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Jun 13, 2025
Meadow partners with Novelis to boost aluminium circularity
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Jun 10, 2025
TUBEX Cans and Respray have been honoured with a prestigious WorldStar Award and the coveted Special Sustainability Award in Gold.
The WorldStar Award Ceremony, held on 30 May in Milan, Italy, marked a significant achievement for both companies, as they received international recognition for their collaboration in sustainable packaging.
TUBEX and the Hungarian start-up... [Read More]
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May 30, 2025
Respray, a Budapest-based sustainability start-up, has achieved a significant industry milestone with the launch of the world’s first in-store spray refill stations, now operational in 30 ROSSMANN Magyarország stores across Hungary.
The launch follows two years of successful pilot testing in three Budapest locations, during which the company refined its technology... [Read More]
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May 23, 2025
With over 16 billion aerosol cans produced annually, the aerosol industry is grappling with a severe recycling shortfall - less than 10% of these cans are recycled globally.
Even in the most progressive regions, recycling rates struggle to surpass 20%, exposing a major environmental and safety challenge within waste management systems, said Mike Mackay, co-founder of... [Read More]
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Mar 20, 2025
Earlier this week (19 March), Alupro brought together influential political figures from across Wales to discuss how best to further accelerate national progress towards achieving a truly circular economy in 2025.
The expert panel discussion took place at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.
Chaired by Ruth Mosalski, political editor at Wales Online, speakers included Huw Irranca-Davies... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2025
Unilever has a target to reduce its absolute Scope 3 energy and industrial emissions by 42% by 2030, versus 2021, and a long-term ambition to reach net zero by 2039.
To help achieve this, it has set up a new power purchase agreement (PPA) in India.
This sets a fixed competitive price for renewable electricity, and will supply 10 manufacturers, as well as Unilever factories,... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2025
Coster Group, a global leader in the aerosol and dispensing packaging industry, has transitioned to 100% electricity from renewable sources across all its operations worldwide.
This milestone reflects Coster Group’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and underscores its responsibility to all the company’s stakeholders, said the company.
Since 2017, the business... [Read More]
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Jan 14, 2025
Ball Corporation, a provider of sustainable aluminium packaging for personal care, household and beverage products, has announced a minority investment in Meadow, a Sweden-based packaging technology company focused on developing circular solutions.
The partnership will support the production of fully recyclable aluminium cans as pre-filled cartridges for personal and... [Read More]
Sustainability News
Dec 20, 2024
Alupro has launched its Christmas 2024 campaign - Santa’s Little Recyclers. Designed to help local authorities boost recycling rates, the programme calls for households to recycle more aluminium packaging, including empty aerosols, mince pie cases, drink cans, wrapping foil, chocolate foil and metal closures on bottles.
UK households dispose of millions of tonnes of... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2024
The Global Aerosol Recycling Association (GARA) is officially launching the first global platform dedicated to standardising and advancing aerosol recycling practices.
Founded by Mike MacKay, GARA provides resources, training, and advocacy to address the environmental and safety challenges posed by aerosol containers while fostering collaboration across the industry.
GARA... [Read More]
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Dec 4, 2024
According to recent data published on the National Packaging Waste Database by the Environment Agency, aluminium packaging recycling volumes continued to rise in Q3 2024, increasing 15% compared to the same period in 2023.
In total, 43,466 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling. This included 32,294 tonnes through kerbside, bring and on-the-go systems... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2024
Coster Group has successfully achieved the prestigious Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) certificate. This accomplishment follows a rigorous audit conducted by Intertek, which confirmed the company's commitment to environmental sustainability and responsible resource management.
By implementing a comprehensive waste management system and adopting innovative practices, Coster... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2024
Coster Group, a leading multinational provider of spray packaging solutions and aerosol filling equipment, has released its Sustainability Report 2023.
The document outlines the company's achievements and future goals towards an ever more sustainable future, which follows the path of transparency and stakeholder engagement undertaken in 2017, said Coster.
The seventh... [Read More]
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Jul 9, 2024
SUEZ recycling and recovery UK has entered a two-year partnership with Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, as part of a roadmap to increasing UK aerosol recycling rates.
An estimated 650 million metal aerosols are used in the UK each year, with over 80% of these used in the home.
Upcoming reforms to packaging recycling in the UK - including a deposit... [Read More]
Sustainability News
Jun 20, 2024
A digital campaign promoting best practice metal packaging recycling has begun across Powys in Wales.
Having launched on 17 June, the six-week programme will target more than 67,000 households across the region, with the aim of improving kerbside recycling rates.
Delivered by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), ‘MetalMatters’ will use targeted... [Read More]
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May 31, 2024
The Household and Commercial Products Association (HCPA) and the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) have published a white paper through the Aerosol Recycling Initiative that presents a year's worth of data and analysis to help demonstrate the recyclability of the aerosol can.
Launched in 2022, the initiative’s goals are to achieve by 2030 at least an 85% recycling... [Read More]
Sustainability News
May 21, 2024
According to annual data published on the National Packaging Waste Database by the Environment Agency, the UK’s aluminium packaging recycling rate hit 68% in 2023.
A record-breaking 162,357 tonnes were recycled nationwide, including more than four in five beverage cans (81%).|
Despite a rapidly growing domestic market, aluminium packaging collected through kerbside,... [Read More]
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Even in the most progressive regions, recycling rates struggle to surpass 20%, exposing a major environmental and safety challenge within waste management systems, said Mike MacKay, co-founder of GARA (The Global Aerosol Recycling Association)