Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 24, 2024
By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Of this, more than 25% was sent to Turkey, 25,000 tonnes more than in 2022.
GreenBiz
JUNE 17, 2020
How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Food companies have a dual responsibility when it comes to waste reduction aspirations: optimizing their operations to minimize food waste while reducing the amount of other materials — especially the waste associated with packaging — sent to landfill.
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Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
· Aluminium packaging recycling body urges caution to avoid unintended consequences of a DRS. · Two thirds of shoppers will switch from buying infinitely recyclable cans to plastic bottles. · One in five people will lose their deposit as they continue recycling at home. This equates to 823 million extra plastic bottles.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
News that Kellogg is trialing a new paper can has been welcomed by The Recycling Association as a “step in the right direction” In 2017, The Recycling Association chief executive Simon Ellin highlighted Pringles for having packaging that was almost impossible to recycle due to its multi-material nature.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
But national recycling rate remains well short of 50 per cent goal, as sluggish progress that dominated the past decade continues. Despite modest improvements, less than half of our domestic waste is recycled, with the rest either burned or buried," she said. per cent in 2019 , the exact same level it achieved in 2017.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Morrisons has today announced plans to trial six zero 'waste stores' in Edinburgh, which will both reduce Morrison's own waste and provide new facilities for customers to reduce waste levels and boost recycling rates, with the aim of achieving zero waste status across the company by 2025.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Iceland managing director Richard Walker calls on government to make plastic packaging tonnage disclosure mandatory in order to tackle plastic pollution crisis. Last year, Lidl's total plastic packaging footprint stood at just over 60,000 tonnes, the figures show. Our message is clear.
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