The Automatic Vending Association (AVA) is calling for its members in the vending industry to submit their Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) consultation responses ahead of the deadline on 4 June 2021. With the deadline now less than a month away, the AVA is urging its members to act quickly and submit DRS consultation responses directly […]

This year, Liquibox, the liquid packaging and dispensing specialist, celebrated Earth Day by releasing its first Sustainability Report. With it, the company is publicly stating its mission to inspire change in packaging preference and create a safer and more sustainable future. The report details Liquibox’s roadmap to supporting customer sustainability goals while also minimising the company’s environmental footprint.  “We are […]

World Packaging Organisation (WPO) and World Design Organization (WDO) have embarked on a joint initiative following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last year. The two organisations will host a two-week virtual ‘World Design Challenge on Sustainable Packaging’ that will aim to identify sustainable solutions in packaging design from 24 May to 4 June 2021. This initiative will […]

Mondelēz International is supporting global efforts designed to increase recycling rates for plastic waste, including flexible films, and has called for greater collaboration across the industry to develop and implement effective Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programmes to help realise a more circular economy. Similarly, the company is a signatory of the Business Call for a UN Treaty on plastic pollution, […]

Global sustainable food packaging leader Huhtamaki is donating €600,000 to fund a project that aims to stop the flow of plastic into the Indian Ocean from the Mithi River in Mumbai, India. The project is one of three initiatives that Huhtamaki has funded as part of its 100-year anniversary to address global sustainability challenges and build and learn from circular […]

The ban on supplying plastic straws and stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds has come into force in England, marking yet another major step in the Government’s fight against single-use plastic waste to protect our environment and clean up our oceans. Just one month after ministers confirmed the single-use plastic bag charge would be increased to 10p and extended to all […]

Packaging specialist Huhtamaki has started to produce face shields for healthcare workers together with a local partner in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Initially, four million face shields will be produced per week for HSCNI, the publicly funded service which provides health and social care services in Northern Ireland, butHuhtamaki is looking to ramp up the production up to six million per […]

Take a £21bn food-to-go market (FTG), a thriving £8.4bn home delivery sector, add to it a £4.5bn in branded coffee shop sales and a £3.9bn chilled ready meal sector and it’s fair to say that the food and drink market has been experiencing rapid transformation in recent times. Here Andrew Shepherd, sales director at Huhtamaki Foodservice, reviews the key areas impacting on […]