BETH HART, McDONALD’S RESTAURANTS, TO SPEAK AT FPA ANNUAL LUNCHEON Beth Hart, McDonald’s Restaurants Supply Chain Director UK and Ireland, is confirmed as the headline speaker for our Autumn Luncheon, which takes place on 26 September at Savoy Place, London. Beth has more than 25 years’ Read More
EFRA SELECT COMMITTEE: CALL FOR BINARY LABELLING The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) held an evidence session last Wednesday. Witnesses included FPA members Andy Sweetman of Futamura and BBIA Chair, and Robin Clark of Just Eat. Both did an excellent Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHT FROM THE FPA WRAP ACTION ON ‘PROBLEM PLASTICS’ Further to last week’s WRAP Plastics Pact update and press release focusing on ‘problem plastics’, Martin has responded on behalf of the FPA with the following comment: “The FPA agrees genuinely unnecessary plastic items Read More
PACKAGING SCHEME FORUM FORMED ON PRN’s The current huge PRN price increases go far beyond the anticipated costs that businesses have budgeted for this year. It could be assumed that this will result in increased recycling, but the system has always lacked transparency and with Read More
HUGH’S WAR ON PLASTIC episode one….. The first programme in the new series of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s War on Plastic aired on BBC 1 last Monday, with more to follow over the coming weeks. This programme focused on ‘unnecessary’ single use plastic and particularly featured plastic Read More
HUGH’S WAR ON PLASTIC could discourage the public from participating in schemes to recycle paper cups Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s War on Plastic airs on BBC 1 from Monday 10 June for six weeks and has been preceded by build-up publicity in a number of media channels Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHT FROM THE FPA DEFRA EPS BAN: IMPACT ASSESSMENT Defra recently invited tenders for a contract to assess “the economic impacts of a potential ban on expanded polystyrene food and beverage containers” and the Times on 30 May reported that the Government is Read More
RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ON PLASTIC STRAWS & STIRRERS In response to the Government’s new controls on plastic straws and drinks stirrers announced this week by Environment Secretary Michael Gove, we have responded with the following statement. “We are pleased the Government has recognised those in Read More
FPA CALL FOR UK-WIDE ‘ON THE GO’ WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Further to the Hubbub Lunch Waste Report, published this week and featured in the Guardian here, the FPA is repeating its call for a UK-wide ‘on the go’ waste management system. Martin Kersh said: “The Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHT FROM THE FPA FPA CONSULTATIONS WEBINAR The FPA Consultations webinar on Monday was attended by 28 people, most of whom stayed for the duration of the event. We were delighted with the attendance as this is the first time we have run an Read More