Category: News & Updates

Uber and Visa are joining forces in a new programme designed to support qualifying small-to-medium-sized Uber Eats restaurants in their transitions towards sustainable packaging solutions with a $1 million fund. While the initiative is being launched in Davos, Switzerland, the $1 million will eventually be available to restaurants utilising Uber Eats in London, Paris, Madrid, New York, and Los Angeles…

Asda is replacing the ‘use by’ date labels with ‘best before’ alternatives on over half of its own-brand yoghurts, a move intended to reduce food waste in the home. According to a report produced byWRAP, 70% of all the yoghurt wasted in UK households is attributable to consumers failing to eat it before the date displayed on its ‘use by’…

A new study has suggested that coffee pods result in fewer greenhouse gas emissions throughout their life cycle than those of filter, French press, and instant coffees. The findings, which were originally revealed in The Conversation, are derived from calculations tracking the greenhouse gases emitted throughout the life cycle of coffee from its agricultural production…

In order for plastic packaging to become truly circular, it’s crucial that the sorting of post-consumer packaging is as efficient and consistent as possible. How can the industry make this happen? Professor Edward Kosior, CEO and co-founder of Nextek and NEXTLOOPP, tells us more. Technology is a double-edged sword. Whilst we are increasingly capable of deploying innovative tech…

CCL Label has unveiled what claims to be the thinnest stretch sleeve on the market at a 30-micron thickness, made of mono-PE and designed to decorate returnable 1-litre PET water bottles without the need for adhesives or heat application. Due to its elasticity, the sleeve is not thought to require adhesives or heat to attach it…

Waitrose has announced that it will now sell its own-brand tea bags in certified home-compostable packaging in a move aimed at keeping 12.2 tonnes of material out of landfill and incineration.   Having been accreditedwith TUV OK compost HOME certification, the company’s Duchy tea bags can apparently be placed in home compost bins or heaps at end…

Tesco is partnering with Keep Sea Blue to incorporate recycled plastics into its fresh fish packaging, with the goal of keeping 500 tonnes of discarded plastic out of the ocean. The supermarket’s salmon, haddock, cod, and sea bass lines are set to be sold in trays containing at least 30% recycled coastal plastic collected from beaches, coastlines, and…

Industry groups and NGOs have responded to the European Parliament’s vote in favour of stricter control measures for waste shipments and a ban on exporting plastic waste to non-OECD countries. Aiming to protect the environment and human health, the proposal includes banning shipments of all wastes destined for disposal within the EU (except if “authorised in limited and well-justified…

Ringo is working alongside Rimi to pilot reusable packaging in its ready-made food self-service counters at its Põhja, Telliskivi, and Tornimäe stores in a move expected to encourage the use of and increase access to reusable packaging amongst consumers. Previously, Rimi customers wereoffered free disposable boxes to use at the food counters, with the additional option of bringing…