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Exchange For Change confirms new DRS return point operator fees
The fee’s tiered approach has been warmly received.
JVIS acquires Toledo Molding & Die
The move expands the company’s manufacturing capacity as well as its expertise in injection and blow moulding.
Kuusakoski fully acquires SWEEEP Kuusakoski
The company has acquired the remaining 39% of the shareholding of SWEEEP Kuusakoski.
LYB teams up with Interpolimeri Spa to expand masterbatch and performance colours distribution
The pair’s strengthened partnership will see distribution expanded in Germany and Austria.
APR and ANIPAC to collaborate on strengthening plastics recyclability
The pair hopes to establish a technical and strategic cooperation that promotes best practices across the plastics value chain.

The UK’s packaging supply chain is being tested by the government’s flagship scheme – Extended Producer Responsibility. Emma Verkaik, CEO of the BCMPA,
says that the legislation will impact a wide range of companies, including BCMPA members involved in contract packing and contract manufacturing.

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ReLondon has been chosen by Defra to lead a project on building more effective and efficient approaches to collect flexible plastics from flats.

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Packaging News is launching the Sustainability PowerBook – a power list of the 50 people shaping sustainability in packaging.

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Carlton Packaging has announced a strategic partnership with Greenly, the carbon accounting and climate management platform.

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Duncan MacOwan, head of marketing and events, FESPA, explores the trends in customisation as he sees it, across smart and corrugated packaging, as well as the impact of advanced technology and digital printing.

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Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest
The Greater Manchester Mayor would need to win the by-election in Makerfield to be a possible candidate.
Andrew was sub-letting Royal Lodge cottages, watchdog reveals
A public spending watchdog examines the property arrangements of royals including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Here's to you, Ollie Robinson - England need you more than you will know
Ollie Robinson was exiled from the England team for 24 Tests - on the first day against New Zealand, he showed them what they had been missing.
Steven Spielberg believes we will discover aliens in our lifetime
Spielberg's new film imagines what might happen if the existence of non-human intelligence was revealed to the world.
AI needs a 'brake pedal', warns Anthropic co-founder
Jack Clark tells BBC's Newsnight AI could get to the point where it develops without human input.