Unilever Invests US$15M In Fund To Collect More Plastic Than It Sells By 2025
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has put forward a US$15 million investment into the Closed Loop Leadership Fund, which will help recover more than half of its plastic packaging footprint.…
Watsons Hong Kong Launches Citywide ‘Plastic Reborn’ Container Recycling Program With P&G
Watsons Hong Kong, the health, beauty and pharmacy chain, has rolled out a new territory-wide plastic container recycling campaign. Partnering with multinational CPG industry giant P&G, Watsons will provide convenient…
Tenzing Becomes First Soft Drink Brand To Launch Carbon Labels
British energy drink maker Tenzing has just become the first soft drink brand to introduce carbon labelling to its products. The label displays the “carbon negative” footprint of their products…
Female-Founded Vegan Gelato Sacred Serve Debuts World’s First 100% Zero-Plastic Recyclable Ice Cream Cartons
Sacred Serve, a Chicago-based female-founded vegan gelato startup has debuted the world’s first 100% recyclable ice cream cartons. Made from paper-based fibre, the new completely plastic-free cartons developed by London-headquartered…
Coca-Cola To Take First-Ever 100% Recyclable Paper Bottles For Test Drive In Hungary
Coca-Cola has announced an upcoming trial of its new paper-based bottles in Hungary, marking the first time the beverage giant has launched bottles of its kind on the market. The…
UK supermarkets not doing enough to cut plastic use, says report
Ten biggest retailers produced 900,000 tonnes of packaging and 2bn plastic bags in 2017 Supermarkets are still putting nearly 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging on to the market, representing a…
Carrefour x The Loop: Retail Giant Partners With Circular Packaging Platform To Offer Consumers Refillable Deposit Scheme
According to Packaging Europe, retail giant Carrefour has joined hands with the Loop to offer reusable and returnable packaging to consumers thus promoting a ‘zero waste’ lifestyle. Consumers can take…
Stamp out plastic sample sachets experts urge in open letter
Campaigners, business leaders and parliamentarians have written an open letter to call for the billions of personal care sample sachets used each year to be included in UK and EU…
M&S Launches Innovation Hub To Develop Plant-Based Foods & Plastic-Free Packaging Solutions
British retailer M&S will be opening an Innovation Hub to house its new “specialist team” focused on developing food solutions, including plant-based proteins and plastic-free packaging materials. It comes amid…
Lifestyle Packaging launches innovative range of biodegradable VMS jars
The New Development Team at Lifestyle Packaging, based in East Yorkshire UK, has created an innovative range of fully biodegradable plastic containers for vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS), available for…