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Packaging in Perspective
This publication was produced to provide facts about the much discussed subject of packaging recovery and recycling. It aimed to provide the public and others with an outline of what the UK achieved and what was being done in 2008.
A Survey of INCPEN Members – Driving Sustainability
AEA were commissioned by INCPEN to carry out a study looking at the current environmental performance of their members (August 2010).
Partnership and Packaging Archive
Everyone, including manufacturers and retailers, wants as little packaging as possible but most of it is essential for our daily lives and overall it prevents ten times more waste than it generates. Manufacturers and retailers are working to make packaging more resource efficient and, where possible, reduce it and [...]
Common Understandings and Common Sense
This guidance was produced by Local Government Regulation (LGR) and INCPEN to aid businesses and local trading standards authorities. Their purpose was to offer preliminary guidance on complying with the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 1998 updated in 2003.
Table for One Archive
Much effort has been spent reducing packaging waste, both by reducing packaging at the design stage and also by increasing the amount of used packaging that is recovered and recycled. This will continue but it needs to be done in the context of the role that packaging plays in [...]
A PackGuide to Packaging Eco-Design
Have you ever been told by a senior manager that your future packaging has to be one of the following - recyclable, re-usable, compostable, minimised? Or maybe a combination of some of them? If so, then this is the guide for you. The PackGuide has been produced by Envirowise [...]
Litter Composition Survey of England 2008
The aim of the survey is to provide detailed information about the current composition of litter in a representative range of locations in England, and to compare the overall findings with those from previous INCPEN litter surveys in 1996 and 2004.
Public Attitudes to Packaging 2008
Valpak and INCPEN commissioned Ipsos MORI to carry out research to understand consumers’ concerns and knowledge about packaging and to see if their behaviour matches their concerns. Businesses in the packaging supply chain want to respond to consumers’ concerns by reducing and improving the packaging on products that are [...]
The Packaging Pack for Key Stage 2
Packaging is a common part of our lives, yet its real use to society and influence on the environment are often misunderstood. The purpose of this set of workcards is to provide teachers with a simple teaching aid for the classroom. It aims to allow children to make their [...]