With Global Recycling Day having just passed, Food Manufacture looks at the impact of plastic packaging, the key areas for improvement and the challenge of ditching virgin plastics.
Manufacturers are unaware of the significant role their businesses could be playing in the contamination of water in England, according to new research.
Scottish meat processor Scotbeef has challenged press reports it was fined £26,250 for pollution, arguing the penalty was for waste control and it has subsequently cleared up its act.
The Faccenda chicken processor in Brackley, Northamptonshire is facing legal action from about 60 families who claim the smells from the site are so foul it makes them “physically sick”.
