
This roadmap documents how the UK’s waste management infrastructure will change over the next decade in response to legislative drivers and assesses how future global trends will impact on consumption patterns. The report is available in electronic format. Call +44 (0)113 8123309 to order.

This definitive, new report from Faraday documents the current status of biopolymers for use in the packaging industry. The report is available in electronic format. Call +44 (0)113 8123309 to order.

In the near future, it will be technologically feasible (and cost effective enough) to put a moving display on a packet of cornflakes. If you are a plastic electronics nerd you’ll already know that this could be possible. But whether we are nerds or virgins, paratroopers or bishops, movie stars or middle managers, we are all consumers and the question that’s so often overlooked is: so what?

This report explores issues surrounding product packaging and outlines methods that can be used to understand what the consumer requires from packaging and how materials used in packaging can help in ‘designing for appeal’.

This report uncovers the current levels of innovation within packaging supply chains. Identifying the barriers and facilitators of innovation and what demands are put upon individual companies. It also outlines needs and opportunities for collaboration, offering some early views on good practice and improvements. It culminates in the feasibility of developing a set of audit tools to help overcome many of the issues raised.