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1. Tell us about the creation of your company, the history of your family since the beginning in 1890, with Thomas Tunnock.

The story of Tunnock starts in 1890 when my great Grand-Father Thomas Tunnock bought a shop for 80 pounds, which was a lot of money at that time, to open his bakery, here in Uddingston.

The UK Plastics Packaging Tax comes into effect from 1 April 2022 and is intended to increase the amount of recycled material used in packaging products. A survey conducted by the BPF found that less than a third of companies feel that they fully understand the upcoming tax. Areas of uncertainty include the evidence companies are required to submit and when companies are eligible for tax credits. Uncertainty also exists around calculating the amount of tax liable (if any), how VAT is to be applied and the information that is required on invoices for tax-eligible products.

“EnviroClip enables beverage companies to significantly increase sustainability by replacing plastic packaging for can multipacks with a recyclable and renewable solution,” explained Ricardo de Genova, SVP global innovation and new business at Graphic Packaging. “Its launch complements our KeelClip™ beverage can multipack solution and means we are now able to meet customer requirements across a full spectrum of different sized operations.”

Russia is looking for suppliers of packaging for baby food and dairy products due to disruption in supplies caused by the Western sanctions imposed on Moscow, the country’s agriculture minister, Dmitry Patrushev said on Wednesday.

Russia is a major global agriculture producer but the sanctions, imposed by Western countries over the Ukraine crisis, have caused supply disruptions and prompted some foreign suppliers to leave the market.

Smilesys company is the pioneer in the field of making the packaging resealable, in which they use Adhesive Label that allows to open and reclose the pack more than 20 times to keep the food fresher.

When re-designing two tubes of its Almond collection, L’Occitane en Provence was seeking a resource-friendly solution and teamed up with cosmetic tubes specialist Albéa and polymer supplier LyondellBasell.

Molecular recycling
Both tubes were made from LyondellBasell’s CirculenRevive polymers, which are produced using an advanced molecular recycling process to convert plastic waste into feedstock to produce new polymers.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday announced a 60-million-Australian dollar (44.4-million-U.S. dollar) boost for the Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF), which is driving the transformation of the waste and recycling sector, taking its total funding to 250 million AUD (185.2 million USD).

The change claimed to remove around 900 tonnes of plastic and to provide easier disposal or recycling for the Packaging material.

Tina Mayn, senior vice president, of the Velux Group, said: “Our packaging is an important component of our products and must therefore also be as environmentally friendly as possible. We’re proud to be significantly reducing the amount of plastic we use to package and protect our roof windows. It’s an important step towards achieving what we call the ‘Green our packaging’ sustainability target.”

• Mondi’s customised Monocorr Box makes white goods packaging 100% recyclable in Turkey
• Corrugated inserts eliminate the use of difficult-to-recycle expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam inserts and take up 94% less space
• Compact Monocorr Boxes allow 20% more goods to be stacked on each pallet
• The fit-for-purpose packaging design supports Warmhaus’s sustainability goals and keeps their customers happy

Warmhaus was looking for an environmentally responsible packaging solution that would help

Sustainability in action