30-01-2025
Ipswich firm launches 'green growth' manifesto at House of Commons
A sustainable packaging company based in Ipswich has launched a 'green growth' manifesto at the House of Commons.
Frugalpac, known for its paper Frugal Bottle, unveiled its Green Growth for Manufacturing Manifesto at a parliamentary event sponsored by Ipswich MP Jack Abbott.
The company, which won the King's Award for Enterprise in Innovation, outlined four policies it believes could boost green growth for sustainable packaging in the UK.
These include establishing a UK-based recycled content industry, introducing standardised carbon labelling, standardising nationwide recycling, and reforming R&D tax credits.
Malcolm Waugh, chief executive of Frugalpac said: "We welcome the Chancellor's commitment to economic growth, to bringing investment to the UK, while ensuring there will be no trade-off between growth and net zero.
"The green manufacturing sector we are in has huge growth potential both domestically and for exports."
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Malcolm Waugh, Frugalpac CEO and Ipswich MP Jack Abbott at an event last year (Image: Frugalpac) For nearly five years, the company has been producing its Frugal Bottle, the world's first commercially available paper bottle for wine, spirits, and edible oils.
Constructed from 94 per cent recycled paperboard and weighing only 83 grams, Frugal Bottles are up to five times lighter than conventional glass bottles.
This significant weight reduction helps lower transportation emissions and results in a carbon footprint up to 84 per cent smaller than that of glass.
Jack Abbott, MP for Ipswich and the Government's Mission Champion for the East of England said: "Frugalpac has been a Great Green British SME success that I am proud to have working and growing in Ipswich.
"The Government has set the ambition for Britain to be a world-leading place for Green SMEs to innovate, invest, and thrive, and I want Ipswich and Suffolk to be at the very heart of that.
"Frugalpac is leading the way in doing so already, and I look forward to continuing to work with them as they go from strength to strength."
