Pladis McVitie s digestive biscuits
McVities biscuits owner Pladis has said it will eliminate non-recyclable black plastic from its products in the UK and Ireland by June.
The London-based company, the international snacks arm of Turkey s Yildiz Holding, said the move is part of a package of measures to support its sustainability targets.
Other new initiatives, which come just over two years since Pladis commited to the UK Plastics Pact, include the elimination of all PVDC film by June 2021, a continued commitment to prioritising the development of sustainable packaging solutions across best-selling lines, and reducing CO2 emissions from transportation.
Sylvain Cuperlier, head of sustainability at Pladis, said: As part of our commitment to the UK Plastics Pact, we ve been working hard to transition our rigid plastic trays from black to recyclable cloudy rPET, which contain a minimum of 30% recycled content.
MEDICAlliance under new leadership Ã
Messe Dusseldorf
Grosser follows Horst Giesen, who retired at the end of 2020, and will manage the worldâs largest medical trade fair, MEDICA, and the international leading industry supplier trade fair COMPAMED. He will take responsibility for the strategic alignment of Messe Düsseldorfâs global medical trade fair activities which are brought together under the MEDICAlliance umbrella brand. Among these are the MEDICAL FAIR INDIA (Mumbai/New Delhi), the MEDICAL FAIR ASIA (Singapore), the MEDICAL FAIR THAILAND (Bangkok) and the MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL (Sao Paulo).
Grosser said: âIâm looking forward to making the events an even greater success over the coming years, together with the team, our customers and partners, despite whatever this era throws at us.â
Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe will set up a new company in Poland in 2021. Sumika Polymer Compounds Sp.z.o.o (SPCP) will enable the parent company to cover the whole of Europe and thereby reduce carbon emissions by being able to deliver locally.
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