Marks & Spencer

RECYCLING UK Marks & Spencer joins Polytag's Ecotrace Programme / SUP packaging to be tracked using invisible UV tags	31.05.2024
PLASTIC FANTASTIC Want a beer in the UK? Show us the plastic	24.02.2023
PLASTIC PACKAGING UK Report calls for higher bag prices at UK supermarkets to reduce plastics use	01.02.2021
POLYMATERIA Investment firm ploughs EUR 14m into company developing biodegradation technology / Successful tests on plastic packaging	07.08.2020
VEOLIA Recycling group invests in UK plant / Increase in recyclate demand following success of “UK Plastics Pact”	05.06.2019
EU PLASTICS STRATEGY European Parliament votes overwhelmingly to ban single-use plastics by 2021 / EU "paving the way for the rest of the world" / EuPC and PlasticsEurope criticise outcome	28.03.2019
UK RECYCLING Report from Veolia and Recoup says consumers support recycled material in plastic bottles / Most would pay more for such products	22.10.2018
MARINE LITTER G7 recognises urgency of ocean plastics pollution / Lost value of plastics in waste stream / Ellen MacArthur Foundation to form coalition of businesses and governments	13.06.2018
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY More than 60 firms sign up to "UK Plastics Pact" / Plastics waste initiative led by Wrap / First global network of this kind / Supported by Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BPF	04.05.2018
SAUDI ARABIA Certain packaging plastics required to be oxo-degradable / Customs checks since December 2017	11.01.2018
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Consumer goods group Henkel participating in initiative against plastics waste in Haiti / Partnership with Plastic Bank	23.11.2017
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK Confusion among British consumers about which plastics can be recycled / Increased standardisation needed across local authorities / Pledge 4 Plastics surveys	06.02.2017
EVENTS BPF seminar on “Plastics Packaging in the UK” to take place in London	04.11.2016
EVENTS “Sustainability in Packaging Europe” conference to take place in Barcelona in early November	10.10.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Leading global industry players and cities join to form The New Plastics Economy initiative / Ellen MacArthur report serves as blueprint / Three-year project aimed at achieving a system-wide transformation	01.06.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos	09.02.2016
EVENTS 5th “Packaged – Global Packaging Summit” in Brussels	22.01.2016
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS UK retail chains donate bag fee to charity / Alzheimer's and WRAP are key beneficiaries	27.10.2015
PLASTICS CAPITAL Agreement to acquire UK film and bag producer Flexipol Packaging / EUR 13.5m deal	11.11.2014
PLASTICS RECYCLING Pledge 4 Plastics campaign underway across the UK / Goal to raise collection of plastic packaging among households / Global companies partner with authorities and lend support	10.09.2014
CARRIER BAGS Increasing use in UK supermarkets / Overall tonnage of bags continues to drop / Mandatory charges affect use in Wales and Northern Ireland	31.07.2014
PLASTICS RECYCLING Group of UK companies band together to tackle CPET recycling problem / In-market trial of solution to commence in July	10.07.2014
AXION POLYMERS Frisbee made from recycled beach litter / On sale at major UK retailer	09.05.2014
UK RECYCLING Government support for consumer waste programme / Calls to review unfair PRN system	03.10.2013
NAMPAK PLASTICS “Infini” lightest four-pint HDPE milk bottle / International packaging awards / Global trophy added to two 2012 UK successes	25.02.2013