The CGF brings together over 400 senior leaders from retailers and manufacturers from across 70 countries in efforts to increase efficiency and impose positive change across the industry. Through its Food Waste Coalition of Action, it unites 21 of the globe’s largest consumer goods retailers and manufacturers with the goal of reducing food waste and the associated stresses on the environment.
Ukrainian startup Releaf has been celebrated as the first producer worldwide of paper from fallen leaves, winning the ‘Alternative Materials’ award during London Packaging Week
As the industry continues to transition from plastics to bioplastics, the answer to whether or not tea bags can go in the food waste bin is not so simple
Open 3P initiative to improve packaging sustainability, by developing consistent methodology for classifying, reporting and sharing data extended to glass, metals, paper, fibre-based composites and wood.
Defra has announced implementation of a deposit return scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is set for 1 October 2025, with legislation to follow later this year
