Packaging

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Guidance & Resources
Ambition 2030
Upcoming Events & Webinars
Get Involved
In Case You Missed It

Latest Updates

Read the latest information from FDF on packaging.

Consultations

Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging

26 February 2025 Member only

Consultations

Consultation on Consistency in Household and Business Recycling in England

26 February 2025 Member only

Webinar

Supporting your sustainable journey: Making plastic-free packaging fit for purpose

01 August 2024

Argentex Group PLC

Updated: 19 July 2024

Guidance & Resources

Everything You Need to Know About Packaging

Frequently asked questions about packaging, what action businesses need to take and when.

Packaging 101

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Food and drink manufacturers are keen that the implementation of EPR is as successful as it can be and that the risk of disproportionate cost being passed through to consumers is minimised.

EPR toolkit

Collection Consistency

Understand the obligations on local authorities as well as business and other non-household municipal premises for collections of recyclable waste for each of the four nations of the UK.

Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)

Deposit return schemes are used across the world as a way of encouraging more people to recycle drinks containers, such as bottles and cans.

DRS Toolkit

Industry narrative on packaging and plastics

The Industry Narrative sets forth our position on packaging and plastics: it acknowledges their environmental impact, states their functions and identifies factors in choice of materials and in making changes to the packaging system.

Learn more

Ambition 2030

Ambition 2030 is the FDF's flagship environmental sustainability strategy for food and drink manufacturing and sets out the sector’s important role in tackling these challenges and how every business can make its contribution.

Ambition 2030 Hub

Upcoming Events & Webinars

Events list

Member only

Deposit Return Scheme Update

Join Valpak Policy Advisor George Atkinson for an introduction to Deposit Return Schemes and an update on how one will be implemented and run in the UK.

EPR Advocacy Group meeting

A meeting of the EPR Advocacy group to discuss latest developments around EPR.

Essential packaging EPR update webinar for producers

Join Ecosurety Policy Manager Louisa Goodfellow for an essential overview of all the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) updates you need to understand as an obligated producer.

Get Involved

EPR Advocacy Group

Have your say on EPR.

Join our EPR Advocacy Group.

Member Drop-in Sessions

Let us answers your packaging questions every Friday from 1pm.

In Case You Missed It

Watch our previous webinars on packaging and sustainability.

Microplastics and impacts on the food and drinks sector

Following the recent REACH restriction on the use of intentionally added microplastic particles in the European Union, Ramboll presenters will address the question, how does this affect the food and drink sector?

Watch again