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
NEWS AND INSIGHT FROM THE FPA PETROCHEMICAL OR PLANT DERIVED, A PLASTIC IS A PLASTIC With claims of ‘plastic free’ increasingly being made when the pack is made from a plant-based plastic is, we believe, clearly misleading the public as described in Jo Gilroy’s article Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHT FROM THE FPA TREASURY PLASTICS TAX ROUND TABLE Sixteen FPA members attended a round table with the Treasury plastics tax team to discuss tax consultation with focus in implementation. We made a very strong case for there being no exemption either for Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHT FROM THE FPA MARK CAUL The packaging world was shocked to hear of the sudden death of Mark Caul of Rapid Action Packaging. Mark was a true giant of our industry and many FPA members have benefited from Mark’s wise counsel from Read More
WEBINAR 29 APRIL Following last week’s meeting with Sancroft to discuss the FPA’s response to the four forthcoming Consultations, we are setting up a webinar on the afternoon of 29 April, to help members formulate their responses and to ensure our responses are aligned. It Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHT FROM THE FPA The week was dominated by the announcement of the four Consultations by Defra and HMT, more Brexit meetings and judging for the FPA Awards. RESOURCES & WASTE STRATEGY CONSULTATIONS The huge amount of work relating to the consultations for the Resource & Waste Strategy is becoming Read More
WRAP/CPI PAPER RECYCLING GUIDELINES The Confederation of Paper Industries in conjunction with WRAP has launched a new design guidance document “Our Paper” to encourage better recycling of paper and board. We advise members to read the document and, while we may not agree with all its content, it is important we are Read More
NEWS AND INSIGHT FROM THE FPA CUP CHARGE FOR SCOTLAND AFTER BUDGET DEAL? In order for the minority Scottish Government to enable their budget bill to be passed, concessions have been made to the Scottish Green Party. These include a number of environmental measures. In Read More
ENVIRONMENT SEMINAR: GREAT FEEDBACK Feedback from last week’s Seminar has shown that once again the event was very well received by members. Our thanks to those attendees who completed the feedback survey. Responses were overwhelmingly positive with engaging speakers, a great venue and plenty of time Read More