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The DDRS Alliance, with the support of the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK, Welsh Government, WRAP Cymru, Powys County Council, a range of local retailers, and ACE UK member Tetra Pak, has launched the UK’s first digital deposit return scheme (DDRS) for drink cartons. Based in Brecon, South Wales, the Scan|Recycle|Reward…

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment – ACE Ireland has announced a new partnership with leading waste management provider Panda aimed at significantly improving the recycling process of cartons placed on the Irish market. As part of the collaboration, ACE Ireland funded the installation of state-of-the-art robotic sorting technology at Panda’s materials recovery…

We will soon be launching ACE UK’s Carton Ready campaign to help Local Authorities make food and drink cartons part of their consistent kerbside collections, lending a helping hand to the third of English Local Authorities which do not yet collect cartons. With DEFRA likely to confirm the inclusion of food and drink cartons within…

We are looking forward to the publication of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ response to its consultation on consistent kerbside collections, expected soon. For several years, we have continuously called for the inclusion on food and drinks cartons within the core list of materials for kerbside collection. Food and drink cartons are…

Through the industry’s 2030 Roadmap[1], ACE’s (The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) members adopted an ambitious vision for 2030 and beyond: to deliver the most sustainable packaging for resilient food supply systems, which is renewable, climate positive and circular.   As part of the Roadmap, our industry committed to develop and annually review…

Food and drink cartons are often referred to as Tetra Paks, in the same way vacuum cleaners are often called Hoovers, but they are actually manufactured by a number of companies including Elopak and SIG Combibloc, as well Tetra Pak. All three companies are members of ACE UK. As a packaging choice, food and drink…

Pringles tubes now included in Bring Bank scheme The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK) and Sonoco Europe have signed an agreement which provides a UK-wide recycling solution for paper containers with metal ends, through ACE UK’s Bring Bank collection scheme. Consumers will now be able to recycle their paper containers, including…

ACE, The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment, and its members SIG Combibloc, BillerudKorsnäs, Elopak, Stora Enso and Tetra Pak, have set the industry’s vision for the future: we will deliver the most sustainable packaging for resilient food supply systems which is renewable, climate positive and circular. Through its robust and ambitious Roadmap, the…

Members of the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK) – Tetra Pak, Elopak and SIG Combibloc – are continuing to build on their commitment to wood fibre traceability achieved in 2015, according to the 10th Proforest report on the industry’s Chain of Custody (CoC) progress. In 2015 ACE UK members met the…

The UK beverage carton industry has welcomed the latest figures on beverage carton recycling in the EU, which exceeded 50% for the first time. The recycling rate for beverage cartons in the EU28* rose to 51% in 2019, a rise of 2% on 2018 figures and a continued year-on-year increase. “We are pleased that the steady…