Packaging recycling: Boots Ireland reaches 100k Scan2Recycle landmark
June 26, 2024
Health and beauty retailer Boots Ireland’s packaging recycling scheme reaches 100,000 in-store product scan landmark.
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Pack4Good: Zara owner Inditex makes packaging commitment with Canopy
June 25, 2024
Zara owner Inditex joins Canopy’s Pack4Good scheme, committing to paper packaging that has not been sourced from vital forests.
‘Decision Engine’: Amazon using AI to deliver customer orders with less packaging
April 17, 2024
The Package Decision Engine, an AI model created by Amazon, is helping the online giant use less packaging than it otherwise would for customer orders.
Impact: Lush selling bottles with packaging made from ‘Prevented Ocean Plastic’
March 14, 2024
Lush is selling products in the UK in packaging made from ‘Prevented Ocean Plastic’, and is set to introduce the material globally.
Packaging innovation: Sushi Daily unveils chopstick sleeve made from salmon skin
January 19, 2024
European sushi retailer Sushi Daily unveils chopstick sleeve made from salmon skin, representing its effort to reduce food waste.
‘Hugely popular’: M&S expands refill scheme to 25 stores
January 10, 2024
Marks & Spencer says it has expanded its refill scheme to 25 stores following a successful trial last year.
Optimal packing: The Perfume Shop unveils new packaging technology
January 8, 2024
The Perfume Shop unveils new packaging technology in its warehouse, eying efficiencies in its supply chain and a reduction in waste.
Impact: Nestlé provides £7m loan to support launch of UK plastic recycling plant
November 17, 2023
Nestlé UK & Ireland provides £7 million loan to Impact Recycling to help get the Durham-based plastic recycling plant up and running.
Made to measure parcels: Amazon unveils automated packaging technology
October 19, 2023
Amazon says it is trialling new automated packaging technology which creates paper bags that are made to measure for each parcel.