Plastic Waste

Valio To Switch To Tethered Caps For Liquid Product Packaging

Finnish dairy firm Valio will switch to tethered caps for its drinkable products as it seeks to comply with the requirements of the EU single-use plastics...

Tackling Plastic Waste With The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Progress is being made in terms of addressing plastic waste, but the business sector still has a long way to go. ESM spoke to Sander Defruyt, lead of the N...

Wholesaler Metro Enters Second Year Of Collaboration With Plastic Bank

German wholesaler Metro AG has commenced the second year of its multi-year collaboration with Plastic Bank to recover plastic waste before it reaches the o...

Jumbo Introduces Deposit On Juice And Smoothies In Plastic Bottles

Dutch retailer Jumbo is set to introduce a voluntary deposit on all own-brand juice and smoothie bottles.

SPAR Zimbabwe Rolls Out Shopping Bags Made Of Recycled Milk Cartons

SPAR Zimbabwe is offering a recyclable SPAR carrier bag made from recycled SPAR UHT Milk cartons, produced entirely by hand by the Clean Marondera (CM) gro...

Mondelēz International Advances Plastic Waste Collection Efforts

Mondelēz International has joined the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) as a limited partner and has announced plans to support scalable business solutio...

Iceland Foods Commits To Being UK's First Plastic Neutral Supermarket

Iceland Foods has announced plans to be the first British supermarket group to become plastic neutral, offsetting its remaining plastic footprint by recove...

Coca-Cola Trials Refillable Beverage Solutions In Sweden

Coca-Cola has announced that it has launched a pilot for refillable, on-the-go drinks solutions in Sweden. The trial is taking place in Stockholm at the c...