Asda has identified more ways to increase the retained shelf-life of its chilled food offer by looking again at purchase order cut off times for suppliers and allocation cut off times for its depots.
Unilever reduced its range by more than 1,200 stock keeping units (SKUs) last year as part of a bid to cut its long tail, prioritise top sellers and reduce waste, supply chain bosses have revealed.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has called on the coalition to improve the UK’s poor recycling infrastructure by making local authority processes consistent.
The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC’s) revised Global Standard for Storage and Distribution is simpler, clearer and adds features covering cleaning, waste and contracted services, said BRC compliance manager Karen Betts.
Industry body PlasticsEurope has warned that brandowners and retailers, particularly in the UK, risk allowing consumer pressure to justify uneconomic recycling where other options would make far better environmental sense.
Countries with adequate space and little recycling infrastructure, such as parts of the US and the UK, could lower their carbon footprint substantially by sending PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles to landfill – rather than recycling or incinerating...
Irn Bru maker AG Barr will start shifting its first deliveries by rail this month after striking a three-year warehousing and distribution contract with Eddie Stobart.
The arrival of fresh milk in pouches as well as polybottles opens up the prospect of alternative packaging formats for consumers with different environmental priorities.
The government must overhaul waste handling guidance and help strengthen the UK network of waste treatment facilities to ensure food processors meet...
The 70-plus delegates working on new international standards on the environmental aspects of packaging met for the first time in December, and aim to...
Some retailers and manufacturers are refusing to use heavier recycled materials in food packaging, in a bid to meet reduction targets agreed with the...
Asda says the sustainable packaging agenda will only be 'sustainable' as long there is a clear connection for consumers with lower prices.Speaking at...
Industry worries that the new UK specification (PAS 2050) for calculating carbon footprint would not take into account material-to-material recycling...
With a sustainability initiative underway, Mars is on track for a 10,000t packaging reduction by 2010. And that's just for starters, says Sarah Britton
Thousands of tonnes of retail food waste, which could be redistributed, are unnecessarily going into landfill because the infrastructure is not there...
With the announcement of the 2006 Starpack winners looming - among them a category recognising efforts to reduce household waste - several finalists...
While government plans to ban the landfilling of many waste foods next year are to be reviewed, pressure to find alternative disposal routes will intensify, claims Jon Reeds