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TIPA and G.Mondini to produce fully compostable packaging

Following successful trials, TIPA has announced that its compostable packaging will be used as a liner for tray sealer equipment company G.Mondini’s paper packaging solutions.


The partnership will see G.Mondini offer paper-based, fully compostable packaging solutions for wet, chilled, frozen and fresh food products. The TIPA film will act as a liner to create a barrier against oxygen,... More

Plastic packaging
Plastic Packaging Tax comes into force

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

Featuring CIWM, The Recycling Association, ESA, Ecosurety and LARAC

UK houses of Parliament
Defra publishes response to EPR consultation
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Emma Love
| 28 March 2022 |
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Implementation of the system has been pushed back to 2024
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LARAC ‘concerned’ over Defra EPR delay
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Emma Love
| 3 March 2022 |
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The body stated that the delay could see members operating ‘within a vacuum of uncertainty’
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FPA: Foodservice packaging sector ‘not ready’ for plastic tax
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Emma Love
| 4 February 2022 |
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A members’ survey has found that almost 80 per cent of members are ‘not yet prepared’
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Plastipak announces PET recycling expansion in Luxembourg
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Alice Lang
| 26 January 2022 |
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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
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Kai Malloy
| 30 November 2021 |
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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
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Kai Malloy
| 24 November 2021 |
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RECOUP estimates that 584,000 tonnes of the material were collected by local authorities
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Eunomia reveals model for calculating litter costs
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| 23 November 2021 |
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Data will be used to promote inclusion of litter in extended producer responsibility schemes
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Government in talks to ban single-use plastics
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Kai Malloy
| 22 November 2021 |
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The proposals come after the Environment Act neglected to include hard-and-fast prohibition
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Scotland to ban single-use plastics by June 2022
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| 15 November 2021 |
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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
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Kai Malloy
| 4 November 2021 |
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The Waste Network Chairs rebuff private sector concern over EPR proposals 
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Mercers funding will see company increase plastics recycling capacity
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Kai Malloy
| 25 October 2021 |
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£6.1 million has been allocated to the producer of recycled plastic membranes
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Plastics report guides design industry on appropriate compostables usage
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Kai Malloy
| 20 October 2021 |
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A Plastic Planet has categorised materials based on what is suitable for food waste disposal
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France to ban plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables
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Emma Love
| 13 October 2021 |
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The law will be implemented in stages to allow manufacturers time to find alternative solutions
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Recycling and packaging industries express ‘significant doubts’ over Defra EPR proposals
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Emma Love
| 17 September 2021 |
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The ESA and 13 other national trade bodies stated their position in an open letter to the Government
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PlasticsEurope welcomes mandatory EU recycled content target
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Emma Love
| 10 September 2021 |
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The trade association supports the European Commission’s proposed revision to the PPWD
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OPRL launches petition for Government to standardise recycling labels
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Emma Love
| 9 September 2021 |
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The organisation is urging against proposals to allow businesses to determine label design
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DS Smith exploring plans for seaweed paper and packaging
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Kai Malloy
| 16 August 2021 |
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The packaging company is experimenting with the plant fibre as an alternative to wood and petroleum-based products
Vegware Novolex
Vegware acquired by packaging producer Novolex
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| 9 August 2021 |
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The compostable container brand has recently been procured by the multinational packaging specialist
Plastic packaging
UKRI invests £2M in plastic packaging innovation
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Kai Malloy
| 9 August 2021 |
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14 projects to receive funding from Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge
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UN and EMF publish plastic waste and pollution guidance for investors
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| 4 August 2021 |
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Guides spanning the plastics value chain have been released to advise investors on how best to engage with companies on plastic waste
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