Plastics and Packaging Archives

My passion for sustainability was born and nurtured out of an abhorrence of waste. Waste in every sense, but particularly the systems that perpetuate wasteful...

By Sancroft Team•

29th Jul, 2022

Sunshine, sound and sustainability: The greening of music festivals

By Bhumika Pruthi, former Analyst at Sancroft. — With the onset of summer 2022, music festivals are back and in full force after two years...

By Ailsa Dormon•

10th Nov, 2021

Ailsa Dormon on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the UK

Our Consultant Alisa Dormon has been working together with Practical Law at Thompson Reuters Legal to produce two videos detailing everything you need to know...

By Felix Gummer•

24th Mar, 2021

The clock is ticking with One Year to go on the Plastic Tax.

We are, only a year away from the Plastic Tax and it is all getting threateningly real. And there is another year marker upon us,...

By Erika Furbert•

25th Jun, 2020

Plastics, packaging and waste reform: what next?

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense businesses disruption in the UK and across the globe. Despite this disruption, plastics and packaging remains one of the...

By Felix Gummer•

29th May, 2020

The economy may be weak, but the need to address plastics is as strong as ever

The Covid-19 outbreak has caused the largest disruption to business in the UK since the Second World War. All companies, even those doing well, have...

By Sancroft Team•

25th Mar, 2020

The Plastic Packaging Tax: everything you need to know

By Michael Bateson, former Senior Analyst at Sancroft. — After nearly a year of waiting for details to emerge, this month finally saw the government...

By Sancroft Team•

29th Jan, 2020

Building a strategy for plastics and packaging

By Dom de Ville, former Director at Sancroft. — The use and disposal of plastic will have a game-changing impact on all businesses who use...

By Sancroft Team•

29th Jan, 2020

How to unpick the plastic packaging problem

By Ross Lakhdari, former Consultant at Sancroft. — Coca Cola’s recent announcement at Davos that it will continue to use single use plastic for the...

By Sancroft Team•

10th Dec, 2019

New packaging rules will require fundamental refocus of business models

By Dom de Ville, former Director at Sancroft. — A panel comprising Judith Batchelar, director of brand at Sainsbury’s, Adrian Hawkes, policy director of leading...