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2026 RECOUP Award winners
This year’s awards feature Marble Carpet, made from recovered packaging and event flooring.
Coherix advances automotive assembly with real-time adhesive inspection and adjustment
The Coherix 3D GlassMaster Tracker is a 100% inline real-time inspection and adaptive process-control solution for the critical urethane bead dispensing process.
Clarity Plastics achieves ISO 14001 environmental standard
It took the business only four months to register its interest in the environmental standard, pass its first stage audit in July and the second one in August.
Sun Chemical showcases its DIC.PPS and Masterbatch portfolios at FAKUMA 2026
Event attendees can find the company in Hall B4, Stand 4102.
Duo Packaging develop ‘never seen before’ advanced material
The new graphene-enhanced flexible packaging film can be used in retail and e-commerce applications.

The Conservative Party have proposed scrapping the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) regime among a series of reforms it would enact should it form a future government.

The post Conservatives float ending pEPR in regulatory overhaul appeared first on Packaging News.

With enforcement by EU legislation in 2030, alternatives to the single-use plastic packaging of pallets must be quickly found, writes Waqas Qureshi.

The post News Analysis | Focus shifts to reusable pallets appeared first on Packaging News.

Lesters - one of the UK’s fastest growing large packaging specialists is investing over £2m into a new headquarters in Cannock.

The post Lesters to open new Cannock HQ with £2m investment appeared first on Packaging News.

UN-approved Bag-in-Box (BiB) packaging is now available for detergents, professional cleaning products and suitable chemical applications in the UK, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates.

The post Fenton Packaging & Quadpak bring UN-approved Bag-in-Box solutions appeared first on Packaging News.

Each week we publish the average trading price for packaging recovery notes from PRN marketplace The Environment Exchange.

The post PRN Pricewatch: Week ending 2 October 2026 appeared first on Packaging News.

Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition.
Queen pays tribute to 'irrepressible' Jeffrey Archer
Tthe bestselling author and former politician died on Monday at the age of 86.
British national arrested in connection with RAF Fairford incident
It is the seventh arrest in connection to the incident near RAF Fairford last month.
Djokovic wins China Open to claim 102nd career title
Novak Djokovic claims the 102nd title of his astonishing career as Alex de Minaur retires injured from the China Open final.
California leaders hit back after Trump says Iran can 'take out' LA and San Diego
The US president said rising gas prices were a "small price to pay for keeping the world safe" at an election rally in Nebraska.