Plastic

Petition To Ban Single-Use Plastic Garners 117,000 Signatures In UK

A petition by City to Sea, 38 Degrees, and Greenpeace that calls for the most polluting single-use plastic items to be banned in the UK has received more t...

PepsiCo Europe To Eliminate Virgin Plastic From All Crisp And Chip Bags By 2030

PepsiCo has announced that it will eliminate the use of virgin plastic in the packaging for its Walkers, Doritos, and Lay’s brands by the end of the...

Tesco Cuts Plastic Use By Reducing Own-Brand Toilet Roll Packaging

UK retailer Tesco is reducing the size of its large multipack toilet paper SKUs by implementing a new way of winding the paper onto cardboard tubes.

Kaufland Cuts Plastic Use by 20% In Germany

Kaufland has reduced plastic use in Germany by 20% in the first three years since Schwarz Group implemented the REset Plastic strategy in 2018.

EU Weighs Up Tighter Waste Rules To Limit Countries Shipping Rubbish Overseas

The European Commission has proposed a revamp of EU rules on waste shipments to make it harder for member states to offload their trash into poorer countri...

Schwarz Group Increases Recycling Target For Private-Label Packaging

Schwarz Group has announced that it is seeking to use an average of 25 % recycled material in the private label packaging across its Lidl and Kaufland reta...

UK’s Co-op Removes Plastic Packaging From Christmas Gifting Range

Britain's Co-op has removed plastic packaging from its entire Christmas gifting range, including its wrapping paper range, crackers, cards, among others.

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...