Packaging

The final packaging data for 2011 was published yesterday by the Environment Agency that shows all targets were met, but that new targets for plastics will be difficult to reach.

Supermarket Tesco is trialling new packaging that will keep food fresh for longer.

A refillable bottle that contains 25 per cent post-consumer rPET has been developed by plastic bottle manufacturer Petainer.

A strategic partnership between Budget Pack and the Reverse Logistics Group has been announced that will see Budget Pack take on all of CCR UK’s compliance services.

Northern Irish compliance scheme NIpak has launched new software for retailers that will make it easier for them to make their annual return to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA).

Cambridge-based firm Enval has revealed that it has successfully completed an investment round to develop a commercial scale recycling facility for the recycling of plastic and aluminium packaging.

A proposed acquisition of SCA Packaging has been announced by DS Smith that will see the company bought for €1.6 billion (£1.3 billion).

Compliance scheme Valpak has said that it is likely to back the Government’s preferred option for the introduction of new packaging recycling targets for the period 2013 to 2017.

An increase in the packaging targets has been proposed by Defra and the devolved governments that will last up until 2017.