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Packaging
Start-up spotlight: Elder Water
Start-up spotlight: Elder Water

FoodBev speaks to James Gould-Porter, founder of Elder Water, a new British spring water brand that uses a closed-loop glass bottle system to help hospitality operators reduce single-use packaging.

Exclusives
Suntory invests £25m in Coleford, UK line to lift Lucozade and Ribena capacity
Suntory invests £25m in Coleford, UK line to lift Lucozade and Ribena capacity

Suntory Beverage & Food Great Britain & Ireland will invest £25 million in a new high-speed production line at its Coleford factory.

Business
Wales secures go-ahead for DRS with glass bottles included
Wales secures go-ahead for DRS with glass bottles included

From launch, the Welsh DRS will cover single-use PET plastic bottles, aluminium and steel cans and glass bottles.

Packaging
Packaging quality control: Compulsory process or opportunity for competitive advantage?
Packaging quality control: Compulsory process or opportunity for competitive advantage?

Stefan Welker shows how modern quality control can cut waste, boost efficiency, build brand trust and create real competitive advantage.

Exclusives
Go-Pak UK launches closed-loop cardboard recycling service
Go-Pak UK launches closed-loop cardboard recycling service

Sustainable packaging provider Go-Pak UK and parent company SCG Packaging (SCGP) have launched Go-Recycle, a closed-loop recycling program for old corrugated cardboard (OCC).

Packaging
WRAP names 53 founding members of UK Packaging Pact ahead of 2026 launch
WRAP names 53 founding members of UK Packaging Pact ahead of 2026 launch

WRAP has confirmed the first 53 organisations to sign the UK Packaging Pact, a new ten-year voluntary agreement set to launch in April 2026 and replace the UK Plastics Pact.

Packaging
Re:Water signs five-year supply deal with Ball Corporation
Re:Water signs five-year supply deal with Ball Corporation

Re:Water has agreed a five-year, eight-figure supply deal with Ball Corporation to support rising demand for its aluminium bottled water.

Water
Sidel unveils square bottle design for nitrogen-dosed still water
Sidel unveils square bottle design for nitrogen-dosed still water

Sidel has introduced Nitro Square, a new high-performance square bottle design for still water using liquid nitrogen dosing.

Packaging
Radnor Hills invests £5m in new Tetra Pak line to boost production capacity
Radnor Hills invests £5m in new Tetra Pak line to boost production capacity

Welsh soft drinks manufacturer Radnor Hills has completed a £5 million investment at its Knighton, Powys site, installing the UK’s first Tetra Pak speed portion pack line with the latest technology upgrade.

Funding
“Better to light a candle than curse the darkness” – Waiākea CEO Ryan Emmons on tackling packaging’s imperfect realities
“Better to light a candle than curse the darkness” – Waiākea CEO Ryan Emmons on tackling packaging’s imperfect realities

CEO and co-founder Ryan Emmons discusses how the Hawaii-based company expanded from a local start-up into a B Corp–certified brand promoting circular packaging and community impact.

Exclusives
Nestlé ‘watergate’: French mineral water brands face trials over illegal treatments and microplastic pollution
Nestlé ‘watergate’: French mineral water brands face trials over illegal treatments and microplastic pollution

Nestlé Waters is under intensifying scrutiny in France as investigations link its bottled water brands to alleged decades-long use of banned filtration methods and record microplastic contamination.

Bottled water
ACCC backs new industry-led plastics recycling scheme
ACCC backs new industry-led plastics recycling scheme

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft proposal to authorise the creation of a voluntary, industry-led programme to collect and recycle soft plastic packaging from consumers.

Packaging
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