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SIG has proudly announced a partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to reduce waste, improve recyclability and increase the use of renewable materials. The partnership is an important step in SIG’s broader strategy to innovate and scale circular packaging solutions to create a zero waste, low carbon future for the packaging industry. The Ellen MacArthur…
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Image courtesy SSEN Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has announced that a project to advance heat pump rollout in the UK by their Future Networks Team has been awarded £450,000 (approximately $550,779) by the UK’s energy regulator. The project, called ‘EqualLCT’, will use network data to show areas where a rollout of heat pumps…
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TechWorks AI and DESN, the technical communities of TechWorks, the UK’s Deep Tech Hub, are organising events with a strong focus on AI. In the age of AI, we are exploring how EDA toolmakers are developing solutions to support all aspects of design while meeting the growing demands of customers. We’ll be hosting an event…
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Lawyers are urgently warning that the “clock may run out” before an international claim is effectively served as severe backlogs at the UK’s foreign process section (FPS) continue to affect firms in the food and drink sector dealing with abroad clients. The FPS, which handles the service of claims abroad in compliance with the Hague…
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PackUK – the scheme administrator for Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility – formally launches today (21 January 2025) and will implement the UK’s new Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) programme. The EPR Statutory Instrument came into force on 1 January and the establishment of PackUK as the scheme administrator is a key part, Defra said in…
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Despite the fact that Christmas is over, Easter is approaching. Gnaw Chocolate is pleased to present its new line of comfortingly chunky flat eggs in a variety of intriguing formats, including Rocky Road, Totally Nuts, Chocolate Curls and Eggs-travaganza offerings. After all, true chocolate lovers don’t need much of an excuse to seek out something…
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People choose fewer calories when food is labelled with calories on menus and items. A new Cochrane review led by scientists from UCL, Bath Spa University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, examined evidence from 25 studies on the impact of calorie labelling on food selection and consumption. They found that calorie labels…
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President Donal Trump. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump signs executive orders ending the country’s ‘green deal’ and revoking the electric vehicle (EV) mandate. Attributing escalating energy prices along with massive overspending to the inflation crisis, Trump said he was declaring a “national energy emergency”, promising that he would fill…
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Image courtesy 123rf The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), with the support of the Italian government, have launched the second phase of the 3DEN initiative, this time looking to accelerate power system and agricultural digitalisation in different African countries. Phase two of 3DEN (Demand-Driven Electricity Networks Initiative), will focus…
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Europlacer, a global leader in flexible SMT assembly solutions, is excited to announce its participation at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2025, taking place from February 4-6, 2025 at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. Visit Europlacer at Booth E80 to explore cutting-edge innovations designed to revolutionize high-mix manufacturing environments. Europlacer empowers high-mix manufacturers with flexible,…
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