DEFRA CONSULTATION ON CARRIER BAG CHARGES Defra has just launched its consultation on the proposal to extend the carrier bag charge to all retailers and increase the minimum charge to 10p. Although the FPA proposed the current exemption for businesses below 250 on their payroll, Read More
RESOURCE & WASTE STRATEGY & EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is increasingly a reality following the publication of Defra’s Resources and Waste Strategy just before Christmas. This sets out a huge overhaul of Producer Responsibility with all businesses paying for the costs of Read More
GLASGOW CUP MOVEMENT Last Wednesday the FPA attended the business briefing for funders and partners of the Glasgow Cup Movement, led by Keep Scotland Beautiful working with Simply Cups and Scot Waste. The campaign is funded by FPA members Kidd, Benders, Huhtamaki, Graphic Packaging International, Read More
SANDWICH PACK ‘TAX’ RUMOUR A Sunday Times article, here, has raised the prospect of an imminent 15p ‘tax’ on sandwich packs. We believe this was based on a leak from the soon to be published Defra Resource and Waste Strategy. This strategy will have a huge Read More
FPA AWARD SPONSORS We’re delighted to announce the sponsors of our 2019 Awards, taking place on 7 March at the Grand Hotel Brighton. We are hugely grateful to the businesses who support us in this way and would like to thank them sincerely for their sponsorship. The 2019 Read More
CALL TO DROP TERM BIODEGRADABLE IN RELATION TO PACKAGING Following soundings with the UK packaging sector, non-government organisations and litter charities, the FPA is calling for an end to the description ’biodegradable’ in reference to packaging. At the Food Matters Live event last Wednesday, during a session Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHTS FROM THE FPA WWF TONY JUNIPER TO SPEAK AT FPA SENIMAR We are delighted that Tony Juniper, Executive Director for Advocacy and Campaigns for WWF, has agreed to speak at the forthcoming FPA Environment Seminar on 23 January 2019. Tony is one of the Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHTS FROM THE FPA TREASURY MEETING Further to last week’s Budget, the FPA has been invited to a further meeting with the Treasury to advise on the proposed the 30% recycled plastic tax consultation. This is a significant recognition of the FPA’s work Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHTS FROM THE FPA BUDGET REACTION As expected, the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to approve the report of the EU Parliament’s environment committee which means a complete ban on a range of single-use plastics, as reported by the BBC here and more widely across Read More
Walk between Charing Cross and Embankment and you will find yourself on Villiers Street, the second busiest pedestrian thoroughfare in London. With most of the leading foodservice retailers either in this street or within a few seconds of it, together with a number of independents Read More