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PG Tips will remove all plastic packaging from its products by next year and use biodegradable teabags Plastic wrap surrounding tea boxes will be removed from some packs this year The company will make all teabags from biodegradable plant-based material PG Tips is the first major tea brand to switch to fully plastic-free product lines … Read more
Now you will never miss a delivery again: How firms are redesigning product packaging so wine, fresh flowers and even boxes of dishwasher tablets can be posted through the LETTERBOX Retailers are flattening their boxes to send wine, flowers and laundry tablets Garcon Wines have even flattened their wine bottle to make it easier to … Read more
Coca-Cola issues health warning to Tesco and Asda customers that Coke bottles were mistakenly made with sharp and uneven lids that could cut skin The ring securing the lid to the bottle has been manufactured incorrectly Coca-cola stresses that there is nothing wrong with the drink itself Coca-cola has issued a safety warning but not a … Read more
Lidl becomes the first UK supermarket to launch recycled packaging made from ‘ocean bound plastic’ collected from beaches in South East Asia The plastic is collected from beaches in South East Asia and then recycled It will prevent over 60 tonnes of plastic from entering the ocean each year The plastic will first be rolled … Read more
Lidl will remove cartoon characters from its sugary cereal packaging after mounting pressure from campaign groups. The budget supermarket will get rid of the child-friendly advertisement on eight of its own-brand versions of cereals. Critics say using animated characters on food laden in sugar encourages children to pester parents into buying them. The cereals affected … Read more