FRUGALPAC

UK paper wine bottle supplier expands into North America / Production capacity triples

SYKELL

German takeaway container deposit system finds more capital / Retailer Rewe raises stake / Start-up supplies reusable PP packaging

PACKAGING RECYCLING

Watermark trial for packaging in Copenhagen / First products in 2022

PLASTICS WASTE

Greenpeace report assails UK and German shipments of polymer refuse to Turkey / German packaging waste should be returned, Turkish officials say

PACKAGING RECYCLING AUSTRIA

Plastic carrier bags banned as of 2020 / ARA calls for a "Plastics Roadmap 2030" / "Plastics Summit" in Vienna

SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

Italy bans sale of plastic cotton swabs at the start of 2019 / More initiatives in other EU countries / Planned and enforced prohibitions and regulations across the globe

LIDL UK

Banishing 5p bags and throwaway mindset / German parent bans standard plastic bags

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

Voluntary agreement in Austria sets goal of halving plastic bag consumption by 2019

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

How packaging contributes to food waste prevention / Unpackaged goods seen to have greater environmental footprint / Study by Austrian think-tank Denkstatt and industry partners

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

German manufacturer loses second PLA-based carrier bag lawsuit / Appeal to federal court

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Court dismisses lawsuit against German environmental group over PLA-based bioplastic bags

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

German environmental group sues supermarket chains for misleading customers on biodegradable plastic bags / Carriers said to be problematic to recycle / Compost producers concerned