Asda follows Sainsbury’s with vacuum-pack mince packaging to save plastic

2 days, 7 hours ago

Is the FMCG sector ready for the recyclable packaging revolution?

FMCG products are an essential part of our daily lives. Recent market research indicates that 71% of consumers now make purchasing decisions based on sustainable credentials, while 80% specifically seek products with recyclable packaging to reduce their environmental impact. This growth trajectory, coupled with evolving consumer preferences, has led global companies like Huhtamaki to spearhead innovation in recyclable flexible packaging …

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3 days ago

Is introducing an alternative to the plastic milk pouch a tenable solution?

The Hindu

Recently, National Green Tribunal directed Aavin to explore the possibility of using alternatives to single-use plastics in milk packaging. In 2018, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike made a suggestion to the Karnataka Milk Federation to find alternatives to the plastic packaging of its Nandini milk. Bandopadhyay, Technical Director and ENVIS Coordinator at Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment in Mumbai, …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Start-ups in city come up with eco-friendly packaging options

The Hindu

Some of the cafes that are popping up around Chennai have quite understood the assignment. “Sugarcane pulp, which is the bagasse packaging, has been on the rise,” says Pradeep Sekar, who is running Plastic Free Madras, an eco-friendly packaging business in Chennai. “The market for sustainable packaging is blowing up,” says Heerr, founder of WhatAbout Sustainable Packaging, a start-up in …

Chennai Sustainable Packaging Pradeep Sustainable Packaging Heerr

3 months ago

Target, Walmart and Trader Joe's stores in California forced to change how they sell fresh food

Daily Mail

California has become the first state to ban confusing 'best before' labels on food in all major supermarkets. California has become the first state to ban confusing 'best before' labels on food in all major supermarkets In California alone, around six million tons of unexpired food is tossed in the trash each year. Lawmakers and advocates in California said they …

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4 months ago

US regulators want to investigate Shein and Temu over ‘deadly’ baby products

CNN

New York CNN — Shein and Temu, two Chinese low-cost e-commerce websites, are the target of a proposed investigation by the United States government for selling “deadly baby and toddler products.” Two leaders from the Consumer Products Safety Commission said in an open letter Wednesday that they want commission staff to look into how the two companies comply with US …

Products Temu Shein Safety Commission

4 months, 1 week ago

Biden EPA rejects plastics industry’s fuzzy math that misleads customers about recycled content

Salon

Series: Selling a Mirage: The Deception Behind Plastic Recycling More in this series The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the first ever federal action against a system that misleads consumers about the recycled content in plastic products. A ProPublica investigation in June showed how the plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method called mass balance to advertise plastic products as …

Products Balance Content Biden Plastic Mass Epa

5 months ago

Custom Packaging Solutions Revolutionizing Business Success

Hindustan Times

In the evolving landscape of product packaging, custom solutions are taking the industry by storm. A premium coffee brand reported a 30% rise in repeat orders after transitioning to BrandMyDispo’s custom printed Mylar bags, demonstrating the impact of thoughtful packaging on consumer behavior. Their focus on quality and customer satisfaction has positioned BrandMyDispo as a trusted provider of custom packaging …

Business Consumer Bags Packaging Brand Custom Hindustan Times

5 months ago

Urgent recall for popular Morrisons and Waitrose bakery item over fears they may contain pieces of METAL

Daily Mail

Shoppers have been asked to return a popular bakery item due to fears that some may be contaminated with pieces of metal. Three lines of crumpets sold at Morrisons and Hovis crumpets have been recalled after a warning was issued by manufacturer Rathbones Kear and the Food Standards Agency. Six-pack products with expiry dates of August 6 and 7 may …

Metal Morrisons Fsa Hovis Crumpets Products Recall Crumpets Small Pieces

5 months, 2 weeks ago

I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life

NPR

I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life toggle caption Elizabeth Gillis/NPR Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Sponsor Message Going into my plastic-free week, I set some rules for myself: ♻️ Cut out online shopping and food …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Companies like Nestle and Unilever modify plastic recycling goals due to implementation difficulties: Report

Hindustan Times

Nestle S.A. changed the wording of its plastic packaging goals in 2022, changing it to “designed for” recycling when earlier, it used to be “recyclable” or reusable packaging, Bloomberg reported. Plastic waste often ends up in water bodies, causing massive harm to animal and human health. The legal difference between these amount to about 280,000 metric tons of additional non-recyclable …

Pet Recycling Report Bloomberg Nestle Unilever Plastic Waste

6 months ago

Will alternatives to plastic bags step up the fight against waste?

