Recycling

Kesko Customers Return 614m Cans And Bottles In 2020

Finnish retailer Kesko has announced that its customers returned around 614 million cans and bottles for recycling in 2020. The used cans and bottles we...

Albert Unveils New Recycling Centre In Klecany

Albert, the Czech division of the Ahold Delhaize retail group, has invested 23 million koruna (€890,000) in a new recycling centre in Klecany, no...

Nestlé Switches To 96% Recyclable Packaging In Italy

Around 96% of the packaging used by Nestlé for products manufactured in Italy is recyclable, up 1% on 2018. In addition, Italy has achi...

Smarties Switches To Recyclable Paper Packaging

Nestlé has announced that confectionery brand Smarties has moved to recyclable paper packaging for its products at a global level. The initiative...

Lithuania Registers Highest Plastic Packaging Recycling Rate In The EU In 2018

According to the latest data from Eurostat, Lithuania registered the highest plastic packaging recycling rate (69.3%) among EU nations in 2018. Slovenia...

Mars Food To Launch Recyclable Microwavable Rice Pouch

Mars Food has announced plans to launch recyclable mono-polypropylene plastic (PP) packaging for its microwavable rice pouches in 2021. The new packagin...

China To Force Firms To Report Use Of Plastic In New Recycling Push

Restaurants, e-commerce platforms and delivery firms will be forced to report their utilisation of single-use plastics to the authorities and also submit f...

Tesco To Remove Plastic Trays From Fresh Whole Chicken Packaging

UK retailer Tesco has announced that it will remove plastic trays from the packaging of its private-label fresh, whole chicken range. Starting next year...