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Comment: Pay-as-you-throw can drive the circular economy

Envirotec Magazine

A circular economy involves everyone from raw material firms to individual consumers. At the moment, renewable, cleaner or circular products and services typically have a price premium associated with them. Extracting raw materials has an impact on climate, as do the manufacturing processes that we use to make products.

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Circular pallets scheme gears up for May rollout

Envirotec Magazine

Recyclable pallets initiative The Pallet LOOP says it is manufacturing tens of thousands of its distinctive bright green, circular economy pallets in readiness for them entering the building materials supply chain from May.

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First nationwide DDRS trial: 20,000 cash rewards redeemed by Ocado Retail customers

Envirotec Magazine

Invisible UV tags are also applied to the labels enabling tracking and tracing back to dedicated recycling centres and offering brands and retailers unprecedented insights into the whereabouts of their products and packaging.

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Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry

GreenBiz

million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100 million in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions. Ulta, like Sephora, is planning a Made Without list that will tag products free of parabens, phthalates and 25 other chemical categories. Circular Economy. Circular Packaging.

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EU Digital Product Passports aim to track items through the product life-cycle

Envirotec Magazine

European legislative bodies have mobilized themselves en masse since March 2022, which is when several proposals aimed at product sustainability saw the light of day, most notably a circular economy business model. Traceability systems are to be in place to enable tracking all procedures leading from raw materials to the finished product.

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Founder Profile: Sarah Pinner, Celine Lightfoot, & Kate Sanner | Beni

Better Ventures

Who : Sarah Pinner, CEO; Celine Lightfoot, CTO; and Kate Sanner, CMO Location : San Francisco, CA, Santa Barbara, CA, and Chicago, IL, respectively Company : Beni Stage : Seed One-liner : The secondhand search engine that tags along while you shop online Introduce yourselves!

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'Testbed': Behind the scenes at Asos' latest 'circular' fashion collection

Business Green

But how will this drive change the look, feel, and price tag of items on sale on high streets and fashion sites? But she conceded significantly more collaboration across the industry and innovation is going to be required before brands like Asos can credibly claim their collections meet circular design and manufacture principles.

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