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Plastic Pandemic: COVID-19 Trashed The Recycling Dream

The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic. From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap...

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...

Weekly Round-up... 01 October, 2019

The use of plastic shopping bags in Finland fell by approximately 90 million units between 2017 and 2018. However more work is needed in order for the coun...

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...

Guinness Removes Plastic Packaging From Beer Packs

Guinness-maker Diageo has announced its plans to remove plastic ring carriers and shrink wrap to be removed from multipacks its beer products: Guinness, Ha...

Tackling Plastic Pollution 'An Urgent Priority' For Nestlé

Nestlé has claimed that Tackling plastic pollution, especially in oceans, is an ‘urgent priority’ for the company. This time last yea...

Irish Shoppers Believe Retailers Should Do More To Reduce Plastic Packaging: Nielsen

91% of respondents believe retailers should do more to reduce the amount of packaging used on grocery products a Nielsen survey finds New research from...

Lidl Ireland Announces Plans To Remove Black Plastic Packaging From Fruit & Veg

Lidl has confirmed that is removing black plastic packaging from its entire fruit and vegetable range before Christmas. The packaging, which cannot be r...

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