The Hindu

The switch to the alternatives to the banned plastic products has yielded mixed results in Tamil Nadu. A shopkeeper at Parry’s Corner says, “We have shifted from selling plastic items to printing invitation cards, selling greeting cards and paper and cloth bags since the Tamil Nadu government banned the single-use plastic. But, on Anderson Street, you will still find many …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate in Massachusetts passes bill curtailing use of plastics including bags, straws

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The state Senate in Massachusetts …

Senate State Massachusetts Plastics Plastic Bags

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Costco customers fume as highly popular item gets a new 'fatally flawed' packaging

Daily Mail

Costco's rotisserie chickens are among the store's most beloved offerings - and have stayed at $4.99 for years despite inflation But while the price has not changed, the packaging has. Costco has started selling its ready-cooked chickens in soft plastic bags instead of the traditional hard-shelled plastic containers at its US locations. Costco customers are complaining that the new soft …

Bags Plastic Chicken Costco

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid ‘pointless plastic’

Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — Nature wraps bananas and oranges in peels. She steered clear of bagged carrots and breezed past the lettuce packed in what she calls “plastic coffins.” She keeps reusable shopping bags in her car, a common practice in New York since the state banned plastic carryout bags several years ago. I bring reusable cloth produce bags because I …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 700million pounds of Amazon's 'recyclable' plastic packaging is dumped into environment each year - where chemicals infest livestock, human organs and even clouds

Daily Mail

It's the environmental disaster hiding in plain sight - a new report finds that Amazon's 'recyclable' plastic packaging generates 709 million pounds of waste each year. Adding insult to injury, the new report found Amazon's so-called 'recyclable' plastic requires customers to drive their waste packaging to special 'store drop-off locations where plastic film is accepted.' The new report, from US …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Weirdest supermarket substitutions include mushrooms swapped for tampons

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Among the strangest substitutions were Ocado sending mushrooms instead of tampons, Tesco delivering Jacob’s …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandigarh: PU researchers get patent for biodegradable food packaging film

Hindustan Times

Researchers from Panjab University’s Institute of Forensic Science Vishal Sharma and Sonal Choudhary, Kashma Sharma of DAV College and Vijay Kumar of NIT Srinagar have been granted an Indian patent for their invention on biodegradable food packaging film designed to replace plastic-based food packaging film. The invention addresses the issue of plastic pollution, particularly the presence of plastic particles in …

Food Film Packaging Plastic

10 months ago

Trash talk: The big problem with tiny packs

Hindustan Times

It may have an expiry date of February 2025, but the tiny packs in your purse, your travel pack and elsewhere in your home will likely be around, in some form or another, for at least 500 years. “One of the first barriers is the glass,” says Alexis Hocken, a chemical engineering doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, …

India Packaging Mit Glass Plastics Tiny Hocken

10 months, 1 week ago

Fast-food wrappers that contain PFAS are no longer sold in the US, the FDA says

Associated Press

Fast-food wrappers and packaging that contain so-called forever chemicals are no longer being sold in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. Starting in 2020, the FDA obtained commitments from U.S. food manufacturers to phase out PFAS in wrappers, boxes and bags with coating to prevent grease, water and other liquids from soaking through. Ridding packaging of the …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Scores of non-toxic medicinal cooling packs lying near Greater Chennai Corporation’s dump site in Perungudi

The Hindu

Several non-toxic packaging materials used as coolants to keep medicines or vaccines at an optimal temperature have been allegedly lying unattended since 2021 on a land bordering the Greater Chennai Corporation’s dumpsite in Perungudi and close to the Pallikaranai marshland. These are gel-iced packs, used in temperature-control packaging systems during transportation so that medicines are kept at an optimal temperature, …

Land Plastic Packs

1 year, 4 months ago

Single-use plastic waste from food delivery apps could be reduced with one tweak

ABC

Food delivery apps are a blessing. Key points: Adding a "green nudge" to food delivery apps could promote more sustainable behaviours from users Changing the default setting to "no cutlery" on a Chinese food delivery app saw the share of no-cutlery orders increase by 648 per cent Researchers say this tweak could cut out 21.75 billion single-use plastics annually in …

Food China Delivery Orders Apps Green Waste

1 year, 5 months ago

Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo named as worst packaging polluters in UK

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Here in the UK, all of our bottles are already recyclable, and all of our smaller packs are made …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Your Design Store: Leading The Way In Data Safety And Environmental Consciousness

ABP News

New Delhi, July 19: In 2023, Data safety and Environmental Awareness are keywords that the young modern consumer looks for in any company they choose to associate with. According to a report by the Central Pollution Control Board, India generates over 25,000 tons of plastic waste every day, and a significant portion of this comes from packaging materials used in …

