Tag: packaging industry

  • The Story of Paper

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    Paper is a uniquely renewable, sustainable and recyclable product and epitomises the circular economy model of make, use, recycle and reuse. The main raw material, trees, are grown and harvested in a carefully controlled and sustainable way. So successfully that European forests, which provide 90% of the wood fibre used by the European pulp and…

  • Stop, Look, Recycle – Recycle Week

    This year’s Recycle Week focuses on increasing awareness on the recyclable packaging that often finds its way into general waste. This month, between 22-28 September, the UK puts its annual spotlight on recycling. Now in its 22nd year, Recycle Week returns to encourage the British public to recycle items that too often find themselves thrown into…

  • Paper Packaging – The Preferred and Sustainable Choice

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    2020 saw dramatic changes to the way we live our live, how we work and socialise might have changed forever. Our consumption habits have also changed, which has had major impacts on the packaging industry. In a year when some industries struggled, the packaging industry reported increased volumes and revenue, in part, due to a…

  • Tis the season to recycle

    If you hadn’t noticed already, Christmas is almost upon us, and with it the annual rush to buy enough food, drink and, of course, presents to get us through the season. But like many other things this year, the festive tradition of elbowing your way through department stores and edging through traffic has changed. Now…

  • How much does the public really know about packaging and sustainability?

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    The range of recycling symbols and confusion over what can and can’t be recycled is contributing to the British public’s concerns about packaging. But with paper and cardboard, there’s no confusion – just basic common sense. When it comes to recycling, there’s little doubt that the British public have a great deal of concern about single-use…