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It said recent research showed UK consumers splurged a £415m on Easter eggs in 2023, with an estimated 3,000 tonnes of Easter egg chocolate wasted each year in the UK, with packaging alone accounting for over 8,000 tonnes of waste annually.

Last year an estimated 4,370 tonnes of card and 160 tonnes of foil packaging were used for Easter eggs.

Despite efforts to promote sustainability, 59% of UK adults believe that Easter packaging remains excessive.

Mondi has significantly reduced waste in its release liner production through strategic partnerships.

At its facilities in Jülich, Germany, and Heerlen, Netherlands, Mondi has achieved a 95% waste reduction rate in just two years.

Finnish company Paptic has provided its sustainable gift bag packaging solution for Pernod Ricard Finland’s brand Castillo de Molina’s wine products.

Paptic’s gift bags are a lighter and more sustainable alternative that allows consumers to streamline their purchase processes and prevents the need to buy additional bags or cases to pack wine.

Leveraging Paptic’s material, Packdesign ID, a design, branding, and packaging company, made a single gift bag solution for three different wine products, featuring individualised stickers for each product.

The Central Consumer Protection Authority has issued a call for public feedback on Draft Guidelines aimed at preventing and regulating greenwashing practices. These guidelines, available on the Department of Consumer Affairs website, seek to address deceptive or misleading practices related to environmental claims in advertisements.

Straight Forward Design has partnered with Clipper to help activate its new brand positioning, which was developed by creative agency Isobel. The new campaign seeks to promote Clipper as the tea that tastes good and does good.

Anchored on the strapline, ‘There’s tea, then there’s GOOD tea’, the campaign acknowledges that it takes more than just taste to make good tea, showing how it also takes ethical and sustainable sourcing, natural ingredients and a fierce commitment to protecting biodiversity to make a truly good cup of tea.

As consumer packaged goods (CPGs) in the United States reassess their packaging strategies in response to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies aiming for more sustainable packaging, European CPGs are also confronting stricter requirements under the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD). By 2030, brand packaging in Europe must be either 100% recyclable or reusable.

• The eco-friendly Chapter & Verse Shiraz and Chapter & Verse Chardonnay bottles are fully recyclable and designed to easily stack on shelves while optimising storage space
• Aldi’s Chassaux et Fils Méditerranée Rosé is also launching as a recycled PET bottle, in stores from today – Global Recycling Day
• Products hit shelves after the supermarket announced it was launching the UK’s first own-brand paper

The redesigned packaging took nearly four years to develop, and reflects Tequila Ocho’s commitment to terroir in spirits. A new tapered bottle shape makes it easier for bartenders to handle, while a shorter height makes it a cleaner fit for retail shelves and back bars.

In addition, the label was given a ‘rustic feel’ with ‘fingerprint’ texture throughout, a nod to the brand’s single estate concept. The redesign also includes a custom engraved wood cap, and a new neck label.

The overhaul unifies Tequila Ocho’s packaging on a global scale.

Skincare manufacturer Neutrogena has worked with speciality material company Eastman to develop a film-free, recyclable cosmetics packaging solution.

Neutrogena has enhanced the quality and dependability of its metallised packaging by using Eastman Solus performance additives.

This Solus-enabled plastic film-free transfer metallised packaging ensures that the cosmetic manufacturer delivers a more sustainable product to its consumers without compromising shelf appeal, claimed Eastman. 

British sustainable packaging firm Frugalpac have produced a commemorative paper wine bottle to mark His Royal Highness King Charles III and Her Royal Highness His HxxQueen Camilla’s state visit to Bordeaux on Friday September 22.

The special paper Frugal Bottle is made from 94% recycled cardboard, has a carbon footprint six times lower than a glass bottle is five times lighter and can be recycled again.