Packaging Producers

Warehouse worker with hardhat wrapping boxes in stretch film parcel on pallet

UK plastic packaging tax undermined by fraudulent recycled content claims

Fraudulent recycled content claims on imported plastic packaging are undermining the UK's Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) and threatening the survival of domestic recycling operations, according to a new report from RECOUP, the UK’s plastics recycling charity.

Toothpaste tube in a bathroom bin

Industry collaboration eliminates toothpaste tube contamination from recycling streams

HDPE redesign removes aluminium barriers and reduces wish-cycling ahead of 2026 collection requirements

CityToSea campaigners stood in a park holding banners to promote World Reuse Day

City to Sea closes after 10 years of plastic pollution campaigns

Environmental charity that helped to build a global refill network to cease operations citing competitive grant environment

Doctor removing blue plastic gloves and throwing them in the bin

Healthcare single-use plastics could cost health systems €34 billion annually by 2040

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| 10 September 2025 |

Study shows 53 per cent reduction in hospital plastic waste achievable through proven circular strategies

Bales of plastic recycling waiting to be processed

Plastic Overshoot Day highlights overproduction ‘we can’t recycle our way out of’

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Olivia Loughran

| 5 September 2025 |

Global plastic waste generation projected to reach 225 million tonnes in 2025, surpassing reprocessing capacity

Xampla secures £10.2m to scale plant-protein based packaging

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Olivia Loughran

| 4 September 2025 |

Cambridge materials company targets five-year phase-out of 10 billion single-use plastic items

Conveyor belt leading a mix of plastics and bioplastics to a near infra red sorter

Bio-based plastic sorting trial demonstrates recycling breakthrough

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3 September 2025 |

PROSPER project successfully separates contaminated bio-based packaging from conventional plastic streams using NIR technology

Female student putting a plastic bottle into a deposit return machine

Scottish college launches reverse vending machine trial offering 20p per bottle

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Olivia Loughran

| 3 September 2025 |

Four-week pilot at New College Lanarkshire tests financial incentives ahead of 2027 Deposit Return Scheme

FlexCollect 'survival' bag for plastic film to be collected in

FlexCollect results show blueprint for flexible plastic packaging collections

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| 1 September 2025 |

Three-year project demonstrates viable collection methods whilst identifying capacity gap and policy reform needs for 2027 rollout

John Bason, Chair of UK DMO

UK DMO appoints John Bason as chair for DRS rollout

By Resource |

29 August 2025 |

Former Associated British Foods finance director and FareShare chair selected to lead scheme administrator for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Packaging EPR: from uncertainty to action

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John Redmayne, Managing Director at ERP UK

| 20 August 2025 |

With new regulations now in force, John Redmayne considers the implementation practicalities that producers now face

Huw Irranca-Davies holding a glass bottle

Wales launches reuse-focused deposit return scheme consultation

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| 19 August 2025 |

Stakeholders asked for views on proposed reuse targets for 2031-2040 and phased glass inclusion with zero deposit transition approach

© Florian Fussstetter/UNEP, Flickr album, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

UN plastic pollution treaty talks collapse without agreement

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| 15 August 2025 |

High Ambition Coalition nations including UK refuse to accept weakened text after 'like-minded' oil-producing countries block production caps

Recycling crew

Government provides details of £1.1 billion packaging EPR allocation for English councils

By Resource |

29 July 2025 |

Extended producer responsibility payments highlight the variability in costs of recycling services

Paul Synnott, MD of Seda UK

Packaging Reform Must Support – Not Stifle – Fibre-Based Innovation

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Paul Synnott

| 25 July 2025 |

Paul Synnott, co-chair for the Alliance for Fibre-Based Packaging on the contradiction of current EPR base fees

Major grocery retailers collectively commit to introducing reusable packaging

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Olivia Loughran

| 15 July 2025 |

WRAP and Governments facilitating the pledge to develop interoperable system for replacing single-use plastics

Reverse vending machine for deposit return

Wales brings forward deposit return scheme to 2027

By Resource |

11 July 2025 |

Government announces alignment with UK timetable whilst maintaining glass and reuse provisions

Packaging labels drive 89 per cent of consumer recycling decisions

By Resource |

4 July 2025 |

OPRL research reveals significant improvements in recycling confidence and understanding since 2018

Repolywise's Bryan Ng

Production trials announced for 'atomic scissors' approach to plastic recycling

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| 27 June 2025 |

Oxford-based company announces partnership with Taiwanese companies to demonstrate novel recycling technology processing unsorted plastic waste into virgin-grade polypropylene

Leverage Existing Product Data for Streamlined EU DPP Compliance

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Matthew Ekholm, Digital Product Passport and Circularity Specialist at Protokol

| 24 June 2025 |

Matthew Ekholm discusses steps towards meeting DPP mandate

Computer screen displays Deepnest performance insights

Greyparrot launches AI platform connecting brands with waste data

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Maisie Stephens

| 24 June 2025 |

New Deepnest platform provides real-time packaging performance insights to bridge information gap between producers and recyclers

Hands of shop assistant serving customer in package-free store using reusable containers

World Refill Day challenge targets single-use plastics

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| 16 June 2025 |

Five-day challenge issued by City to Sea’s Refill Return campaign asks shoppers to switch behaviour and adopt reusable containers

Mike Jones, Head of Innovation & Global General Manager of Intelligent Solutions at Mainetti

Sustainability regulations and the packaging industry

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Mike Jones, Head of Innovation & Global General Manager of Intelligent Solutions at Mainetti

| 4 June 2025 |

Mike Jones offers his perspective on how evolving EU regulations are shaping the packaging industry’s future

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