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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Guy Cartwright, managing associate at law firm Stevens & Bolton examines the impacts of new packaging regulations and taxes.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Administrators reached a deal with Coppice that secures the jobs of 239 people employed by PFF Group.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[John Bason has held board roles at Associated British Foods and Compass Group in addition to serving as the chair of FareShare.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Frugalpac CEO Malcolm Waugh said that the firm is offering a scalable alternative to glass.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Way forward for Treaty negotiations left unclear as talks conclude with no agreement.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Fashion student Verna Lai carefully hand and machine stitched the outfit using around 60 metres of meat netting.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The FSA concluded that there is not enough evidence to confirm the safety of using recycled abandoned plastic in food packaging.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The new packaging is being rolled out across the entire core GOSH! range.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[According to Sonoco, it is now the largest metal packaging manufacturer in the world.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[EPR was officially rolled out yesterday (April Fool's Day), with disgruntled drinks sector saying it wished it were a joke.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Labelling is a 'crucial tool' for maximising the rate at which food and drink packaging is recycled.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Karen Graley has been appointed the head of EPR Producer Responsibility Organisation.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Meet the leaders delivering the UK's Deposit Return Scheme.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The household tonnages in-scope of producer fees for each material category have been calculated by adding together tonnages that producers reported as household packaging and as packaging commonly disposed of in public bins or littered.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Eviosys manufactures a variety of metal packaging for the food industry and beyond.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Eviosys manufactures a variety of metal packaging for the food industry and beyond.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Deposit return schemes are common across Europe and the rest of the world.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Quality Street will now be available in paper tubs this Christmas. Image: Nestle]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Hugo Lynch: 'Plastic is often seen as the enemy. But we challenged ourselves to ask if it was better to use glass, which is heavier and more energy-intensive to make, or to go against the grain']]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Brockmans' new bottle weighs only 500 grams. Credit: Brockmans Gin]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Budweiser Budvar has paid more than £410k to charity after it was found to have breached packaging regulations for 18 years.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Veolia urges UK Government to up plastic packaging tax to incentivise end markets for recycled content. Credit: Getty/varniccha kajai]]></image:caption>
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