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Aldi joins the UK’s Refill Coalition
The Refill Coalition is pleased to announce that Aldi is joining the fight against single-use plastic packaging.
19/05/2023
The Refill Coalition is pleased to announce that Aldi is joining the fight against single-use plastic packaging.
Back for its 3rd year, the Global Research Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) conference welcomed 1,000 delegates to the Coventry Building Society Arena, with a live stream available for online viewers.
Almost £3.2 million in funding has been announced by UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge for 17 ground-breaking plastic projects.
Plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity RECOUP has recently launched new guidance to assist stakeholders with the design of reusable plastic packaging that meets the needs of the value chain – from packaging manufacturers, packers/fillers, brands, retailers, consumers, and service providers through to waste management companies.
The ISCF SSPP Collecting flexible plastic packaging waste at home competition has been launched today by UK Research & Innovation’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge and the Innovate UK KTN for innovative design solutions to capture flexible plastics for recycling.
Two projects funded by UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge have won major global awards, recognising their contribution to creating a circular economy for plastic packaging and reducing plastic waste and pollution.
A research project funded by UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge to explore behaviour and engagement of consumers in reuse and refill has released its findings.
Two new India Plastics Pact reports on market opportunities for recycled PET and a video on India’s informal waste management have just been published.
Sustainable Plastics Live 2023 and the Innovate UK KTN GRIPS team are partnering to host this event which is the only dedicated plastics sustainability conference in the UK and is taking place on the 10-11 May 2023.
Cheltenham and South Gloucestershire are the first local authorities to agree to trial kerbside collections of flexible plastic packaging under the Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) FlexCollect project.
