GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

What Biden could do about plastics. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 01:00. However, I will pay close attention next year to the administration’s stance on everyone’s favorite entry point into the circular economy: plastics. s outsized plastics footprint. Here’s what makes me optimistic: Plastic pollution has become a bipartisan issue.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

US Plastics Pact 101. Plastics Pact and how are its signatories advancing a circular economy for plastics? Plastics Pact brings together businesses, government entities, NGOs, researchers, and other collaborators as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s network of Plastics Pacts around the world. Holly Secon.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20. Wed, 09/02/2020 - 00:45. recycling system had been a mess for far longer — seeing as the country never fully developed the infrastructure to recycle anywhere near the amount of plastic waste it produces. Plastics Pact.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

Mura Technology, a UK-based technology firm, has announced that construction has started on the world’s first commercial-scale plant to use its ground-breaking “hydrothermal” process, which is said to be able to recycle all forms of plastic waste and could provide the raw ingredients for a sustainable circular plastic economy.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics. Mon, 05/11/2020 - 00:44. But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. Joel Makower.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

An idea for solving the plastics crisis. Tue, 09/15/2020 - 01:30. A major problem with behavior-change programs in the waste industry is that they rely on consumers being taught to feel the guilt of plastic in the ocean, and the harm to turtles and whales. percent of America’s plastic waste is actually recycled.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Opening Panel: The Human Dimension of Waste Collection. Who are the humans that are managing our waste? The informal waste economy is an often overlooked part of our global plastic supply chain. But they play an essential role but ensuring that plastics are collected and reused before they enter waste streams.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 01:30. From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to the intensifying impacts of climate change, we can’t say we’ll miss 2020. READ THE FULL STORY: 8 electric truck and van companies to watch in 2020. . Holly Secon.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Going plastic neutral: Footprints, credits and offsets. What does it mean for companies to go "plastic neutral" and what will it take to scale, track and standardize effective plastic-offsetting infrastructure? But what about going “plastic neutral”? But what about going “plastic neutral”? Mon, 09/14/2020 - 11:23.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

How online ordering could cut food waste. Fri, 05/08/2020 - 02:50. This week, we’ll look at some potentially good news from the intersection of online delivery and food waste. Any good news on waste is welcome, because the situation is insane. Around a third of that waste comes at home, which is a head-scratcher.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics. Wed, 08/26/2020 - 02:01. Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight. Plastics Pact by EMF, The Recycling Partnership and WWF.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. Launched in 2017, the awards have witnessed a dramatic and inspirational rise in the circular use of plastics through increased recycling and recyclability over the last the five years, said the organisers.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

An 11-strong European consortium has secured funding for a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of generating waste sugars derived from household waste and producing a range of high-performance bio-based materials and products. Reduce environmental plastic pollution levels.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 01:00. The early-stage company, based in New York, focuses on the $16 billion children’s clothing market, which, like the entire apparel space, suffers from a significant amount of waste. Holly Secon. Infinity Goods.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Gillette plans to shave use of virgin plastics by 50% by 2030. Tue, 10/27/2020 - 02:17. The company has also reached zero-manufacturing-waste-to-landfill status across all of the plants in its global network. One of Gillette's 2030 goals is to maintain zero-waste-to-landfill status. Deonna Anderson.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Date/Time: November 12, 2020 (8-9PM ET / 5-6PM PT). By 2030 plastic waste is expected to increase by more than 50% to 330 million tons per annum if business continues as usual. Recent figures show $120 billion is lost each year because plastic waste is mismanaged. Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:45. Topics include: .

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Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

These tiny bits of plastic end up clogging oceans. A lot of attention has focused on phasing out single-use plastics , which create visible plastic pollution and release microplastics when they break down. The bits of plastic shed from synthetic textiles have their own term: microfibers.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) published statistics on 7 December detailing household waste collected across all local authorities during 2020, as well as waste landfilled and incinerated in Scotland in 2020. Household waste generated increased 0.3% Household waste generated increased 0.3%

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19. At the time of our conversation in early February, one of the most pressing items on Ellis’ priority list was releasing WBA’s 2020 CSR report and tooting the company’s horn. . So, when the Plastics Pact came out it was not something that was completely new to us.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

A Dorset start-up says it is turning plastic waste into building materials, and looking to empower communities in developing countries to do the same. What we’re doing was made possible by an open-source network called Precious Plastic , which has enabled us to use an open-source mould for our first prototype. The tech bit.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

2020 was the year that…. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. All links are to stories published on GreenBiz.com during 2020.)

