Aldi Ireland is removing polystyrene trays from its multi-award winning range of Specially Selected Irish Pizzas.

The maker of the iconic stout Guinness has announced it is removing plastic from beer packaging.

The ultimate cost of every product includes the financial and environmental cost of disposal, writes Gerard Howlin

Food retailer Iceland has today announced its commitment to the environment by becoming the first major retailer to eliminate plastic packaging from all own brand products by the end of 2023.

Irish householders will generate approximately 74,000 tonnes of packaging waste over Christmas.

Irish-founded packaging firm Powerflute remains open to further acquisitions despite challenging market conditions weighing on first-half results.

A surge in new car sales and tobacco companies paying excise duty on cigarettes before plain packaging comes in has led to increased tax revenue for the Government.

Finland’s Huhtamaki Oyj is on the hunt for acquisitions — possibly even a large-scale deal — as the world’s biggest listed food-packaging company seeks to expand in new countries and build on profitable North American operations.

Shares in Irish-founded packaging company, Powerflute jumped by nearly 2% at one point yesterday following an indicative takeover approach from US private equity house, Madison Dearborn Partners.

No hard retail evidence has emerged in Australia to show that the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes is worth copying by other countries.

The “war” against tobacco took another small step with final agreement on new rules mainly on packaging that experts reckon should lead to a 2% drop in smokers and save economies about €500m a year.