Sentences with phrase «plastic packaging waste»

Following recent headlines concerning plastic packaging waste in the UK, Antalis has welcomed the transition towards sustainable, compostable packaging.

Sustainable plastics manufacturer Aquapak Polymers Limited is helping food manufacturers (dis)- solve the issue of how to reduce its plastic packaging waste.

Currently, only 14 % of plastic packaging waste is recycled.

Not exact matches

Recommendations for actions include: specific targets to reduce single - use plastic packaging; scaling up the use of reusable packaging; reviewing food cosmetic standards and labelling; greater investment in waste prevention systems; and looking at how market - based instruments like extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes can prompt behavioural change towards avoiding food and plastic waste.

According to Julian Kirby, lead plastics campaigner at Friends of the Earth UK: «What that really casts into quite serious doubt, I think, is the argument that the food packaging industry use quite often which is that we need plastic to avoid food waste.

There are several industry collaborations that are working to identify technologies to make collection and sortation of flexible packaging waste feasible and economically effective, as well as research into chemical recycling, which degrades the mixed plastics into monomers or basic chemicals to turn into new products.

Food waste, plastics and unnecessary packaging are big news right now, with the Government's 25 - year Environment Plan set to tackle plastic packaging with a promise to achieve zero avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042.

A significant amount of the plastic waste generated by hospitals is a flexible material of some sort, such as sterilization wrap or flexible packaging.

For example, Colpac launched its Cookpack Hot Boxes and Compostable Ovenable Trays; Greenearth Food Packaging introduced its new range of biodegradable wooden food trays; James Cropper 3D Products debuted COLOURFORM ™, its plastic - free packaging, made from 100 percent renewable natural wood fibres; and OAL unveiled APRIL EYE, its intelligent date code verification system that cuts food waste in the suppPackaging introduced its new range of biodegradable wooden food trays; James Cropper 3D Products debuted COLOURFORM ™, its plastic - free packaging, made from 100 percent renewable natural wood fibres; and OAL unveiled APRIL EYE, its intelligent date code verification system that cuts food waste in the supppackaging, made from 100 percent renewable natural wood fibres; and OAL unveiled APRIL EYE, its intelligent date code verification system that cuts food waste in the supply chain.

While collecting waste plastic from the sea to recycle into new packaging can raise consumer awareness, it won't solve the problem.

Exploring different packaging solutions to reduce plastic usage, facilitate recycling and develop new approaches to eliminate plastic waste;

Up to now, the bags and packaging included plastic or residual waste.

Working with value chain partners and industry associations to explore different packaging options to reduce plastic usage, facilitate recycling and develop new approaches to eliminate plastic waste;

The sustainability of plastic packaging has traditionally presented challenges.Up until recently, some of the most effective solutions when it comes to preserving food and reducing food waste have proved among the more difficult to recycle.

Rising governmental concerns with respect to growing plastic waste is leading to the development of sustainable — degradable, recyclable, or reusable — packaging solutions.

Oh, and it's nice to receive a resealable bag that's full versus a big plastic tub that's less than halfway full is just a complete waste of packaging.

Unilever is looking into a technology that converts PET plastic waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.

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Cranswick plc, one of Britain's leading suppliers of premium food, has vowed a significant drive to reduce plastic waste within the UK starting with a pledge that all packaging used will be 100 % recyclable and sustainably sourced and in addition, to also reduce the group's plastic use by 50 % by 2025.

Unilever is entering into a new partnership with the aim of developing a technology to convert plastic PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.

Since she wasn't comfortable with being dropped off, I sat in the lobby during her Summer camps to help her feel comfortable enough to trust the teachers and go in and have fun, so I got to see how much time was WASTED opening all those little plastic packages.

I make an effort to waste as little as possible and the food I purchase either doesn't come in a package (like fruits and veggies), comes in recyclable packaging (like canned beans or a jar of applesauce) or we buy in bulk (like nuts and grains) and reuse the plastic bags until they are no good.

Packaging food in plastic baggies each day is not only wasteful and harmful to the environment; it's also a complete waste of money.

In contrast to other plastic waste, for example, packaging material, these plastic pellets have never been of any use.

Instead, she thinks we should focus on reducing waste through recycling, minimising plastic packaging, and through schemes such as official disposal of damaged fishing gear.

In addition, the GREEN PUPS packaging is made with recycled paper and its refill rolls feature a careless design, further reducing plastic waste.»

Aurora Robson is a multimedia artist known predominantly for her transformative work intercepting the waste stream with plastic debris, excess packaging and junk mail.

