Plastics

UK – The Metal Packaging Manufacturers’ Association (MPMA) and Alupro have united to criticize the government’s planned rollout of a deposit return scheme (DRS). The…

UK – British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer, Tesco has announced plans to use plastic waste collected from coastal areas in its fresh fish…

INDIA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with Hindustan Unilever (HUL), on a plastic circularity initiative dubbed Inclusive Circular Economy. The initiative…

UK – The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced plans to introduce a deposit return scheme in 2025 to improve the…

FRANCE – US-based digital watermarking solution provider, Digimarc, has expanded the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 to France. HolyGrail 2.0 is a cross-value chain initiative…

UAE – The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) has issued a ministerial decision on regulating the trade of recycled plastic water bottles in…

AUSTRIA – Global specialty packaging pioneer CCL Label has developed what it claims to be the thinnest stretch sleeve on the market at a 30-micron…

SOUTH AFRICA – Sanlam Private Equity (SPE), a division of Sanlam Investments, has acquired a controlling stake in Gauteng-based waste management company, SkipWaste. As a…

TANZANIA – Zaidi Recyclers, a Tanzanian recycling firm has launched a digital platform (NiBOOST integrated into the Zaidi App) for collecting dead car batteries for…

NIGERIA – Sahara Foundation and Lagos State Employment Trust Fund have announced their strategic partnership geared towards rolling out a series of recycling exchange hubs…