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### TODAY’S TOP PACKAGING DESIGN AND BUSINESS NEWS

## Supply chain readies for UK Packaging Pact

## Government faces calls for circular economy skills plan

## Packaging News launches reader survey

## Ecosurety acquires City to Sea’s ‘Refill’ assets to aid national reuse work

## Hubbub’s Big Ballot Bin available for venues to improve litter management

### News

- Supply chain readies for UK Packaging Pact

As the UK Plastics Pact comes to an end, the industry is already looking ahead to its successor - the UK Packaging Pact.
- Government faces calls for circular economy skills plan

UK authorities are facing calls to develop a national Circular Skills Plan to ensure vital workforce capabilities will be in place to limit waste and maximise resource use.
- Packaging News launches reader survey

Packaging News has launched a reader survey to determine the opinions of loyal readers – to help the brand evolve and become more useful, inspiring, and relevant.
- New glass dosing bottle for UNROOTED drinks

Glass packaging manufacturer Beatson Clark has designed and manufactured a multi-dose glass bottle for functional drinks brand UNROOTED.
- Archroma awarded EcoVadis Gold rating for second consecutive year

Specialty chemicals firm Archroma has been awarded a Gold rating by EcoVadis for the second consecutive year.
- Global circularity framework launched at COP30

A framework for managing circularity could save the equivalent of one year’s worth of global materials consumption by 2050, says the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

### New packs

- New glass dosing bottle for UNROOTED drinks
- DS Smith works on new packs for Fantasy Forts
- Pusterla teams up with ghd for Christmas

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- Environmental Packaging Summit | Conference concludes after 2 days of debates, presentations & networking

The Environmental Packaging Summit concluded yesterday, following two days of brand, retailer and industry-led debates and presentations.
- Environmental Packaging Awards | Winners announced at gala evening

The Environmental Packaging Awards were held last night at the Kia Oval, London, at a gala ceremony attended by the good and the great of the packaging supply chain.
- Gillian Garside-Wight | Waiting for buses, PPWR, EPR and RAM!

Gillian Garside-Wight, consulting director at packaging sustainability consultancy Aura, says more compliance factors will need to be considered amidst the confusion over different EPR and recycling changes.

### Features

- EXCLUSIVE | IPS blazes co-pack trail, setting benchmark for industry

Strong backing by parent group Culina has given IPS the platform to build its huge growth, going from a £14m co-packer to a £120m national player. There’s no idle talk with Andrew Dawson, CEO.
- EXCLUSIVE | Cartons sector continues strong growth

Waqas Qureshi finds carton businesses have robust investment plans despite this year’s increase in costs.
- Number crunching | Data collection & recycling

Packaging reform is transforming how the industry operates, and a key plank of change is data collection. Philip Chadwick finds out what the supply chain needs to do and how it could change the recycling of materials. Philip Chadwick reports.



### Luxury packaging

- Hunter Luxury ‘commits to driving change’ in luxury packaging with B Corp Certification

Packaging supplier Hunter Luxury has achieved B Corp Certification.
- Antalis and Brief Cases reveal winners of Smart Luxury Packaging competition

For the third consecutive year, Antalis has partnered with Brief Cases for the Smart Luxury Packaging competition, in collaboration with Norwich University of the Arts.
- James Cropper sales up despite profit fall

Papermaker James Cropper has posted improved revenues for the full year despite a dip in profits.

### People

- Lesters to help plug the gap in packaging skills shortage with recruitment drive

Lesters Packaging is launching a recruitment drive in response to a lack of new people coming into the industry since the Covid pandemic.
- Glowcroft appoints commercial & marketing director, marking 35th anniversary

Suffolk-based contract packing specialist Glowcroft has appointed Dan Richards as commercial and marketing director, tasked with driving its customer-centric growth.
- Employee share-ownership model drives growth & careers at Kite Packaging

Employee ownership is fuelling growth and new career opportunities at Kite Packaging, one of the UK’s leading packaging distributors.
- Omron appoints new general manager UK & Ireland

Omron Industrial Automation Europe has appointed a new general manager for UK & Ireland.

### Profile

- Profile | Innovation is not just flavour of the month at Oscar Mayer UK

Oscar Mayer UK puts emphasis on R&D as it continues to create a reputation as the go-to ready-meals firm for all things innovations, with a focus on recyclability and the packaging journey.
- Global Brands: EPR accountability costs – and “customers could foot the bill”

Doing the right thing and doing it well adds considerable costs. Global Brands (GB) says under the current EPR arrangements, those costs could end up with the consumer. Waqas Qureshi hears from GB’s team.
- Profile | OPRL insists EPR will clear confusion on recyclability

Jude Allan, managing director, On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL), is optimistic about the EPR changes taking effect as we speak.

### Technology

- Half of shoppers say they’ve been sold out-of-date food

Over half of UK adults (51%) say they’ve unknowingly bought out-of-date food from supermarkets.
- The Packaging News Podcast | Episode 12 – PackTalk

The Packaging News team report from a successful Labelexpo Europe in Barcelona.
- Labels UK installs HP Indigo 6K digital press

Label printing provider Labels UK has completed the installation of the HP Indigo 6K digital press.

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### SUPPLIER NETWORK

- POLIPAKS’ FLAT BOTTOM POUCHES ARE GIVING BRANDS THE EDGE

With over 25 years’ experience in flexible packaging, Polipaks are helping a broad range of ...
- Plastic Reduction & Easier Recyclability

The UK Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy sets out how the country will preserve material ...

### Trending

- Supply chain readies for UK Packaging Pact
- EU plastic packaging waste recycling records increase
- Half of shoppers say they’ve been sold out-of-date food

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