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Take a few minutes to complete our new survey on compostable packaging and you could win an iPod Nano. The survey is open until Friday 23rd May and results will be published in the June issue of Packaging News. To complete the survey, click http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6BRg7B8PTbvCRuXqL32TEw_3d_3d
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Latest News Articles |
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Simeon Goldstein,
packagingnews.co.uk
13 May 2008, 15:26
The government has defended its decision to cut the budget of Wrap, the body charged with reducing packaging, on the grounds that established schemes had less need for subsidy.
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Liz Wells,
packagingnews.co.uk
13 May 2008, 12:52
Morrisons, the supermarket group, is to give away 10 million reuseable plastic bags as part of a corporate social responsibility programme that launches on 19 May.
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Liz Wells,
packagingnews.co.uk
13 May 2008, 12:11
Greenstar, Ireland's largest waste management company, opened its EUR20m (£16m) redeveloped materials recycling facility in Bray, County Wicklow, this week (12 May).
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Liz Wells,
packagingnews.co.uk
09 May 2008, 11:50
Smurfit Kappa, the manufacturer of paper-based packaging, has reported a 45% increase in pre-tax profit to EUR61.6m (£48.7m) for the three months to 31 March.
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Jane Ellis,
packagingnews.co.uk
08 May 2008, 16:06
The Local Government Association (LGA) said that the 2007/08 provisional waste statistics issued by Defra last week (8 May) were "very encouraging", but there was an "inescapable need" to do more.
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Liz Wells,
packagingnews.co.uk
08 May 2008, 14:06
Polyval, which launched a range of biodegradable and compostable polyvinyl alcohol resins and films in March 2006, has gone into administration.
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Liz Wells,
packagingnews.co.uk
08 May 2008, 14:14
Corus has announced a £50 increase in the amount it pays for steel cans delivered to its CanRoute collection centres, the second monthly rise in succession.
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