P&G signs plastic deal to 2025 to source 200 million bottles' worth of recycled plastic
P&G and UK recycling and energy recovery company Viridor have entered a five-year partnership agreement that foresees recycling and...
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Aldi scraps single-use bags for loose fruit and vegtables in plastic reduction move
Later this month, 100 stores in the Midlands will trial removing free single-use plastic produce bags entirely.Instead, they will be...
NZ Plastic Packaging Declaration - store packaging 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025
NZ Plastic Packaging Declaration to make all store and private label packaging 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025 The NZ...
From 1 March 2020, Brussels will ban plastic produce bags from stores
As of 1 March, plastic produces bags will be definitively banned “even if they are bio-sourced and can be composted at home,” according...
Aldi tells suppliers product packaging must be 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025
Aldi UK CEO Giles Hurley has warned suppliers they could face the axe if they don’t get on board with the discounter’s packaging...
UK's “ethical supermarket” Hisbe Food, with fruit & veg refill stations to open new store
Established in 2013 to create a more sustainable supermarket – offering ethical brands, loose fruit & veg and refill stations – Hisbe,...
Have no fear, Indonesia's Spider-Man will clean up your trash
Indonesian cafe worker Rudi Hartono struggled to persuade residents of his small coastal community of Parepare to follow his example and...
EU Commission considers general ban on plastic packaging
In a recent interview in Die Welt the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, considered the implications of a...
Nisa chain unveils new unpacked store with wall dispensers moving away from single-use plastics
Nisa retailer Eros Retail has introduced its first new-look unpacked store ahead of an estate-wide rollout. The eight-store convenience...
Filippo Berio switches one-litre bottles from plastic to glass and completes 100% plastic-free move
Filippo Berio has switched up the packaging of its one-litre bottle of olive oil. The one-litre bottle was previously plastic – the rest...
The City of Montreal is moving to ban all plastic bags by the end of 2020
The City of Montreal is moving to ban all plastic bags by the end of 2020. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante tasked the city’s...
Coca-Cola insists recyclable bottles are only single-use ‘if thrown away’
Coca-Cola has defended its assertion that plastic bottles are only single-use ‘if they are thrown away’. Reacting to criticism from...
Lego to ditch virgin fossil plastics by 2030
Lego has vowed to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastics from its products within a decade, by investing heavily in recycled and...
Cadbury trials paper packaging in Australia and New Zealand as it looks to phase out plastic wrapper
Cadbury has begun trials of paper packaging in Australia and New Zealand as it looks at ways to reduce and phase out plastic wrappers....
A yogurt pot, produced 44 years ago for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, found intact washed up on beach
The Yoplait container, celebrating the 1976 Montreal Olympics, was found was up on the beach in Denia, on Spain’s Costa Blanca....
France sees first phase of single-use plastics now banned in 2020
Starting January 1, three single-use plastic products were banned in France: plates, cups, and cotton buds. More will be banned next...
Waitrose own-brand packaging to be reusable, widely recyclable or home-compostable material by 2023
Waitrose has brought forward its commitment to make its own-brand packaging widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by two years....
Heinz ditches plastic wrapping on multipacks from March 2020
Heinz is axing plastic wrapping on its multipacks of baked beans in the war against pollution. The food giant is also ditching shrink...
New York's plastic bag ban starts 1st March 2020
Starting March 1, if you shop without a bag in the State of New York, you’ll have a lot on your hands: that’s when the statewide ban on...
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