And again – compliance ain’t hard, but it needs to be considered. I wonder whether packaging manufacturers ought to be doing more to advise their customers. After all, they live in the industry, while the poor product manufacturer is focused on his own business. For example, GHD, the hair straightener people, were fined £9000. They [...]
The European Commission is to provide extensive guidelines as to what defines packaging under its Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive.
The directive requires packaging producers to pay towards the cost of recycling.
Under Article 3(1) of the directive packaging is defined as “all products made of any materials of any nature to be used for the containment, [...]
WOW! I can’t believe that a big company like Red Bull has been caught out like this! It’s not credible that they didn’t know that they had to register, but its even more incredible that a high-profile brand like Red Bull thought they were going to go unnoticed. (Martin)
Energy drink brand Red Bull has been [...]
Not many prosecutions, and it’s interesting that despite an ‘excessive packaging’ survey, they appear only to have found one to prosecute, which makes it a good news story for the industry – generally, things aren’t ‘overpackaged’, adn if they are, the company gets fined, and that’s right. If you click on the link you will [...]
Supermarket customers will soon have a wider range of choices in the size and amount of pre-packaged foods they buy, after the European Commission passed legislation deregulating food packaging earlier this month. The legislation – ostensibly to provide customers with a wider range of choices – could also complicate the shopping process and lead to [...]
Incredible story – would you build a factory and employ 600 people without planning permission? (Martin)
A High Court judge has ordered two councils to take action requiring Quinn Glass to stop work at its controversial Elton bottle manufacturing and filling facility.
In his judgement yesterday at London’s High Court, Judge Mole QC concluded that the Quinn [...]
Valpak, the packaging recycling compliance scheme, has published guidance for UK companies considering whether to use the Green Dot logo on their packaging.
Valpak is responsible for monitoring the UK use of The Green Dot that is used in a number of European countries to show a firm has met its obligations as outlined in the [...]
POM to P to GSL
The dash to “Over the Counter and beyond”
Article supplied by Chris Penfold, MD of Design Cognition, www.designcognition.com
While there are many technical issues surrounding the packaging of pharmaceuticals, the picture changes fundamentally once a product becomes available “over the counter” (OTC). These OTC products may be available as pharmacy sales (preparations marked [...]
Reports Australasian packaging giant Amcor is shelving construction of a paper mill at Botany in Sydney has fuelled speculation merger talks involving New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart could be revived.
Sources said construction of the $A400 million ($NZ515m) mill was “shelved for the foreseeable future” several weeks ago, The Sydney Morning Herald reported today.
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Venezuela seizes Smurfit Kappa’s eucalyptus forest
Jane Ellis, packagingnews.co.uk, 09 March 2009
Smurfit Kappa is in talks with Venezuelan authorities over the seizure of 1,500 hectares of eucalyptus forest owned by the Irish packaging giant.
via Venezuela seizes Smurfit Kappa’s eucalyptus forest | packagingnews.co.uk.
