PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD JUDGING 2020 The FPA 2020 Product Innovation award was judged last week with 21 entries under scrutiny at Brakes head office in Covent Garden, London. Executive Director Martin Kersh said: “We were delighted with both the number and standard of entries, which Read More
2020 ENVIRONMENT BILL The headlines have centred on the halting of plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries, a policy the FPA has long advocated. Currently the proportion exported to non-OECD countries is said to be a minority of waste exports but nonetheless closing the door Read More
FPA ENDORSES NEW OPRL LABELS The Foodservice Packaging Association endorses the On Pack Recycling Lable (OPRL) binary “Recycle” or “Don’t Recycle” evidence based packaging recycling label. The binary label provides much needed clarity and simplicity and it is very hard to imagine any consumer took the Read More
FPA SEMINAR Once again the FPA Environment Seminar attracted an impressive set of speakers from universities, NGOs, government and business. Slides for the day are on the FPA website here. The morning session was chaired by welcome returner Professor Margaret Bates who gave the opening Read More
FPA WELCOMES GREEN ALLIANCE REPORT INTO PLASTIC PROMISES The Green Alliance has published a report called ‘Plastic Promises – what the grocery sector is really doing about packaging’, which has received widespread media attention as it highlights why switching to alternative materials from plastics is Read More
FPA ENVIRONMENT SEMINAR LATEST: DEFRA DEPUTY DIRECTOR ADDED TO LINE UP This year’s FPA Environment Seminar, which takes place on Wednesday 22 January, will deliver hard-hitting debate, insight and information. Chris Preston, Deputy Director of Resources and Waste at Defra, is the latest speaker to Read More
MARGARET BATES JOINS ENVIRONMENT SEMINAR LINE UP Following many requests from FPA members Margaret Bates, Professor of Sustainable Wastes Management at Northampton University, ex President of the CIWM and only recently appointed as Executive Director of OPRL, has agreed to speak at the FPA Environment Read More
ENSURING ‘MIRACLE’ PACKAGING CLAIMS STACK UP Many members have reported a recent flurry of customer requests regarding claims for packaging that are the answer to the UK’s recycling issues. The FPA supports new technology and processes but we are rigid in our stance that all Read More
SCOTTISH CIRCULAR ECONOMY MEETING FPA Sustainability Committee members Anne Sutton (Dart Container), Adrian Pratt (Benders) and Martin attended the Scottish Government Edinburgh Workshop on the Circular Economy Bill. Within this Bill Scottish Ministers will be given enabling powers to impose levies on packaging for which Read More
LIB DEM & LABOUR MANIFESTOS REVEAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES As expected both Lib Dems and Labour strongly feature the environment with Labour leading its manifesto on the proposed Green Industrial Revolution. Putting aside the race to zero carbon emissions and who will arrive with the highest Read More