Environment

Roche: "We want the printing industry to be making the right choices"

Haybrooke set to launch plastic content measurement

Print procurement specialist Haybrooke has followed its carbon offsetting initiative with a new service that allows customers to measure the amount of plastic in their orders.

Consumers struggle to understand terms like ‘bio-based’, ‘compostable’ and ‘biodegradable’ when it comes to plastic

Plastic packaging action confusing consumers

Swapping out plastic packaging for alternatives is confusing consumers and even having detrimental environmental effects, according to a new report on the grocery sector.

The Bank of England launched a £50m tender for the supply of banknote polymer

Review of 2019: January

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Metsä Board is one of many industry names involved in the 4evergreen alliance

Paper companies join new fibre-based packaging alliance

Companies across the paper value chain are part of a new alliance that has been established to promote sustainable methods of dealing with fibre-based packaging.

The straw is designed to be fully biodegradable in different environments

Stora Enso and Sulapac launch 'sustainable straw'

Stora Enso and Sulapac are launching a renewable and biodegradable straw to help combat the global problem of plastic waste.

Paper tigers

These are changing times for pulp and paper makers. While mill and machinery closures across Europe and the UK have resulted in shrinking capacity, particularly for graphical paper grades, this has...

Print’s major trends of 2019 show no signs of abating

It has been a lively – some would say tumultuous – year for print. Brexit aside, the sector saw a number of major trends in 2019, but perhaps most notably M&A activity, business failures, and...

Selfridges launches sustainable Christmas packaging

Selfridges has introduced a sustainable plastic alternative across its own-brand range of festive food this year, making it 100% plastic free.

CPI puts environment to fore with new role

CPI has appointed Lisa Faratro to the newly-created role of environmental and sustainability director.

Severn steps up eco focus for climate crisis childrens’ book

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg’s global mission to raise awareness about the world’s climate crisis has inspired millions of young people to make their own voices on the matter heard and, as such, it...