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MPS is a UK Independent manufacturer of plastic containers (PET/rPET) and closures, supplying multiple markets including food service. Providing a wide range of ‘Off the shelf’ and bespoke products which are reusable, recyclable and sustainable. Feel free to browse our product catalogue Browse Pr...
Worryingly, the UK has more obese young people than any European country.1 The plastic packaging that encases so much of the food we buy has fundamentally altered our relationship with food to the extent that we are now constrained by poor dietary choice, just as food is imprisoned in its ...
How much is plastic waste recycled in the United Kingdom? After a rapid growth since 2012, the UK's plastic recycling rate has plateaued in recent years.
But packaging for food can be made from a variety of polymers, the molecules which make up plastic, which need to be separated out to remove low-grade and non-recyclable types of plastic such as polystyrene. Some packaging uses different plastics such as the body and lid of a yogurt pot,...
types of plastic to be recycled and by producing a higher grade of recycled plastic, which can be used in regulated sectors such as food contact packaging. Chemical recycling therefore has the potential to help increase rates of plastic recycling,” the...
With over 300 M&S Café’s across the UK, the change will remove an estimated 4.5 million units of plastic – 1.7 million across sandwiches and 2.8 million across toasties - supporting M&S’ Plan A target to remove 1 billion units of plastic packaging by 2027, on thei...
The UK arm of German discount grocery chain Aldi is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to provide what it calls “full visibility” on the recycling journey of flexible plastic packaging from its premises to end product. Aldi UK offers f...
Plastic parts for land vehicles: sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2019 Poly(vinyl butyral) plates: sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017 Plastic bottle caps and capsules: sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2019 Leading plastic packaging product companies Indi...
The Next Step in Green Packaging Now we’ve developed a tea bag that’s completely free of polypropylene, there’s no stopping us! This enables the used tea bags to be placed into the household food waste bin, so not only meaning the filter paper avoids landfill but also the used tea ...