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Museum of Brands hosts Reuse, Refill, Rethink sustainable packaging exhibition

A new display that uses the past as a guide for informing the future of sustainability in packaging is on show at the Museum of Brands in London.

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16/11/2023
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Mura Technology opens world-first advanced plastics recycling plant

Mura Technology has today opened the world’s first commercial-scale HydroPRS™ advanced plastic recycling plant in Teesside, UK, to key representatives from the advanced recycling and plastic manufacturing value chains.

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27/10/2023
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UKCPN’s Dr Sally Beken named as one of the top 75 influencers at Interplas

UKCPN’s own Dr Sally Beken has been been nominated as one of the top 75 influential people in the UK plastics industry.

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04/10/2023
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UKCPN support leads to Future Makers success

Tristan Hessing, MD of Future Makers, told us how GRIPS (Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability) had helped him start a whole new venture.

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04/10/2023
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UKCPN publishes new report on transition to return/refill for fast moving consumer goods

There is growing interest in reuse/return/refill/prefill for fast moving consumer goods, predominantly in the food chain, but also for white goods and other consumer products to reduce the reliance on single-use packaging

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05/09/2023
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British Plastics Federation launches new sustainable plastic packaging course

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched their latest sustainable online course: ‘A Guide to Incorporating Recycled Plastic into Packaging’. The CPD accredited online training brings together over sixty years of insights from leading packaging experts within the BPF’s extensive network, and an introductory 50% discount is available to UKCPN readers using the voucher code ukcpn when purchasing the course.

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25/07/2023
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Industry event unpacks chemical recycling consultation and latest Government plans

HM Revenue & Customs’ consultation on chemical recycling of plastic and the Mass Balance Approach chemical recycling of plastic and the Mass Balance Approach was one of the hot topics discussed at a packaging conference organised by Incpen in London last week.

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25/07/2023
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Remote sensing and plastic litter: collaborations and actions for future developments survey

Innovate UK, Innovate UK KTN, The Satellite Applications Catapult, and the Arribada Initiative have created a series of scoping activities to gather information on how remote sensing is used to understand, monitor, and mitigate plastic litter.

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26/06/2023
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Thumbs up for prefilled returnable packaging

A new report, released today by City to Sea and Re to mark World Refill Day, reveals packaging innovation could pave the way to making reuse the everyday choice of consumers in UK supermarkets.

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16/06/2023
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Somerset and Newcastle join the UK’s largest flexible plastic household collection and recycling pilot

Somerset Council and Newcastle City Council are the latest local authorities to join the FPF FlexCollect flexible plastic collection pilot this Spring.

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12/06/2023
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