Plastic packaging

Sainsbury's trials plastic-free avocado pack

Sainsbury’s is trialling new paper-based packaging for avocados that features a bamboo mesh.

The plastic begins to heal itself in a matter of minutes

Self-healing plastic breakthrough could revolutionise packaging

A breakthrough in the development of self-healing packaging could revolutionise the packaging industry by allowing products to fix themselves after cracking or even breaking into pieces.

R&D work includes assessing thousands of potential materials and technologies

Unilever invests to find alternatives to plastics

Unilever is taking materials science “into our own hands” to cut its use of virgin plastics.