PLASTIC PACKAGING

Aldi Ireland, Cadbury Australia replace plastic packaging on Easter egg chocolates / UK, Australia see sweet treats as “over packaged”

DANONE

Environmental groups sue food giant over global plastic pollution / Move follows reported warnings last year

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

EMF says most firms to miss 2025 packaging targets / PCR use generally higher in 2021 / Virgin plastics consumption back to 2018 levels / Global progress report

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Global brands back call for UN plastics treaty / Clear business case for action, signatories say

UPDATE - USA

Plastics Pact calls for end of PS, EPS, and PVC packaging by 2025 / Group wants to eliminate 11 polymer products and materials

PLASTICS RECYCLING USA

Ineos Styrolution joins US Plastics Pact / Roadmap to 2025 unveiled

MONDELEZ

Move to recyclable packaging for cheese brands in UK and Ireland

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

PepsiCo and Mondelez agree to cut use of virgin plastics for packaging / As You Sow withdraws shareholder proposals filed with US giants

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

As You Sow files shareholder proposals with 10 consumer goods giants to reduce plastics use / Call for sustained commitments / Urgent new findings from EMF report

BERRY GLOBAL

Partnership with Mondelez on plastic packaging for cheese / Resins derived from chemical recycling

USA

California group sues 10 companies including Coca-Cola, Danone, PepsiCo and Nestlé over plastics pollution

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Coca-Cola and other major brands disclose plastic packaging production figures / Businesses across value chain commit to reducing plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP report

MARINE LITTER

Greenpeace's global plastics pollution audit identifies top brands / Coca-Cola world's worst offender / PS and PET most common plastic waste

EVENTS

5th “Packaged – Global Packaging Summit” in Brussels

ENVAL

UK recycling technology specialist building first laminate packaging separating plant in Alconbury / Award-winning pyrolysis technology