Plastic Waste

Plastics Action Alliance Outlines Key Objectives For Reducing Plastic Use

The Plastics Action Alliance, the recently formed Group that comprises of 11 leading agricultural processing and food businesses in Ireland, have set out t...

Nestlé And Veolia Join Forces To Tackle Plastics Leakage

Nestlé and Veolia, a global resource management company, have announced their collaboration to work on waste collection, sorting, and recycling of p...

Tesco UK Plans to Remove ‘Best Before’ Labels From Fruit And Vegetables

Tesco in the UK is to remove ‘best before’ labels off more than 100 additional pre-packaged fruits and vegetables in an ‘effort to discou...

New EU Proposal To Ban Single-Use Plastic A "Mirror Image" Of Proposed Irish Bill

New European Union plans to ban single-use plastic such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds as well as urging the collection of most plastic drink bottles b...

Britvic Join UK Pact To Purge Single-Use Plastic Waste

Britvic has announced that it has joined up with UK retailers, manufacturers, recyclers and NGOs to sign the UK Plastics Pact, which aims to cut plastic wa...

P&G Commits to 100% Reusable, Recyclable Packaging By 2030

Multinational consumer goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble has announced it plans to make all of its brand packaging recyclable or reusable by 2030...

Costa Coffee Pledges To Recycle As Many Cups As It Sells

The UK’s Costa Coffee has pledged to recycle half a billion coffee cups a year by 2020 and said it seeks to become the first chain to guarantee it re...

UK To Introduce Deposit Scheme For Drinks Containers

The UK Government has announced plans to introduce a deposit return scheme for single-use drinks containers in England, in a move to crack down on pla...