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Kia Debuts its New 2023 Soul

Green Living Guy

The new 2023 Kia Soul, arriving later this summer, features refreshed design elements inside and out, a simplified lineup, new smile-inducing colors, and two options packages brimming with technology and convenience.

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Beyond the Stockholm Convention: new regulations targeting forever chemicals

Envirotec Magazine

The addition of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) to the Convention in 2009 marked yet another milestone, as PFOS and its related substances became the first of the PFAS family to be regulated on an international level. Other states are restricting PFAS in key consumer-facing sectors, like food packaging and cosmetics.

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Gillette plans to shave use of virgin plastics by 50% by 2030

GreenBiz

Building on the 26 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions — and using a 2009-2010 baseline — Gillette plans to boost that number to a 50 percent reduction by 2030. Use 100 percent recyclable packaging. The company has also reached zero-manufacturing-waste-to-landfill status across all of the plants in its global network.

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U.S. consumers are exposed to BPA at levels 1,000 times what the European Food Safety Authority deems safe. That can’t be ignored. U.S. companies need to proactively fix this.

EDF + Business

BPA, a chemical used in some food packaging, is harmful at lower levels than previously thought The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the European Union’s agency providing impartial scientific information and advice on food safety matters. EDF’s Safer Packaging Tool can help identify where to start.

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Why collaboration is the missing ingredient in food system reform

GreenBiz

The early 1970s saw increasing consumer interest in healthy food, but packaged food sold in the United States didn’t then include reliable nutrition information. In 2009, scientists at the China Agricultural University moved their research to a village in Hebei province.

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A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging

GreenBiz

A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging. Sustainable packaging is a keystone issue for corporate sustainability. Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials. Used packages need to be recycled. Cheryl Baldwin.

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Green Marketing: Don’t Hide Your Light!

Green Business Bureau

Both of these logos and statements are on the bottom panel of the box, where no one can see it unless they’ve already bought the crackers—or perhaps if the prospect accidentally knocks the package off the supermarket shelf, happens to land the bottom facing up, and somehow notices the small logos while picking up the box.

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