All Things Green Archives

20th Mar 2025

Evidencing the Recycling Content in Mailing Bags: Duo’s traceability system for packaging

29th Nov 2024

How Duo Packaging’s Digital Transformation Reinforces Its Position as a Leading UK Packaging Manufacturer

22nd Nov 2024

Reducing e-waste one branded mailing bag at a time with musicMagpie

Discover how Duo Packaging's branded mailing bags support musicMagpie's e-waste recycling with sustainable packaging solutions.

8th Nov 2024

Duo Packaging Powers Sustainable Packaging Solutions with Renewable Energy from New Solar Installation

At Duo, we believe in taking meaningful steps towards a sustainable future and developing sustainable packaging solutions for our clients, and our latest initiative reflects…

Exploring Trends and Challenges in Sustainable Packaging Solutions for the Manufacturing & Recycling Industry

18th Oct 2024

Leading the Way: Sustainable Packaging Solutions in Manufacturing & Recycling

In today’s rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape, sustainable packaging solutions, innovation, and operational efficiency are…

17th Oct 2024

Sustainable Manufacturing of Branded Mailing Bags for Recycle Week and Beyond

17th Oct 2024

Sustainable Packaging: Why it matters to the drinks and beverage industry

In the drinks and beverage industry, packaging plays a crucial role in delivering products safely and efficiently. However, with increasing environmental awareness, consumers are showing…

23rd Sep 2024

Boost Your Drinks & Beverage Brand with Oceanix Collation Shrink Film: A Sustainable and Eye-Catching Packaging Solution

13th Sep 2024

Branded Mailing Bags: Elevate your packaging and brand experience

In today’s competitive retail landscape, every touchpoint with your customer matters. Postal packaging has evolved from just a practical vessel to protect items in the…

30th Aug 2024

Collation Shrink Film with Oceanix HDPE: A Sustainable Solution with Proven LCA Benefits

In today’s world, where sustainability is no longer a buzzword but a necessity, businesses…

14th Jul 2024

ACAI Outdoors uses branded mailing bags to boost brand awareness

28th Jun 2024

How recycled material content is evidenced in Collation Shrink Film Products

In our commitment to expanding our circular approach to plastic, we proudly partnered with…

25th Apr 2024

Understanding Packaging Labelling Regulations: 6 top tips to avoid greenwashing

14th Jan 2024

Unveiling 2024’s Packaging and Recycling Trends

15th Nov 2023

Planning for a waste-free Black Friday

Mailing bags play a vital role in the success of Black Friday sales as they pack and protect consumer’s orders to their destination. But what happens…

26th Jan 2023

What does EPR mean for UK businesses?

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will see the full cost of managing household waste shift…

9th Nov 2022

Duo Packaging recognised as one of North West’s Green Champions

Duo Packaging recognised as one of North West's Green Champions pioneering sustainable solutions and products

12th Oct 2022

Duo Packs £3million into Creating New Recycling Company

8th Aug 2022

Recyclability is the defining factor for sustainability according to Gen Z

Gen Zs value packaging recyclability and is their reference point for how ‘green’ they perceive a packaging item to be. For this generation of consumers,…

2nd Aug 2022

Sharing sustainability stories drives brand growth

Packaging, especially that which is used during an eCommerce delivery, is one of the most consumer-facing parts of a supply chain. More packaging being present…

29th Jul 2022

The Plastic Packaging Tax return deadline is today: what’s happened and what’s next?

Ahead of today’s deadline for the first Plastic Packaging Tax return submission Duo Packaging Brand Director joined Felicity Hannah on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake…

28th Jul 2022

How Love Island is encouraging Gen Z to fall in love with circularity

ASOS woman describing their plastic mailing bags have a lower carbon footprint than paper bags

27th Jul 2022

5 easy actions to take to keep your brand relevant to Gen Z

Over half of Gen Zs would be less inclined to shop again with a retailer…

25th Feb 2022

Green Claims Code an opportunity for retailers

21st Jan 2022

Sweet answers to the most asked questions about GreenPE

We are lucky enough to have built some brilliant, long-lasting relationships with our suppliers that share our values and support us in innovating products that…

7th Dec 2021

Cop26: What are we going to do about it?

