Sustainability

Reducing and recycling plastic packaging will no longer be a matter of voluntary or co-regulatory action.

The REDcycle collapse has highlighted the ineffectiveness of current arrangements and exposed the fact that other single use plastic packaging recovery rates are embarrassingly low and will miss agreed targets.

A new world class product stewardship scheme is now proposed to be in place by 2025.This will bring in new packaging rules to make manufacturers and retailers responsible for designing, reducing, collecting, and recovering their packaging.

Pickler’s software comes at a crucial time for the packaging industry. With an increasing trend of conscious consumerism and new EU legislation such as the Green Claims Directive and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSDR), packaging producers, distributors, and retailers are required to transparently showcase the impact of complete packaging portfolios.

The ASPF brings together a diverse group of global stakeholders to engage with regulators and governments around the world to encourage the adoption of a holistic and harmonized approach to food packaging regulation, according to a news release. The group's goal is to achieve environmental sustainability without compromising on food safety and public health and without increasing the environmental footprint of the food supply chain, the release said.

Bormioli Pharma, a provider of pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices, and Loop Industries, Inc., a clean technology company focused on manufacturing 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic and polyester fiber, partnered to create a pharmaceutical packaging bottle manufactured with 100% recycled virgin quality Loop PET resin.

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• Following a successful trial last year, scheme will roll out in 19 additional M&S stores including Liverpool One which opened at the end of last year – bringing the total number to 25.
• As part of Plan A, M&S has committed to remove 1bn units of plastic packaging by 2027, last month M&S met their target to remove 75 million units in 2023/24.

Following a successful trial in six stores last year*, the scheme will roll out in a further 19 M&S stores across the UK** including Liverpool One, which opened at the end of last year – bringing the total numb

“This is something we’ve wanted to do for a while, and we’re glad that we’ve finally made it happen,” said Kelley Marian, founder of Green Juju. “We’ve gotten great feedback already from store owners and anyone who’s had a chance to get a sneak peek.”

Green Juju’s Raw Goat’s Milk line includes three variations of 100% pure goat’s milk without added probiotics. The company offers raw goat’s milk, goat’s milk fermented with probiotics, and lactose-free goat’s milk for more sensitive stomachs.

The new rules will require grocers to sell more loose fresh produce in a move designed to combat both food and packaging waste.

If implemented, consumers will no longer be forced to buy larger pre-packed amounts of fruit or veg and can instead choose exactly how much they want to buy, directly reducing the amount of food and plastic waste created.

The BRC has warned that the ban should not go too far, highlighting potential economic and technical barriers to the move.