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Packaging

June 2024

  • Close-up of female hand packing cardboard boxes

    DS Smith’s £5.8bn takeover by US rival going ahead despite competition

    Merger with International Paper moving at ‘absolutely full steam’ in face of separate interest from Brazil’s Suzano

May 2024

  • Plastic containers sorted for processing at a recycling facility in the US

    Packaging firm calls for tighter UK rules on plastics to drive green economy

    FTSE 100 firm DS Smith, which works with firms over alternatives, urges next government to match global standards
  • A child holding a red plastic toy train.

    Ditch brightly coloured plastic, anti-waste researchers tell firms

    Studies find red, blue and green plastic decomposes into microplastic particles faster than plainer colours
  • Person with pink nail varnish holding a carton of white seedless grapes in their right hand

    M&S teams up with recycling tech group to trace plastic packaging

    Polytag system prints invisible tag on to containers, which can be picked up by readers located at recycling centres

February 2024

  • Retailers are flocking to see DS Smith’s ideas for replacing plastic, such as a card-top lift-up bottle carrier with paper wrap, shown in its mock drink’s aisle.

    The fake Suffolk supermarket tackling problem plastic

    DS Smith’s innovation lab is in the spotlight after the packaging firm’s takeover approach from rival Mondi

December 2023

  • Tesco's pocket tissues in recyclable paper

    Tesco switches pocket tissue packaging to paper to cut plastic waste

    Forest Stewardship Council-certified packs will eliminate almost 35 tonnes of soft plastic waste a year

July 2023

  • Undated handout photo issued by Surfers Against Sewage shows packaging pollution on a beach.

    Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo named UK’s biggest packaging polluters

    Surfers Against Sewage’s annual audit finds 12 companies responsible for 70% of branded pollution

June 2023

  • Taking out recycling in green box

    Food producers and retailers lobby to delay UK household recycling reforms

    Firms are due to share cost of recycling waste from April but say it will add £1.7bn to food bills

April 2023

  • Naturalmat worker Sharron Hayes works the sewing machine.

    The Guardian picture essay
    ‘People want to be green’: the rise of Devon eco-bedmaker Naturalmat

    Recently B Corp certified, Naturalmat is the first bed and mattress firm to achieve the ethical status in the UK. We visited to see how it minimises the impact of production and supports local people
  • Yogurt that is to lose a lid and vacuum-packed meat, which is seen increasingly in supermarkets.

    ‘Change is always difficult’: from no lids to vac-packs, the war on plastic packaging divides opinion

    As more supermarkets put recycling at forefront, ‘early adopters’ are pitted against shoppers ‘who are challenged by it’
  • Sainsbury’s mince before and after.

    Sainsbury’s defends efforts to cut plastic as shoppers call mince vac-packs ‘vile’

    Retailer promises more ‘bold moves’ after beef pouches criticised as being ‘like I’ve bought someone’s kidney’

March 2023

  • A plastic bottle is put into a recycling bin

    Plans by Westminster to block Scottish bottle deposit scheme a ‘travesty’

    Environmental campaigners furious Alister Jack intends to deny trade exemption for bottle recycling proposals

July 2022

  • Person delivering Amazon parcel at front door.

    Pass notes
    What’s worse for the planet than millions of vans delivering shopping? Millions of vans delivering air

    Every year oversized packaging leads to five million unnecessary delivery journeys. That’s something else to fume about the next time a packet of washers arrives in a humungous cardboard box

June 2022

  • Carlsberg’s fibre beer bottle

    8,000 green bottles … Carlsberg trials fibre beer containers

    Brewer says wood- and plant-based design retains same ‘taste and fizziness’ as glass bottles

May 2022

  • Dabba Drop’s dabbas – reusable metal tiffin tins – are an age-old alternative to plastic or foil takeaway tubs.

    Kitchen aide
    What’s the best alternative to clingfilm?

    Think upturned bowls, tea towels, bamboo and wood, say our cooks – and always, always reuse

March 2022

  • Flower picking picking colourful blooms

    How UK shoppers can buy beautifully ethical flowers

    British-grown blooms have a lower carbon footprint, and plastic-free delivery is now an option

February 2022

  • Innocent drinks on display

    Innocent TV ad banned for claiming its drinks help environment

  • Waitrose and Lidl carrier bags

    Waitrose and Lidl top list of eco-friendly supermarkets

November 2021

  • Michael Caine sporting a polo neck jumper in 1968

    Brief letters
    When polos are a pain in the neck

    Brief letters: Fashion | Banana splitting | Care campaign | PM in a spin | Iced parkin

October 2021

  • Close-up shot of fruits and vegetables in a mesh grocery bag

    Want to be a greener food shopper? We ask experts for their advice

    Leading experts advise on the impact of deliveries, buying organic, packaging and food waste
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