Environment

A new initiative is launching in the UK with the aim to “redefine the conversation around print sustainability”.

Coveris’s Rivendell graphic services business has been recognised as the UK’s most sustainable print and packaging business by supply chain sustainability ratings body EcoVadis.

Denmaur has reached the 250,000 tonne milestone of Carbon Balanced Paper sales since adopting the scheme in 2016.

Super-sustainable containers, films and papers manufactured from a “miracle crop” – seaweed – by a British
manufacturer.

Packaging Innovations saw one of its “biggest and best-attended” days in the show’s history on Wednesday (12 February), as organisers welcomed visitors to Hall 3 of the NEC in Birmingham.

A new alliance has been formed to champion the merits of fibre-based packaging amid “a critical time” for waste and recycling policies in the UK.

Moss UK has launched a new Carbon Calculator, which provides an accurate and fully verified Carbon Emissions Report for each graphics and branding project commissioned by its clients.

Print procurement specialist Haybrooke has launched a new sustainability initiative for print buyers using a system called ‘Certified Sustainable Print’.

Formara has become the latest industry name to become a member of print and paper advocacy group Two Sides.

PackUK, a new scheme administrator launched by the government to help businesses reduce packaging usage and promote more sustainable alternatives, was launched yesterday (21 January).