Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The graph below shows the amount of packaging placed on the UK market reported by registered packaging producers since the early days of the packaging waste regulation. Figure 1: Packaging placed on the market. The government has decided to keep packaging waste recycling targets for 2023 at the same level as 2022.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2022

and Houston, Texas, May 24, 2022 — Decarbonizing supply chains is critical to reducing emissions from the manufacturing sector and beyond. From production to packaging and distribution, each stage of the supply chain needs robust climatetech innovation. Applications for Go Make 2022 are due by Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

This challenging backdrop created an energy supply deficit equal to seven per cent of Europe's total power demand in 2022, but a combination of lower electricity demand, mild weather, and record growth in wind and solar power helped avoid a major return to coal power generation, the report revealed.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Company announces goal to ensure Walkers, Doritos, and Lay's crisps use recycled or renewable plastic packaging by end of the decade. The company said it will trial new packaging from this year, piloting a renewable plastic for its Lay's range in France and recyclable Walkers crisps' packets in the UK.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Global demand for electricity is also growing faster than renewables capacity post-pandemic, opening the door to more fossil fuel energy in many parts of the world. But the surge in renewables generation may still only be enough to meet around half of the projected increase in demand, the IEA said. per cent in 2022.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 12, 2021

Removing state opt-out for demand response program participation in wholesale energy markets would benefit renewable project developers because aggregators of solar and energy storage technologies can leverage their experience with demand response products. budget package with wins for clean energy, climate.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Coming into force on April 1st 2022, the tax increases costs for packaging companies who fail to use recycled materials by 20 to 40 percent. “If we’re to stem the tide of plastic pollution, we have to stop the amount of virgin plastic which is being produced.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Mercers, which is based in Bolton, transforms plastic packaging waste into 100 per cent recycled damp-proof membrane. Across the industry, we are seeing greater demand for UK-produced PRNs, while upcoming legislation, such as the Plastic Packaging Tax, is driving demand for recycled material. Thanks to an injection of £6.1

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sustainability is the “new normal” From food production, to packaging, to fashion to lifestyle products, there is a clear effort to replace traditional demands with sustainable alternatives. It’s highly likely that the demand for sustainable products by consumers will make their production mandatory in the next few years.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 16, 2024

How 10 key energy efficiency actions could save industry $437bn – report IEA calls for doubling down on energy efficiency action With the general downward trend, changes are defined as the year on year percentage decrease, which in 2022 was 2%, i.e. that each unit of energy used produced 2% more GDP than in 2021.

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Charged

MAY 16, 2022

FreeWire will use the new capital to support ambitious growth plans as it accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing demand in markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand. FreeWire is also evolving its software platform.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

UK-based private jets emitted half a million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, the most in Europe, as new research slams the continent's most 'carbon intense' flights UK-based private jets clocked up their busiest year to date in 2022 with the total number of flights soaring by 75 per cent versus 2021, according to a new analysis commissioned by Greenpeace.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

The successful application means the plastic recycling facility will be operational in Summer 2022 at Peel NRE’s 54-hectare strategic energy and resource hub, Protos, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Some manufacturers have gone further, pledging to include up to 50% recycled material in their packaging under the UK Plastics Pact.

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Charged

AUGUST 23, 2021

The first Proterra Powered Taylor ZLC-series and ZH-series machines are expected to be delivered to customers beginning in 2022. The ZH-series battery-electric vehicle will feature 225 kWh of battery capacity, and the ZLC-series will offer 904 kWh, packaged within the Proterra battery system. ” Source: Proterra.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Avonmouth plant, which officially opens on 3rd March 2022, will be the UK’s largest multi-polymer facility. The infeed material at Avonmouth comprises UK-sourced post-consumer packaging. 15 TOMRA AUTOSORT® units pre-sort the material then six AUTOSORT® FLAKE units are used for flake sorting.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

And while the Scheme was initially given a £1.5bn budget, the Treasury subsequently responded to the slow rate of voucher issuance by first extending the deadline for the scheme to March 2022 and then slashing the budget to just £320m for the 2021/22 financial year.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Having been crowned the most polluting brand in the world for two years running by the Break Free from Plastic campaign in its global audit of plastic waste, the firm also last year revealed it produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year, or the equivalent of 200,000 bottles a minute.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The package, originally secured to finance the construction and operation of TagEnergy’s Lakeside BESS project in October 2023, included an uncommitted accordion facility, enabling TagEnergy to incorporate Pitkevy into the funding structure. Construction has commenced and the energy park is scheduled to be operational at the end of 2024.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Could 2022 be the year in which green hydrogen produced using renewable power moves from 'nice idea' towards a mainstream, bankable investment proposition? He believes green hydrogen is moving towards a tipping point in 2022 that could result in a raft of significant projects reaching financial close and coming online next year across Europe.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To that end, Ofgem yesterday announced a fresh package of measures aimed at boosting financial resilience in the sector, including new stress testing all suppliers from January 2022 to measure their resilience against a range of scenarios. This is now the main obstacle holding back the UK's green industrial revolution.".

