CPI welcomes the move by Morrisons supermarket to introduce 100% recyclable paper bags for loose fruit and veg in place of plastic bags. CPI notes that there has been some comment around an existing Environment Agency report entitled EA Life Cycle assessment of supermarket carrier bags: a review of the bags available in 2006. This, […]
On the evening of Tuesday 2nd May 2018, the BBC Watchdog consumer programme screened a short feature on the recyclability of pizza boxes. The feature is close to the end of the programme, which can be viewed on BBC iplayer. Some weeks prior to screening, the programme makers were in contact with CPI and were […]
No George Monbiot, corrugated cardboard is not likely to be from rainforest A statement from the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) in response to the article by George Monbiot in the Guardian of 11th January 2018 entitled “May’s plastic plan is big on gimmicks, but it won’t cut waste”. In Mr Monbiot’s column he erroneously […]