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Lidl Ireland To Scrap Black Plastic Packaging Before Christmas

Lidl Ireland has confirmed that it will shun black plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables, across all its 195 outlets in Ireland and Northern Ireland,...

Plastic Bag Charges 'Don't Go Far Enough' To Reduce Waste, Study Finds

A UK study on the environmental impact of packaging waste has found that more than half of consumers (56%) believe existing measures to tackle plastic wast...

Tesco Develops UK's First Recycled Plastic Supermarket Car Park

A Tesco Extra car park in Dumfries in the UK has been resurfaced with recycled plastic that is equivalent to the weight of 225,000 plastic carrier bags, th...

Iceland To Launch Plastic-Free Chewing Gum

UK frozen food retailer Iceland is launching a new, plastic-free chewing gum. The product launch Iceland's latest move towards being plastic-free across...

European Strategy For Plastics Unveiled At Retail Forum For Sustainability

The implementation of the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy will transform the way plastic products are designed, used and recycled in t...

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....