The regulation addresses the entire lifecycle of packaging The European Council has officially adopted new regulations concerning packaging and packaging waste. These regulations aim to significantly reduce the generation of packaging waste by establishing binding reuse targets, restricting certain types of single-use packaging, and requiring economic operators to minimise the[Read More…]
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Hong Kong finds sulphur dioxide in fresh beef and pork samples
The test results showed that the fresh beef sample contained sulphur dioxide at a level of 812 parts per million (ppm) and the two fresh pork samples contained sulphur dioxide at levels of 10 ppm and 11 ppm respectively Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and[Read More…]
Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe buys Swedish glass recycler SGA
This purchase also ensures that glass collected in Sweden is retained within the country for use in glass packaging production and is not exported for processing outside Sweden for other industry applications Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe (AGP-Europe), an operating business of Ardagh Group, announces that it has agreed to buy the world-leading[Read More…]
European Parliament endorses new packaging regulation to reduce plastic waste
To mitigate food waste, the ENVI committee’s resolution includes a ban on ultra-light plastic bags under 15 microns, except where necessary for hygiene or as primary packaging for loose foods The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) has taken a significant step towards environmental[Read More…]
