Comexi partners for plastics packaging production data tie-up
6 November 2023
Software collaboration with digital solutions company Re: will give plastic processors and packaging producers more digitally connected shopfloors.
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Coveris opens ‘innovative’ plastic recycling site
6 June 2023
Coveris has announced the opening of its new plastics recycling facility in Louth, UK, which it says ‘creates a new lifecycle for printed PE packaging…
New study suggests packaging innovation needs to accelerate
18 May 2022
A new study suggests that even in 2040 as much as a a fifth of all food packaging could still be landfilled or incinerated
Major investment to overhaul plastic recycling in Sweden
31 August 2021
Site Zero will be able to recycle all plastic packaging from Swedish households and make plastics circular – completely without any carbon dioxide emissions.
Iggesund pushes plastic alternative
30 June 2020
Iggesund has called on the food packaging sector to adopt plasterboard alternatives to plastic.
Plastic packaging hit in the Budget
11 March 2020
A plastic packaging tax is due to come into force from April 2022
Label&Print show springs back
20 March 2019
With high quality speakers, 300 industry suppliers and a record-breaking 6922 visitors, Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print had a triumphant return to Birmingham’s NEC.
Plastic-free cereal packaging revealed
12 March 2019
Two Birds Cereals has unveiled new plastic-free, home-compostable packaging.
Swanline to remove all plastic substrates
24 January 2019
Swanline Paper and Board has committed to removing all plastic substrates from its product portfolio by January 2020.
Chancellor promises plastic tax
5 November 2018
Chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond In his address to the House of Commons the chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced that food and…
Voyage of Discovery
11 July 2018
The first flexo press in the company since 1986 has increased capacity for the Dundee company As an established and proud proponent of gravure,…
UK Plastic Pact launched
26 April 2018
Forty-two businesses, including brands, manufacturers and retailers right through to plastic reprocessors and packaging suppliers committed to The UK Plastics Pact, launched by sustainability experts…
Coveris launches plastic-free sandwich skillet
21 March 2018
The plastic-free, transparent film biodegrades over a 12-month period Packaging manufacturer Coveris has revealed a plastic-free sandwich skillet that is more easily recycled within…
EFIA questions whether it’s now plastic fantastic or fibre heaven
1 February 2018
EFIA members are in the midst of a significant storm, which may change the flexo industry forever The recent media furore surrounding the use…
Green or black?
30 May 2012
For plastic film to continue as the packaging industry’s most successful material, we need to be farming it in order to ensure a more sustainable…