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A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging

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Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials. Companies have more goals for designing for recycling and recovery, and increasing recycled content than other packaging issues. About 5 percent of U.S.

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Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics

GreenBiz

By the late 1920s, for example, the demand for home movie film and the growing need for X-ray film led Eastman Chemical to produce acetic anhydride, the base material for photographic emulsions. Under his leadership, the company has accelerated its transformation from chemicals to specialty materials. All the way back then.".

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The electronic engineer and MBA spent 19 years as a supply chain vice president at Unilever before joining Natura in 2009. Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure. And its LyftUp effort seeks to meet transportation needs in underserved urban communities.

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A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging

AGreenLiving

Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials. Companies have more goals for designing for recycling and recovery, and increasing recycled content than other packaging issues. About 5 percent of U.S.

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Inside Eastman's moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics

Business Green

By the late 1920s, for example, the demand for home movie film and the growing need for X-ray film led Eastman Chemical to produce acetic anhydride, the base material for photographic emulsions. Under his leadership, the company has accelerated its transformation from chemicals to specialty materials. All the way back then.".

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

The electronic engineer and MBA spent 19 years as a supply chain vice president at Unilever before joining Natura in 2009. Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure. And its LyftUp effort seeks to meet transportation needs in underserved urban communities.