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LEGO Replay Gives More Children The Chance to Play

April 15, 2021

Global brand LEGO is inspiring parents and kids to pass on their unwanted LEGO bricks. LEGO Replay enables LEGO lovers in the US and Canada to box up and return old or unused LEGO bricks. Once cleaned, they'r...

Packaging conference 2020 to address plastic alternatives

Sarah Bedwell

January 20, 2020

Events

Austin Texas, February 3rd - 5th This year's Packaging Conference which takes place in the US has several organisations and speakers on the panel that will be addressing sustainability, packaging alternativ...

How Much Plastic Do We Eat A Week?

Juan Askew

November 17, 2019

Environment, Government, Packaging

New research shows you probably ingest a credit card weight of plastic a week without realising. People around the world are consuming about 5 grams of microplastic a week, according to new research from the U...

Walker Logistics helps online retailers limit the use of plastic packaging

Sarah Bedwell

November 4, 2019

Business, Packaging

UK based Walker Logistics has eliminated the use of plastic-based void-fill materials in over 90 per cent of the orders it processes at its 250,000 sq ft fulfilment facility in Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire. ...

Dead Baby Turtle Had Over 100 Pieces Of Plastic In Its Stomach

Juan Askew

October 8, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging, Wildlife

A baby sea turtle that washed ashore in Boca Raton, Florida last week had 104 pieces of plastic in it stomach. The plastic products ranged from wrappers to balloons to bottle labels to twist ties used to close...

23 Year Old Invents Award-Winning Plastic Alternative

Juan Askew

October 7, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging, Tech, Wildlife

Lucy Hughes, a 23-year-old designer born in Twickenham, London, and graduate from the University of Sussex, has just won the James Dyson Award — a prize given to young inventors for a spectacular, sustainable,...

Golden Arches: McDonald’s to scrap plastic lids from all McFlurrys

Dan Walsh

June 21, 2019

Business, Environment, Packaging

Fast food giant McDonald’s has announced it will remove plastic lids from all McFlurrys from September. The move, which is part of the chain's plans to become more environmentally aware, is expected to reduce ...

War on plastic

Andrew Durkin

June 11, 2019

Environment, Government, Next Generation

The BBC's new series 'The War on Plastic" aired last night highlighting the UK's total shame with regards to plastic re-cycling. While as UK citizens we supposedly do our bit by separating out our plastic for ...

Grrr it’s a WasteShark

Andrew Durkin

May 16, 2019

Ocean, Tech

After quite a bit of testing, down in South Africa and UAE the aptly named WasteShark has made its maiden commercial appearance in the UK. The WasteShark (a type of marine Drone) hoovers up plastics and other ...

Austrian Airlines will turn plastic cups into crude oil

Dan Walsh

March 22, 2019

Business, Environment, Packaging, Tech

Austrian Airlines has partnered with Vienna Airport and oil and gas company OMV to send its used plastic cups to be converted into new fuels and plastics. Cabin crew will now collect the cups separately to ...

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