Soap Box
Ask Wrap: Reusable packaging trials for DIY products
Every month, the Waste & Resources Action Programme answers your questions about its work Read More »
Opinion: Revisiting sweet memories can help forge fresh perceptions
For Marcel Proust, all it took was dunking a biscuit into a cup of tea. For Noel Coward, it was the potency of cheap music distantly heard from an adjacent... Read More »
Pack firms get on Soap Box over tobacco packs
Soap Box questioned the validity of putting tobacco products in plain white packaging this week after the publication of the Beyond Smoking Kills report by anti-smoking pressure group Ash Read More »
Packaging industry gets on soap box to support lightweighting
Packaging News readers have used this week's Soap Box forum to support lightweighting but called for greater balance to the packaging design debate Read More »
Shelf Review – Fox’s Whipped Creams
Fox's has launched a range called Whipped Creams, a buttery shortcake biscuit with cream and jam aimed at the 'adult indulgent' who may want an alternative to chocolate. Reminiscent of... Read More »
Needless development is the easiest way to open a can of worms
I once took a group of University of the Third Agers on a shopping spree to Sainsbury's. Not as a dare or a promise or even as a random act... Read More »
Simplicity is the key to making life easier for both consumers and the packaging industry
It takes a brave soul to plunge into the BBC's Dragons' Den. In fact, half the fun of the show is seeing people whose courage is far more developed than... Read More »
Soap Box – how far can lightweighting go?
Coca-Cola last week announced that it had cut its can weight by 5%. The metal in its cans is now just 0.097mm - the width of a human hair Read More »
Packaging industry gets on Soap Box over biodegradable plastics
The disposal of biodegradable plastics was put under the spotlight this week on this week's Soap Box Read More »
Soap Box – are biodegradable packs good for the environment?
Compostable packaging and other forms of biodegradable materials have been in the headlines in recent weeks - most recently, Sainsbury's and Amcor began trialling a compostable salad bag Read More »
Soap Box – are Dragons’ Den claims over lack of green knowledge justified?
Two of the multimillionaires in BBC business show Dragons' Den last week invested 60,000 in recycled box start-up The Tiny Box Company. It was great news for packaging to get... Read More »
PN readers split on call for energy minister
Packaging News readers are divided on whether government should take the British Plastics Federation's (BPF) advice and appoint a cabinet-level energy minister Read More »
Design talk with Steve Kelsey: Why the future looks less scary on a clear day
A very old song I know contains the line: "On a clear day you can see forever". Despite the gloom of a typical English summer there have been a few... Read More »
Letters
Research is a key tool I am rather surprised at the content of Steve Kelsey’s article last month entitled ‘Experts? The fact is, they don’t like facts’.Surely a 4% success... Read More »
Vox Pop: Is the carbon the best eco-measure for packs
As reported last month, the Courtauld Commitment is considering a change of focus from weight to carbon footprinting. But will this shift be the best way to measure a pack's... Read More »
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