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Organisers have confirmed the full conference programme for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe Virtual Event taking place 9-11 December 2020. Fellow panellists include Ton Emans, President of Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and Maria Ciliberti, Vice President at Borealis. Virginijus Sinkevi?ius, CET on 10 December.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2024

An aerial view of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as Plastic Island, which comprises mainly plastic, light metals and organic residues of garbage. A new report attempts to better understand the provenance and impact of plastics in the ocean. Plastic, the report (titled ‘How Much Plastic Is In The Ocean?’)

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 16, 2022

The London Assembly Environment Committee has published a report on waste management in the capital and the need to move to a circular economy. Advance publicity for ‘Too Good to Waste’ (released on 16 March) highlights London’s laggard status as a recycler and its over-reliance on incineration. million tonnes).

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GreenBiz

JULY 24, 2020

Closed Loop Partners teams with Walmart, CVS, Target to take on the plastic bag. Fri, 07/24/2020 - 01:15. Single-use plastic shopping bags are a real problem. We hope the Beyond the Bag Initiative will surface affordable, practical solutions that meet the needs of customers and reduce plastic waste.".

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Technology and recycling equipment firm TOMRA has signed a majority ownership agreement with Plastretur, the Norwegian Producer Responsibility Organisation for recycling plastic packaging. The companies will pair up to create a plastic packaging sorting plant located in Norway. Amland, SVP TOMRA Feedstock. “We

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

The more plastic a company makes, the more pollution it creates. Researchers from a dozen universities around the world found that, for every 1 percent increase in the amount of plastic a company uses, there is an associated 1 percent increase in its contribution to global plastic litter.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Join the pledge for an eco-friendly Christmas in alternative to the wasteful model imposed by our society. An unwanted gift: Plastic . Yet, the most unpleasant present was given to the Earth in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, who invented Bakelite, the first fossil fuels-made plastic. The plastic lurking around the Christmas market.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Last year Scotland generated its lowest amount of household waste since 2011, according to the latest figures released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), published on 17 October. And it suggests a return to something more like normality, after the anomalous years of 2020 and 2021, which were impacted by restrictions.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2023

Waste at the site caught fire, belching acrid smoke into the sky. The owner of a skip-hire company in north Kent has received a custodial sentence after the harmful way he handled waste on the banks of the River Thames. Not only did he charge customers but treated waste illegally.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 29, 2021

How e-commerce retailer Grove Collaborative will go 'plastic-free' by 2025. Plastic-free by 2025. It is our intention to hold everyone to the zero-plastic commitment," Stuart Landesberg, Grove founder and CEO, told GreenBiz during a recent conversation. "If Grove is plastic neutral. Deonna Anderson. That is just true.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The plastics recycling member-based charity RECOUP has published its 2021 UK Household Plastics Collection Survey , which analyses the collection of plastics for recycling from Local Authorities. The 2021 Survey estimated that 584,000 tonnes of household plastic packaging was collected for recycling in 2020.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

A new study will examine the feasibility of advancing fully circular value chains in Nigeria, to help close the loop on plastics waste. The work is being undertaken by an ongoing partnership between chemicals firm Dow and Empower, a Norwegian circular platform company which uses blockchain technology to track plastics waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Hamburg-based start-up cirplus has entered into the UK market in a bid to digitalise the plastic and recycling industry. Since launching in March 2020, cirplus says it has brought over 1200 companies from 100 countries onto its platform, and has built an inventory of more than 1.3 million tons of recycled plastics listed for sale.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Wed, 06/17/2020 - 02:00. The aspiration for a growing number of them is "zero waste.". The aspiration for a growing number of them is "zero waste.". Heather Clancy. For this particular facility, that translated into 8.3

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

There are no 'silver bullet' solutions to plastics. Mon, 12/07/2020 - 01:30. Bacardi is calling its initiative "a silver bullet in the fight against plastic pollution.". It’s also worth noting that plastic makes up less than 1 percent of Bacardi’s packaging.) Plastic Waste. Lauren Phipps. Circular Economy.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2021

Reports suggests Turkish government will follow in the steps on China and impose a moratorium on imports of British plastic waste. Turkey is set to ban imports of most plastic waste following a Greenpeace investigation that exposed mountains of British recycling being illegally dumped and burned on beaches and roadsides in the country.

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