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Plastics Packager RPC Posts 5.8% Rise In Revenue

RPC Group Plc, Europe's biggest plastics packager, has reported a 5.8% rise in quarterly revenue, helped by contributions from its Astrapak moulded-plastic...

Eroski Launches Coffee Capsule Recycling Project

Supermarket chain Eroski has become the first major distributor in Spain to install collection points for used coffee capsules of any material or brand, as...

Delhaize Serbia Starts Charging For Plastic Bags

Delhaize Serbia is to start charging for plastic bags in stores across the Balkan country from 16 July. The initiative will be rolled out in the group's...

Smurfit Kappa Group Completes Acquisition Of Reparenco

Smurfit Kappa Group has acquired Netherlands-based paper and recycling business Reparenco for €460 million. Omitting synergies, the transaction is...

World Wide Webb: The Case For Plastic-Free Packaging

In a new online only series, ESM senior reporter Ben Webb takes a sideways look at some of the issues affecting the retail and FMCG industries. In this wee...

Efforts To Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution May Hit Packaging Firms: Moody's

A new report from Moody's has suggested that efforts by the European Union to reduce marine pollution from plastics may raise costs for packaging firms....

Carrefour First In Romania To Introduce 100% Biodegradable Bags

Carrefour Romania has become the first retailer in the country to introduce 100% biodegradable bags at a national level. Developed by a local producer a...

Italy’s Packaging-Free Negozio Leggero Expands To France

Negozio Leggero, an Italian retail chain which offers products in bulk without packaging, will open its first franchised store in Paris on 23 June. Nego...