Plastic Waste

European SUP Directive Sees Caps Tethered To Plastic Bottles

The European Single-Use Plastic (SUP) Directive will see bottle lids required to stay attached to PET bottles under three litres from July.

UN Plastic Treaty Talks Grapple With Re-Use, Recycle, Reduce Debate

A third round of United Nations negotiations to try to deliver the world's first treaty to control plastic pollution has drawn more than 500 proposals from...

Plastics Action Alliance Outlines Key Objectives For Reducing Plastic Use

The Plastics Action Alliance, the recently formed Group that comprises of 11 leading agricultural processing and food businesses in Ireland, have set out t...

Nestlé And Veolia Join Forces To Tackle Plastics Leakage

Nestlé and Veolia, a global resource management company, have announced their collaboration to work on waste collection, sorting, and recycling of p...

Tesco UK Plans to Remove ‘Best Before’ Labels From Fruit And Vegetables

Tesco in the UK is to remove ‘best before’ labels off more than 100 additional pre-packaged fruits and vegetables in an ‘effort to discou...

New EU Proposal To Ban Single-Use Plastic A "Mirror Image" Of Proposed Irish Bill

New European Union plans to ban single-use plastic such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds as well as urging the collection of most plastic drink bottles b...

Britvic Join UK Pact To Purge Single-Use Plastic Waste

Britvic has announced that it has joined up with UK retailers, manufacturers, recyclers and NGOs to sign the UK Plastics Pact, which aims to cut plastic wa...

P&G Commits to 100% Reusable, Recyclable Packaging By 2030

Multinational consumer goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble has announced it plans to make all of its brand packaging recyclable or reusable by 2030...

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Costa Coffee Pledges To Recycle As Many Cups As It Sells

UK To Introduce Deposit Scheme For Drinks Containers

Lidl Ireland To Cut Plastic Packaging By One Fifth By 2022

Irish MEP Welcomes EU Plastic Waste Bill

Retailer Iceland Commits To Plastic-Free Private Label By 2023

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