Giant Eagle Becomes First U.S. Retailer of Its Size to Set Single-Use Plastic Phaseout
Pittsburgh-based grocery store chain Giant Eagle announced Tuesday that it will eliminate single-use plastics by 2025. To find out more, […]
Month: December 2019
Child’s play: Mattel eyes 100 per cent recycled and recyclable toys by 2030
Toymaker Mattel has set its sights on ensuring all of its products are made from and packaged in 100 per […]
Queen’s speech sets out UK intention to ban export of plastic waste
The Queen’s speech has set out the UK’s intention to ban on the export of plastic waste to countries outside […]
Companies join forces to help tackle plastic waste with BP’s “enhanced” recycling technology
Leading companies operating across the polyester packaging value chain – including businesses involved in the manufacture, use, collection and recycling […]
London Stansted Airport trials compostable security bags
London Stansted Airport has begun trialling security bags that purport to be compostable as an alternative to the traditional oil-based […]
Plastics Pact annual report launched
Resources body WRAP has today (December 17) released its first annual report for the UK Plastics Pact, launched last year […]
ASOS to trial reusable packaging in drive to cut plastics waste
Online fashion retailer ASOS is set to trial reusable packaging in early 2020, after months of work to develop an […]
Wet wipe manufacturer issues Global Sustainability Pledges
Wet wipe manufacturer, Nice-Pak, has declared that plastic-free, sustainable products will feature in every customer proposal from 2020. To find […]
Asda to make plastic packaging a rare sight for its steak range
Asda is to replace more than 23 million plastic trays each year with cardboard across its steak products, the company […]
Cypet’s new blow molding technology makes world record PET drums
A company from Cyprus, Cypet Technologies Ltd., has developed a new technology for one-step injection stretch blow molding — and […]