Fu Chun Shin Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd. (FCS), the largest plastic injection molding machine maker by output in Taiwan, has shown an ambition to further boost the company's business deployments ...
Tags: Lights, Injection Molding Machine
The UK consistently overestimates the amount of plastic packaging that gets recycled, a report by waste consultancy Eunomia has claimed. A new Eunomia report reveals how the UK consistently overestimates how much of the plastic packaging ...
Tags: plastic packaging, Packaging
European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association for the bioplastics industry in Europe, said said that revised legislative package on waste acknowledges that bioplastics play a key role in achieving EU recycling goals. The association said ...
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has awarded $1m for five new recyclable and compostable packaging solutions to stop plastics becoming waste. The foundation launched its $2m New Plastics Economy innovation prize, funded by Wendy Schmidt, to ...
Water UK has launched a new scheme in the UK to allow consumers to refill plastic water bottles in public places to help reduce the plastic use. People will be able to refill water bottles for free in tens of thousands of places in ...
Tags: Plastic Bottle
Coca-Cola has set a goal to collect and recycle every bottle or can it sells by 2030. The company announced the new packaging commitment as part of its ‘World Without Waste’ campaign which looks to make all its packaging 100% ...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come up with new guidelines aimed at modernizing the way inspections at hog plants are carried out. The new rules proposed by the department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are ...
Tags: hog plants, Meat