Natural Environment

IK top 10 sustainability challenges

13-Jan-2015 By Jenny Eagle

The German Association for Plastics Packagings and Films, IK (Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen) has released its top 10 sustainability challenges for 2015.

dispatches from EU Bioplastics conference 2013

Renewable doesn’t guarantee success - Braskem

18-Dec-2013 By Joseph James Whitworth

Having a product that is renewable doesn’t mean success if other factors, such as performance, do not at least match existing alternatives.

AMERIPEN appoints new president

21-Dec-2011

ConAgra Foods’ Gail Tavill has been announced as president of the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN).

ACE appoints new director general

13-Sep-2011

Katarina Molin has been appointed as the new Director General of the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) in Europe.

UK Government questions oxo-bio’s eco-claims

15-Mar-2010 By Rory Harrington

UK Government-funded research has challenged the environmental credentials of oxo-biodegradable plastics and said the materials are suitable for neither conventional recycling nor composting.

Ireland could double tax on plastic bags

28-Sep-2009

The Irish tax on plastic bags could double under proposals tabled in a new bill due to be published next month.