Packaging Europe

Squire targets plastic reduction with shift to box and card packaging

Following a reported 75% reduction in plastic packaging in 2025, padlock producer Squire has announced plans to ...
Business Insider

Amazon used enough plastic air packets in its boxes to circle the planet 800 times in 2021, an outside group found. The company said it used far less.

Amazon said its plastic packaging footprint came to 97,222 metric tons in 2021. The environmental group Oceana estimates the waste was more than three times that amount. Amazon is under pressure to ...
Edie

Kleenex debuts plastic-free tissue boxes as Mr Muscle unveils 100% ‘ocean-bound’ plastic bottle

Kleenex will remove the plastic opening from all tissue boxes by August 2020, parent firm Kimberly-Clark has announced in the same week that SC Johnson unveiled a Mr Muscle bottle made from 100% ...
Small Business

Plastic Packaging Tax – what does it mean for my small business?

From April 2022, businesses will be liable to pay Plastic Packaging Tax. We explore what it is and whether it will affect you Among other costs that are coming into effect next month, such as the ...