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Emissions from farm to table to landfill Emissions are generated at every stage of the food system, from the production of food on farms to transport and refrigeration to processing and packaging to consumer dietary choices and, ultimately, to food waste. In a 2022 paper published in Nature Scientific Reports , Ciniro Costa, Jr.,

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Package delivery giant and airline operator FedEx has announced it plans to achieve 'carbon neutrality' across its operations within the next 20 years through investments in electrification, sustainable fuels, energy efficiency, and carbon capture systems. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the Yale School of the Environment.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 30, 2023

The two new centres are a Renewable Energy Forecast Centre and a Demand Response Control Centre, both situated within EGAT’s headquarters in Nonthaburi, close to Bangkok. Have you read?

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Elon Musk's electric vehicle giant first confirmed its plans to build the factory in October 2022, stating that it would be used to package and ship battery-grade lithium hydroxide for its 4680 Tesla battery cells.

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Charged

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A software package balances the energy demand. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 , which supports bidirectional charging, will arrive in 2022, and Utrecht already plans to deploy a public car-sharing fleet of 150 Ioniq 5s. When the sun shines, the panels will power the adjacent office building and charge parked EVs.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Production is expected to start as early as June 2022, with production lines for Wallbox’s Pulsar Plus AC chargers. Automotive electrification will accelerate, which will significantly increase the demand for our EV charging and energy management solutions,” said Enric Asunción, co-founder and CEO of Wallbox.

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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. Plastic Packaging Product: Recyclable collation shrink film with outstanding PCR content by Freiberger Lebensmittel GmbH, alesco Folien GmbH & Co.KG, Ecoplast Kunststoffrecycling GmbH, Borealis AG.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

"While we've made great progress in better predicting daily bakery demand and accelerating our charity redistribution, we've been looking at how we can innovate our processes to ensure we continually prevent waste.". M&S is also using 100 per cent widely-recycled packaging for the new garlic bread products.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

part of Ontario, Canada-based Nexus Renewables, to deploy a fleet of batteries at multiple sites in PG&E service territory and provide them for grid services starting in August 2022. The 15-year agreement calls for Nexus Renewables U.S., PG&E’s announcement cites this deployment as an “AMCOR project.”

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Last week, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced a package of fiscal measures aimed at tackling the energy price crisis and boosting the economy. In the package, Kwarteng provided an extra £1bn for energy efficiency over three years, in addition to a disappointing reiteration of £2.1bn already pledged.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The package of new, targeted financing approved by the EIB’s board of directors is expected to mobilise up to €115 billion ($114.6 Prices will likely remain volatile as the energy transition unfolds and demand moves from fossil fuels to renewables, which will benefit some metal producers. billion) of new investment by 2027.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The new Cadbury Plant Bar is made with almond paste instead of milk and will be available to buy from Sainsbury's in November, before being rolled out across other retailers from January 2022. The bar will be packaged in 100 per cent plant-based ISCC certified bio-sourced plastic wrapping and will be sold at a retail price of £2.50

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. The report said some countries in Europe saw heat pump sales double in the first half of 2022 compared with the same period last year.

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Charged

JANUARY 13, 2021

BrightDrop plans to deliver 500 EV600 vehicles to FedEx Express by the end of 2021, and to start delivering vans to other customers in North America in early 2022. The EP1 is designed to streamline the process of delivering packages from a vehicle to a customer. The first of these will be delivered to FedEx early this year.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Date/Time: January 18, 2022 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) Companies are innovating at an unprecedented speed to offer products that are more sustainable and provide greater value to customers. For businesses to be truly sustainable, they must look beyond the immediate use of products and understand the full lifecycle of their impact.

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Charged

MARCH 29, 2022

We will discuss packaging and dispensing options, and factors that impact flow rates. Therefore, high demands are placed on the battery system today and in the future. Register here to learn more—it’s free! Safe Battery Systems: Innovative Materials As A Key Factor For Battery Systems.

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