Packaging Producers

Paper packaging
CPI publishes revised Design for Recyclability Guidelines

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has published its revised Design for Recyclability Guidelines following extensive consultation with the paper industry and packaging supply chain. The revision was led by the CPI Recyclability Technical Expert Committee, while wider engagement was held with stakeholders in the UK and abroad.

Paper and cardboard packaging
DS Smith trials use of seaweed, cocoa shells and daisies for packaging

If successful, the materials will be used in the company’s paper and packaging making process

Supermarket plastic trays
RECOUP pushes for end to ‘material switching’ trend

The charity has produced case studies showing the need to consider overall recyclability

Black plastic packaging
DS Smith replaces 313m pieces of plastic over two years
By
Savannah Coombe
| 20 July 2022 |
The packaging firm has designed plastic replacements for a range of everyday items
Compost
TIPA and G.Mondini to produce fully compostable packaging
By
Emma Love
| 26 May 2022 |
The product will house wet, chilled, frozen, and fresh food
Plastic packaging
Plastic Packaging Tax comes into force
By
Emma Love
| 1 April 2022 |
A £200 per tonne levy will be placed on packaging including less than 30 per cent recycled content
Packaging
Industry reacts to EPR consultation response
By
Emma Love
| 29 March 2022 |
Featuring CIWM, The Recycling Association, ESA, Ecosurety and LARAC
UK houses of Parliament
Defra publishes response to EPR consultation
By
Emma Love
| 28 March 2022 |
Implementation of the system has been pushed back to 2024
Supermarket
LARAC ‘concerned’ over Defra EPR delay
By
Emma Love
| 3 March 2022 |
The body stated that the delay could see members operating ‘within a vacuum of uncertainty’
Black plastic packaging
FPA: Foodservice packaging sector ‘not ready’ for plastic tax
By
Emma Love
| 4 February 2022 |
A members’ survey has found that almost 80 per cent of members are ‘not yet prepared’
Ariel image of Plastipak Luxembourg site
Plastipak announces PET recycling expansion in Luxembourg
By
Alice Lang
| 26 January 2022 |
The expansion will see a 136 per cent increase in annual production capacity
Plastic packaging
10 per cent decrease in plastic packaging across UK supermarkets
By
Kai Malloy
| 30 November 2021 |
The UK Plastics Pact has noted progress amongst its members in achieving targets
Plastic recycling
41 per cent of household plastic packaging collected for recycling in 2020
By
Kai Malloy
| 24 November 2021 |
RECOUP estimates that 584,000 tonnes of the material were collected by local authorities
Litter model
Eunomia reveals model for calculating litter costs
By
Kai Malloy
| 23 November 2021 |
Data will be used to promote inclusion of litter in extended producer responsibility schemes
Single-use plastics
Government in talks to ban single-use plastics
By
Kai Malloy
| 22 November 2021 |
The proposals come after the Environment Act neglected to include hard-and-fast prohibition
Single-use plastic straws
Scotland to ban single-use plastics by June 2022
By
Kai Malloy
| 15 November 2021 |
The ban comes after a twelve-week public consultation, which concluded in January
Waste Network Chairs EPR Proposals
Government urged to reform business waste recycling policy
By
Kai Malloy
| 4 November 2021 |
The Waste Network Chairs rebuff private sector concern over EPR proposals 
Mercers Valpak machinery
Mercers funding will see company increase plastics recycling capacity
By
Kai Malloy
| 25 October 2021 |
£6.1 million has been allocated to the producer of recycled plastic membranes
Compostable plastic bag
Plastics report guides design industry on appropriate compostables usage
By
Kai Malloy
| 20 October 2021 |
A Plastic Planet has categorised materials based on what is suitable for food waste disposal
Fruit and vegetables on a market stall
France to ban plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables
By
Emma Love
| 13 October 2021 |
The law will be implemented in stages to allow manufacturers time to find alternative solutions
Packaging
Recycling and packaging industries express ‘significant doubts’ over Defra EPR proposals
By
Emma Love
| 17 September 2021 |
The ESA and 13 other national trade bodies stated their position in an open letter to the Government
EU flags in Brussels
PlasticsEurope welcomes mandatory EU recycled content target
By
Emma Love
| 10 September 2021 |
The trade association supports the European Commission’s proposed revision to the PPWD
OPRL label
OPRL launches petition for Government to standardise recycling labels
By
Emma Love
| 9 September 2021 |
The organisation is urging against proposals to allow businesses to determine label design