April 27, 2017

Moths will save us from Plastic Bag waste! Or will they…?

Exciting news came out of research in Spain this week: certain moth larvae are able to consume plastic bags, leaving no residue and significantly cutting down […]
September 27, 2017

The importance of getting it right, first time.

When making plans to create a bespoke packaging design, there may be a thousand ideas running round your mind. Now is the time to get these […]
February 6, 2019

Sugar Cane Polymer Packaging – a viable alternative

It’s become increasingly clear that biodegradable plastic is not the eco-friendly solution to reduce our plastic pollution problem around the world. Not only can biodegradable plastic […]
April 26, 2019

How can we solve the packaging problem?

It’s been 80 years since initial production of polythene as we know it. Polythene was created purely by mistake in 1933, but the scientists at ICI […]
October 26, 2018

We’re heading in the right direction, let’s just not take our eye off the ball

Still at the forefront of people’s minds currently, and rightly so, the concern over the amount of plastic waste, where it goes and how we discard […]
July 9, 2018

Should we really be avoiding plastic?

It seems to never be out of the news these days – the ‘war’ on plastic. There’s now an island of waste floating around in the […]
November 19, 2021

The Plastic Packaging Tax – April 2022

From 1st April 2022, a new plastic packaging tax will be applied to all virgin plastic packaging manufactured in, or imported into, the UK that does […]