22nd Nov 2021

New Green Code Unlocks the Power of Packaging

9th Nov 2021

Duo Circular Packaging Solution secures spot in the final of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe

21st Sep 2021

Is the plastic packaging tax sufficient?

Zoe Brimelow, Duo Packaging Brand Director shares why it is imperative for the Government to provide more specific answers about the plastic packaging tax.

Re-Fashion mailing bags with clothing coming out

20th Sep 2021

Combining circular clothes with circular mailing bags

When fashion retailer Oliver Bonas teamed up with Re-Fashion to recycle "pre-loved" clothes and keep them in the…

13th Sep 2021

Comfyballs journey to climate neutral status

9th Jul 2021

How the UK & EU plastic packaging tax satisfies the demand of today’s conscious consumer plastic levy

Over the past 10 years there has been a huge shift in consumer perception around products, materials, packaging and services that they purchase.

7th Jul 2021

Innovation Drives Sustainability in Manufacturing

11th May 2021

Should Plastic Packaging Tax revenues generated by retailers be reinvested in retail?

20th Mar 2021

N Brown Group moves to GreenPE as part of transformational sustainability plan

27th Oct 2020

Why the pandemic has put retailers’ packaging strategies in focus

Covid-19 has fundamentally changed retail supply chains, with consumer demand proving turbulent and exceeding that of other seasonal peaks for some retailers, while others have…

14th Sep 2020

Regatta Group: Realising the ecommerce opportunity

In 2016, Regatta group completed a review of all its business processes to create an aligned sustainability strategy for the company, which included its sustainable…

8th Jun 2020

Plastics in Packaging: Trends and Challenges

End-of-life options and developments in material type – such as bioplastics – are set to influence packaging strategies during the next decade. Zoe Brimelow discusses…

29th Apr 2020

The plastic-swap: from single use plastic to compostable & paper alternatives is this doing more harm than good?

17th Apr 2020

A sustainable way forward

15th Apr 2020

Overcoming plastic paranoia

15th Apr 2020

Environmental policies must be more progressive

9th Apr 2020

Going green requires cost neutral thinking

If change doesn’t happen we risk limiting advances in sustainability and widening the Green Gap, which has been identified by our Future of Packaging report.

8th Apr 2020

Introducing Duo’s Future of Packaging Report

10th Jan 2020

Duo Packaging announces expansion of Manchester HQ and new recycling facility

18th Dec 2019

Packaging Sustainability must embrace simplicity

Busy online shopping periods like Black Friday and Cyber Monday are shining a spotlight on packaging and mean companies now have to focus on simplifying…

17th Dec 2019

Shoppers want simple Sustainability

The Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping spike is putting packaging into perspective for shoppers and creating demand for simple sustainability. Retailers should strive to…

13th Dec 2019

Duo digs deep for Greater Manchester’s City of Trees initiative

10th Dec 2019

Seasonal Shoppers Dreaming of a Green Christmas

13th Nov 2019

Duo Packaging overhauls packaging of North West-based businesses to curb carbon footprint

10th Jul 2019

How etailers are reducing environmental impact through easier returns

Anthony Brimelow, Commercial Director at Duo Packaging, explains how an easier returns policy can…

31st Aug 2018

Are Re-usable Shopping Bags really reducing the Environmental Impact?

In October 2015 England introduced a single-use plastic carrier bag charge to reduce the…

1st Aug 2018

Greater Manchester embraces energy efficiency in its quest to become Carbon Neutral by 2038

27th Jul 2018

Why we say no thank you to degradable additives

1st Jun 2018

A sweet alternative to plastic packaging with the potential to save thousands of tonnes of CO2

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