Packaging And Design - Plastic

Tesco Ireland Vows To Scrap Plastic-Wrapped Multipack Tinned Food

Tesco Ireland has vowed to scrap plastic-wrapped multipacks and replace them with plastic-free multibuys across its own-brand and branded tinned food. T...

China Moves To Phase Out Single-Use Plastics

China is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products, the state planner said on Sunday, as it seeks to tackle o...

Coca-Cola 'Takes First Step' Towards More Use Of Recycled Plastic In Western Europe

Drinks group Coca-Cola said on Tuesday it would start using PET bottles in Sweden made only of recycled plastic in a first step towards expanding its use o...

Price On Large Supermarket Plastic Bags Could Increase To 95c

A levy could be placed on large plastic bags sold by supermarkets tomorrow, which would increase the price to 95c. Climate Action Minister Richard Bruto...

Dove Pledges To Introduce 100% Recycled Plastic Bottles By Year's End

Unilever has announced its plans to introduce bottles made of 100% recycled plastic for Dove beauty products range by the end of 2019. The new 100%...

G20 Plastic Trash Reduction Goal Doesn't Address 'Excessive' Production

Activists welcomed a goal set by the Group of 20 major economies' to reduce additional plastic trash leaking into the ocean to zero by 2050, but said it av...

Almost Half Of Packaging In Major UK Supermarkets Not Easily Recycled

Almost half of the packaging used by major UK supermarket chains cannot be easily recycled, according to a recent survey from the consumer insight group Wh...

Deep RiverRock Bottles To Be Made From 100% Recycled Plastic

From next month, every plastic bottle of Deep RiverRock will be made from 100% recycled PET plastic (rPET). The news was announced yesterday by Coca-Col...