India Design Data Store Plastic Bags Your Design Delivery Vehicles

1 year, 5 months ago

Food waste costs Australian households up to $3,000 a year

ABC

As a nation, Australians are throwing too much food in the bin. Key points: The equivalent of one in five shopping bags of food purchased in Australia goes to waste Throwing out one burger wastes the equivalent amount of water as running a shower for 90 minutes RMIT-led research has found unsuitable packaging sizes, poor buying habits, date label confusion, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Plastic bags continue to dot Vijayawada despite ban

The Hindu

Plastic carry bags, which pose a threat to the environment due to indiscriminate disposal, continue to dot Vijayawada even as a ban on their sale is in force for around a year now. Traders continue to stock plastic carry bags, disposable tumblers and similar non-biodegradable items, with vendors also continuing to provide them to their customers on demand. “We have …

Bags Plastic Vijayawada Plastic Bags Vmc

1 year, 6 months ago

Sainsbury’s cuts price of toilet paper as pulp costs fall

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sainsbury’s is cutting the price …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Mars bars given environmentally-friendly new look with paper packaging

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mars bars have been given …

Mars Bar Packaging Plastic Mars Wrigley Paper Packaging Mars Bar

1 year, 10 months ago

New plastic waste guide aims for 100% circular packaging by 2050

NL Times

The Waste Fund Packaging foundation presented a new Plastic Guide that aims to help municipalities, importers, producers, and recyclers work towards a packaging system that is 100% fossil free with 0% damage to people and the environment in 2050. It requires “different thinking and handling of the production and use of plastic packaging.” The Plastic Guide sets goals for a …

Packaging Waste Plastic Plastic Packaging

1 year, 10 months ago

More supermarkets stop giving away plastic and paper bags for fruits & vegetables

NL Times

Supermarket chains Lidl, Jumbo, Plus and Aldi will stop offering free plastic and paper disposable bags for fruits and vegetables this year. That is why it is important that as many supermarket chains participate as possible,” said Carlijn Röell, the head of the Plastic Pact NL. With this measure, the five expect to save around 126 million plastic bags and …

Bags Plastic Supermarket Plastic Pact Nl Disposable Bags

1 year, 10 months ago

Asda supermarket begins to ration fresh fruit and vegetables with warning over panic buying

The Independent

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2 years ago

Banned Single-use plastics are still widely used across Chennai

The Hindu

Single-use plastics are still in widespread use in Chennai three years after the Tamil Nadu government ordered a ban on the manufacture, sale, and usage of plastic and polystyrene commodities. “One pack of 100 plastic straws used to cost ₹30 but a pack of 80 paper straws costs nearly ₹45,” said Selvam, a tender coconut vendor at Valasaravakkam. Alternatives not …

Chennai Products Bags Cost Plastic Kannan Cloth Bags

2 years ago

Europe could ban miniature hotel toiletries as part of new plastic waste rules

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Part of the European Green Deal’s Circular Economy Action Plan, which focuses on single-use plastic, the European Commissions says it …

Packaging Plastic European Green Packaging Waste

2 years, 1 month ago

EU may ban single-use plastics like hotel shampoos, takeaway cups & ketchup packets

NL Times

The European Union could soon ban small shampoo bottles in hotels, single-serving mayo or ketchup sachets, coffee creamer cups, and creamer in sachets. European Commissioners Frans Timmermans and Virginijus Sinkevičius made these proposals in a bill to reduce packaging waste, NOS reports. The European Commission wants to ban cafes and coffee shops from using disposable cups when customers drink their …

Packaging Packaging Waste Shampoos Takeaway

2 years, 2 months ago

Ban all UK plastic waste exports by 2027, say cross-party MPs

The Independent

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Waste Plastic Westminster Email View Email Verifyerrors Mps Plastic Waste

2 years, 2 months ago

Trick or trash: What to do with tons of Halloween candy plastic waste

LA Times

The U.S. loaded up on an estimated 600 million pounds of Halloween candy this year. “What I’d like to see is this program actually goes away over time and we have a solution where it’s no longer required and we’re fully recyclable,” said Tim LeBel, president of sales for Mars Wrigley U.S. Mars is partnering with Rubicon Technologies, a Lexington, …

Mars Companies Packaging Halloween Recycling Waste Box

2 years, 2 months ago

Trick or trash: Candy makers grapple with plastic waste

Associated Press

Halloween treats have a tricky problem: plastic packaging that’s difficult to recycle. “What I’d like to see is this program actually goes away over time and we have a solution where it’s no longer required and we’re fully recyclable,” said Tim LeBel, president of sales for Mars Wrigley U.S. Mars is partnering with Lexington, Kentucky-based Rubicon Technologies, a consultant and …

