News Leading UK waste management companies join CIWM & URGE Collective initiative 12th February 2026 Biffa / DS Smith / SUEZ News Almost 7 billion plastic bags will be used for UK deliveries by 2030 2nd April 2025 DS Smith / plastic / Plastic Bags News Biffa signs £3m zero-waste-to-landfill contract with DS Smith 27th November 2024 Biffa / DS Smith / Zero Waste News DS Smith expects 40% jump in contaminated recycling this winter 19th November 2024 cardboard / DS Smith / Recycling Contamination News 51% of supermarket food and drink packaged in unnecessary plastic 16th October 2024 DS Smith / Plastic Packaging / Supermarket News Baby Boomers more likely to recycle than Gen Z, research shows 30th September 2024 DS Smith / Recycling News DS Smith reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 19% compared to 2019/20 18th July 2024 DS Smith / Ellen MacArthur Foundation / packaging News DS Smith replaces 1.2 billion pieces of plastic 30th May 2024 DS Smith / Ellen MacArthur Foundation / plastic News US packaging company agrees £5.8bn DS Smith takeover deal 16th April 2024 DS Smith / packaging / Recycling Insight The future of packaging: Trends and innovations to watch in 2024 24th January 2024 DS Smith / packaging / plastic News Production of plastic-free advent calendars rises by 200%, DS Smith says 8th December 2023 DS Smith / packaging / plastic News 44% of paper and cardboard to end up in landfill or incineration by 2030 9th November 2023 DS Smith / packaging / Recycling News Coca-Cola replace plastic handles for 1.5 litre PET multi-pack bottles 18th September 2023 Coca Cola / DS Smith / packaging News 1 in 4 UK consumers would avoid brand due to excess packaging 18th September 2023 DS Smith / packaging / Recycling News DS Smith says UK will miss its 2030 recycling target by 13 years 25th July 2023 DS Smith / local authorities / packaging / Recycling Rates News New EU rules risk “tsunami” of plastic packaging 27th June 2023 Confederation of Paper Industries / DS Smith / Plastic Packaging News More than 79% of Brits face weekly tensions over recycling 30th March 2023 behaviour change / DS Smith / Recycling News DS Smith releases blueprint for packaging made from self-healing “skin” 25th October 2022 DS Smith / packaging / reuse First 1 2 3 Last
