Recyclable Packaging

Lidl to roll out rHDPE clear caps on semi-skimmed milk

31-Oct-2022 By Teodora Lyubomirova

The German discount supermarket chain will switch to clear milk lids for its semi-skimmed milk bottles in the UK to boost recyclability.

Brands cannot afford to ignore consumers' sustainable packaging demands

03-Aug-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Shorr Packaging has published its 2022 Sustainable Packaging Consumer Report, which reveals 86% of Americans are more likely to purchase a brand if the packaging is considered sustainable.

SHIFT20: Challenges could mar CPG companies’ goals to make 100% of packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025

29-Jul-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

Food and beverage brands with ambitious sustainability goals to create more packaging with post-consumer materials face significant challenges, including supply shortages due to limitations of the fractured US recycling system, increased competition for...

UK plastics tax a ‘real boost’ for circular economy

19-Mar-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Is the plastic pollution the responsibility of the food and beverage industry, or the recycling industry? Sustainability experts at Bureau Veritas weigh in.

‘It’s not helping people to do the right thing with their plastic bottles': NSWA calls for ‘single-use’ term to be scrapped

17-Feb-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Confusion over the term ‘single-use’ plastic bottle is harming recycling, says a group representing the likes of Nestle and Danone.