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Britain To Tax Non-Recycled Plastic Packaging

Britain will levy a new tax on those who make or import plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled material, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Mon...

Malaysia To Curb Imports Of Plastic Waste: Minister

Malaysia is taking steps to limit imports of plastic waste, which has flooded the country since China stopped taking in foreign scrap for recycling, housin...

Kaufland Romania Implements Reduced-Plastic Strategy

Kaufland has implemented a reduced-plastic strategy at a store in Bucharest, as part of the group's willingness to tackle plastic waste. The project, im...

UK's RPC Group Sells Food-Packaging Business

Europe's biggest plastics packager, RPC Group Plc, will raise $95 million from the sale of its Letica food-packaging business, it said on Tuesday, aft...

Dutch Retailer Plus Intensifies Its Fight Against Plastic

Dutch retailer Plus has announced a series of measures to fight plastic pollution more efficiently, as well as increase plastic recycling. Th...

Kaufland Romania To Reduce Plastic Use By 20% By 2025

Kaufland Romania has announced it will reduce plastic consumption by at least 20% across all its operations by 2025. The measure is part of the retailer...

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...

Plastics Packager RPC Sees Shares Fall On Cash-Flow Worries

European plastic packaging leader RPC is stepping up capital investments, leading to a 4% decline in free cash flow in the year to end March and sending it...