Packaging News
-
Food delivery apps skewered for creating plastic wasteIn China, online food delivery services like Meituan and Ele Me are under increasing pressure to cut packaging waste. -
Plastic bans—the least effective way to solve Southeast Asia's plastic pollution problem, food industry study findsWaste
Plastic bans—the least effective way to solve Southeast Asia's plastic pollution problem, food industry study finds
Instead, improving rubbish collection systems is the best way for the region to stop plastic leaking into the ocean, the study by food and beverage trade association Food Industry Asia has found.
-
Sustainable packaging: How Singapore firms are getting it rightOver the past 11 years, signatories to the Singapore Packaging Agreement have averted about 46,000 tonnes of packaging waste, enough to fill about 88 Olympic-size pools. Eco-Business looks at how winners of the SPA Awards 2018 have cut their packaging waste. -
Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bagsWaste
Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bags
Environmentalist turned politician Louis Ng is to urge parliament to cut use of single-use plastic in the public sector and introduce a "discerning, selective" charge on plastic bags in the city-state.
Packaging Opinion
-
Three ways making a smartphone can harm the environment– Do you know what it takes to make the smartphone in your hand? -
Sorry, baristas: instant coffee has the smallest carbon footprint (but don't overfill the kettle)Lifestyle
Sorry, baristas: instant coffee has the smallest carbon footprint (but don't overfill the kettle)
– Wake up and smell the coffee: How you prepare your morning cuppa matters almost as much as how the coffee is grown when it comes to measuring its overall evironmental footprint, writes CSIRO's Maartje Sevenster. -
Going plastic-free– Following the news that a Dutch supermarket has opened the world’s first plastic-free food aisle, Robert Glass, ABB’s global food and beverage communications manager, explores the alternatives to plastic food packaging.
Videos
-
Takeout produces a lot of trash. It doesn’t have to– The single-use packaging that typically accompanies your takeout order can have a significant impact on the environment.
-
Wrapped in mushrooms: IKEA's packaging plan– The retail furniture giant is looking into replacing the use of polystyrene with biodegradable packaging made of mushrooms.
-
Coffee’s cradle to cradle journey in a bottle– A Taiwanese beauty products maker has invented a hair care brand that comes from discarded ground coffee, adding to the list of benefits of recycling the waste of the world’s most favourite drink. Watch how this cradle to cradle concept works in this animated video.
-
Apple ups the ante with recycling initiative– In Apple's new campaign, the company known for its disruptive products is upping the game by adopting corporate policies that aim to "leave the world better than we found it".
Subscribe
-
Get our weekly newsletterThe best Eco-Business stories, jobs and events delivered to your inbox – daily or weekly.
