Philip Chadwick

A competition by UK Research and Innovation’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge has funded six projects to design solutions for capturing and storing household flexible plastics for recycling.

A competition by UK Research and Innovation’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge has funded six projects to design solutions for capturing and storing household flexible plastics for recycling.

DS Smith has created new boxes for Versuni’s Philips home appliance product portfolio.

Corrugated packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has reported a drop in earnings and box demand in its latest financial update.

Polytag has developed unique QR codes for drinks brand Blighty Booch.

DS Smith has reported like-for-like improvement in corrugated box volumes in the first half of the year.

Walkers has rolled out new paper outer bags for its Baked multipacks following a trial.

Industry has been reacting to DEFRA’s plan to reform waste collections and simplify the system, with the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) criticising the proposal.

Ocado Retail’s digital deposit return scheme (DDRS) for milk bottles has resulted in over 20,000 cash rewards redeemed by consumers.

Packaging Innovations & Empack is open for registrations with organiser Easyfairs preparing for next year’s event.