Following a reported 75% reduction in plastic packaging in 2025, padlock producer Squire has announced plans to ‘significantly reduce’ plastic waste across its product range, including phasing out non-recyclable materials.
The company claims that it imported 857kg of plastic packaging by weight in 2025, a 75% reduction compared to 2024, where 3,364kg of plastic packaging was imported. Squire says it has moved away from plastic-heavy packaging formats, replacing blister packs with boxed and carded alternatives where possible.
The company is also seeking to meet UK packaging legislation – such as the Extended Producer Responsibility framework - by reducing unnecessary plastic, increasing the use of recyclable materials and reviewing packaging formats across its range. This move is part of Squire’s wider sustainability goal to reduce environmental impact across operations, products and packaging.
It is also working with manufacturing partners to ensure packaging materials are recyclable. Squire adds it is ‘actively exploring alternative solutions’ that balance environmental responsibility, product integrity and retail compliance.
In other plastic reduction efforts, Coveris launched a board-based MAP tray last year for the meat, fish and poultry sector, said to reduce plastic by 90% whilst maintaining recyclability. The solution is said to be fully printable, hermetically sealed and have a 21-day shelf-life.
Graphic Packaging recently revealed its Boardio recyclable rigid paperboard canister, designed as an alternative to plastic, glass, and metal containers and said to deliver a plastic reduction of more than 90% versus rigid containers. The new machine technology adds format flexibility through additional modules, with its multi-footprint capability enabling multiple canister shapes.
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