By turning to locally - grown seaweed as a feedstock for biodegradable packaging, Evoware aims to boost the livelihoods of seaweed farmers while also working to reduce plastic waste in general, and to reduce ocean pollution in particular.

According to Evoware, the development of a seaweed - based packaging company in Indonesia has the potential to address several issues, the first of which is that nation is «the world's second largest plastic contributor to the ocean,» and that some 90 % of plastic waste ends up in the ocean, and «70 % of that waste comes from food and beverage packaging.»

I don't know why Co-op is having trouble coming up with a fully clear bottle, considering that other countries like Germany and Sweden have already done it, but the story got me thinking about how interesting it would be if retailers who were serious about plastic waste reduction took a page out of Co-op's book, and purposely made their single - use packaging as unattractive as possible.

So imagine my surprise when I found Milk in a plastic bag in Sainsbury's... Dairy Crestthe suppliers say that a 2 pint milk bag produces 75 % less packaging waste and landfill mass than a standard 2 pint plastic milk bottle.

The packaging could be made from recycled material whether it is card or plastic and the only waste is the green tear - away tab.

A rise in plastic food packaging is failing to reduce Europe's growing food waste problem, and in some cases may even be fueling it, according this study prepared by the Institute for European Environmental Policy for Friends of the Earth Europe and Zero Waste Europe.

While it's a good thing to lobby companies to use less packaging and to choose items with less packaging, change will take time in that direction and in the meanwhile, families will continue to produce plastic waste that needs bagging.

Program accepted waste: Glass vitamin and supplement bottles, plastic vitamin and supplement bottles, vitamin and supplement bottle lids, and vitamin and supplement flexible packaging

Dish soap is one of those things I didn't think about much when starting zero waste, but quickly realized not only was most soap packaged in plastic but also contained lots of unrecognizable chemicals I didn't want going into my water supply.

The researchers combed through the industry data to compile production statistics worldwide for resins, fibres and additives and to use these to work out the types of plastics now in the environment, most of it as discarded packaging: half of all plastic output becomes waste within four years of use.

Impact: The European Commission will begin to introduce regulations and measures to the European Parliament in 2018 and 2019, including a proposal on the regulation of single - use plastics, packaging waste, and port waste management.

The study - Unwrapped: how throwaway plastic is failing to solve Europe's food waste problem (and what we need to do instead)- shows how annual per - capita use of plastic packaging has grown simultaneously with levels of food waste since the 1950s — now at 30 kg and 173 kg respectively.

On a further zero waste note, the Stojo comes packaged in a small bit of cardboard — no unnecessary plastic packaging inside!

(Anyone else bought something from a «zero waste» company and found it wrapped in plastic packaging?)

A rise in plastic food packaging is failing to reduce Europe's growing food waste problem, and in some cases may even be fueling it, according to new research.

• To reduce packaging waste, they moved through the old plastic vs paper thing, until they arrived at rubber bands.

Upon closer examination, the saffron was actually contained in a tiny plastic container within the glass jar — a gross waste of packaging that's enough to turn me off that particular brand.

As plastic wastes build up in our oceans, we need better alternatives to reduce non-biodegradable packaging wastes

Using HDPE (high - density polyethylene) plastic — that's # 2 plastic for you recyclers out there — the RD4 chair aims to to view waste plastic packaging as a valuable resource as opposed to an ecological difficulty, utilize the embodied energy present in waste plastics as effectively as possible, and generate a new recycled design aesthetic, breaking from traditional flat - pack forms, while stimulating debate around recycling and the traditionally understood aesthetics of recycled products.

And no waste (except for the non-biodegradable plastic packaging).

Then there's the added energy cost of production, packaging, and transporting to stores and homes and away to landfill, where disposable plates and cups — which can be made of plastic, Styrofoam, virgin wood fibers, plastic - coated paper, post-consumer recycled fibers, or agricultural waste products such as bagasse, and are usually non-recyclable because they are contaminated with food residue — will sit for hundreds of years, slowly decomposing and releasing methane gas.

Buy it for everyone for Christmas - «The DVD is packaged to make the smallest possible environmental footprint - it is made of 100 % post-consumer waste recycled paper, no excess materials, and absolutely no plastics.

It's estimated that getting one liter of bottled drinking water into our hands requires seven liters of water and a quarter liter of oil, so there are a huge amount of wasted resources tied up in our bottled water habit, as well as an enormous plastic trash problem from all of those bottles and packaging.