Day: February 23, 2021
Maker of IRN-BRU transitions to 100% recycled shrink wrap
AG Barr, the maker of IRN-BRU and Rubicon, has announced that all its soft drink consumer multipacks will be wrapped in 100% recycled shrink wrap by the end of 2021. This move is projected to save 400 tonnes of virgin plastic a year – the weight of about 250 cars. IRN-BRU is the first AG Barr…
EU beverage packaging aims to be fully circular by 2030
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe pledges that EU[1] beverage packaging[2] will be fully circular by 2030. Launching its Circular Packaging Vision 2030, the industry commits that by 2025 its packaging will be 100% recyclable and its PET bottles using 50% recycled content. It ambitions that by 2030, its PET bottles will be made from 100% recycled and/or renewable…