Mars Companies Packaging Recycling Waste Box Candy

2 years, 2 months ago

Supermarket giant to launch Asda Express convenience shops

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Asda has revealed plans to …

Convenience Express Stores Asda

2 years, 2 months ago

Millions of Britons ‘still not recycling cardboard, food and plastic’

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And 42 per cent said there are so many misconceptions and myths around recycling, …

Recycling Cent Bin Recycle

2 years, 2 months ago

Use of banned single-use plastics on the rise in Coimbatore city

The Hindu

Despite the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change amending the Plastic Waste Management Rules and imposing a ban on manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of single-use plastic items from July 1, 2022, the banned plastic is used widely across the city. Many of the retail vegetable vendors at Anna Market on Mettupalayam Road continue to use the …

Market Bags Ban Corporation Plastic Banned

2 years, 5 months ago

Ban on single-use plastic: More sustainable restaurants are on the menu in Bengaluru

The Hindu

Once as ubiquitous a find as any, single-use plastic is now being cracked down upon, under the nationwide ban on items such as plastic sticks on balloons, cutlery, straws, wrapping film on sweet boxes, invitation cards etc. “We have already started using paper bags to pack namkeen takeaways and within a week, we will use up our existing stock of …

Coffee Ban Boxes Sup Plastic Containers

2 years, 5 months ago

Do single-use plastic bans work?

BBC

Do single-use plastic bans work? Getty Images The problems caused by plastic waste are rapidly increasing around the globe, but it still serves a useful purpose in food packaging. In the end it often turns out to be more polluting to use cardboard wrapping than plastic, when the entire food production chain is taken into account – Romane Osadnick The …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Plastic cups, straws still in use in Capital despite SUP ban

The Hindu

A week after a ban on 19 single-use plastic items kicked in, many of the banned items, including plastic cups, straws and plates were still seen being used across the city, found The Hindu. Explaining that paper cups are increasing his expenditure, Mr. Sarath said, “One plastic cup costs me 60-80 paisa and a paper cup will cost me over …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Govt. to urge Centre to slash GST rates for manufacturing SUP alternatives

The Hindu

Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday said the Delhi government will appeal to the Centre to reduce the GST rates on raw materials for manufacturing the alternatives to single-use plastics. “Manufacturers and start-ups, which are working on the alternatives of single-use plastic brought to our notice that they have to pay more GST for the raw material,” Mr. Rai said, …

Delhi Centre Ban Gst Rai Sup Alternatives

2 years, 6 months ago

First day of single-use plastic ban: Less awareness, no enforcement

The Hindu

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board may have declared that single-use plastic items cannot be used from July 1, but in various parts of the city, SUP usage went on as usual owing to a lack of awareness. “The remaining stock which has come with plastic sticks will be returned to the distributors free of cost and then we will …

Bags Alternative Cost Milk Ban Plastic Sup

2 years, 6 months ago

Six years down the lane, single-use plastic ban not so effective in Bengaluru

The Hindu

The whole country might now cut down on its single-use plastic products, but Karnataka was the first State to impose a ban on these products in as early as 2016. Although the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike came up with enforcement plans, over the years, the movement floundered, especially in the last two years …

Ban Sup Effective Plastic

2 years, 6 months ago

Did you know single-use plastic is banned from July 1?

The Hindu

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board may have declared that single-use plastic items will not be used from July 1, but, in many parts of Bengaluru, citizens as well as retail vendors, especially hawkers, are not aware of the ban. This is a good decision since plastic is not reusable.” However, among hawkers, the search for an alternative is a cause …

Bags Ban Plastic Plastic Carry Bags

2 years, 6 months ago

Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS accused of ‘greenwashing’ packaging

The Independent

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2 years, 6 months ago

Newsom signs nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste

LA Times

A trash can overflows with plastic waste at a park. The new law, he said, would “grow markets, create incentives for investment, and give tools to other states and countries to help play their part in this fight.” For the past six months, a team of roughly two dozen negotiators — mostly women — hammered out language designed to reduce …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Plastic ban: SUP still available in Delhi markets, traders awaiting alternatives

Hindustan Times

A day before a ban on 19 single-use plastic items was going to come into force, many of these items were still available in markets across the city most shopkeepers saying that the alternatives to the banned articles were in short supply. While the government says a majority of the manufacturers of the banned SUP items have already switched to …

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