Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

On 20 May 2021, metal sorting technology expert TOMRA Recycling held its first metals sorting webinar, which was entitled ‘Aluminium sorting industry outlook – key sorting technologies, innovations and opportunities in a circular economy.’ The targets are currently set at a 15% reduction for 2025 and 37.5% million annually.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

The idea of only using sustainable packaging – eliminating waste, low carbon footprint, recyclable or compostable - seems easy enough, yet the reality for many businesses is more complex and dependent on the industry they work in. Yet plastic packaging is ubiquitous because it is useful, not to say crucial in many applications.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Project to create recyclable Heinz Beanz Snap Pots will help put 22 tonnes of plastic back into the circular economy. Fully recyclable Heinz Beanz Snap Pots will soon hit shelves as part of a pioneering trial by the food giant and supermarket Tesco designed to make it easier to process previously hard to recycling plastics.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

UK-based Mura Technology announces major backing from global chemicals giant to help it develop host of innovative US and European plastic recycling facilities. Importantly, this capacity will help Dow scale these technologies globally as we continue to drive our long-term strategy to decrease use of virgin fossil-based feedstocks.".

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2021

Earlier this month, McDonald’s became the latest major food company to announce a commitment to remove all added fluorinated chemicals from its food packaging that is served to customers. Consumers are hyper-aware of exposure to unsafe chemicals, especially when it comes to their food, and are demanding companies take action.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Supporting Business in the Race to Create the World’s Most Sustainable Package Fossil-based plastic production is still growing exponentially. Only 9% of all plastic is recycled and it can take hundreds of years to degrade. Recycling is critical, but the world cannot rely on that alone.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021. For companies with sustainable packaging goals, 2025 is fast approaching. That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. Meg Wilcox. Mon, 01/04/2021 - 01:15.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Regulation, consumer demand and shareholders are pushing for more recycled textiles. Imagine if a significant portion of the textiles that cannot be reused in their current form could be recycled. Fashion companies need to set ambitious targets for recycling textiles and designing for circularity.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Kraft Heinz also updated its commitments with new targets pegged to 2025. Here are some of the latest commitments, along with perspective on progress so far: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

With this in mind, to support our environment, fashion brands need to use textiles derived from natural fibers such as recycled cotton, organic hemp, and organic linen. Fashion Brands can also recycle old textiles that may have been over-produced or under-sold to create new garments. Tip #4: Get to Know Your Suppliers and Vendors.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 29, 2021

This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm Deonna Anderson Fri, 01/29/2021 – 00:30 In Manteca, California, a small company is pioneering the creation and production of paper bottles for brands such as L’Oreal and Seventh Generation. Across the U.S. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

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. Recycling takes center stage.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2023

The good news is we've already removed 100 tonnes of plastic packaging from deliveries to our customers - just one example of how we're reducing waste and promoting a circular economy. On the former, we're already reusing, reselling or recycling 96% of our waste network equipment. There are several more examples below.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

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 z, evolving consumer demands have long informed our ambition to provide a wide range of products that work for everyone and the new Cadbury Plant Bar range is the latest stop on this journey.".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Jeremy Hunt also unveiled a £6 billion extra package of support for initiatives like retrofitting to insulate homes and upgrade heating systems, from 2025 – although it wasn’t clear if this was new money or not. We can’t wait until 2025,” said the local authority network. This is supposedly on top of £6.6

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

· New HydroPRS process creates raw ingredients for “infinitely recyclable new products” · World-first commercial-scale plant starts construction in Teesside, UK, backed by global partners and UK Government. Plans for one million tonnes of capacity in development worldwide by 2025. iii] The UK alone produces 2.4m

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 The new policy, unveiled in late July as part of the EU's pandemic recovery package, will see a levy of €800/tonne per kilogram of plastic waste introduced on all new products.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

A raft of corporate green packaging goals are looming - how can they be met? Despite that sobering statistic, momentum is building towards 2025 sustainable packaging goals. Here are some key takeaways from three breakout sessions about sustainable packaging goals at Circularity 2021. Most come from brands and retailers.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

From ice cream to shampoo, much of what we sell comes packaged in plastic. And over the last decade serious demands have been made of us to deal with the problem of plastic waste. More than 80 per cent of people worldwide favour products with less plastic packaging, according to an IPSOS poll published last week.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Partner Content: Dow's Daniella Souza Miranda explains how designing for recyclability, reusing and repurposing can ensure plastic retains its value and helps contribute to a circular economy. Yes, the demand for a circular economy in the plastics industry is real. Innovation is key to helping achieve plastic transformation targets.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Now, in its eventual internal-combustion phaseout, GM can’t seem to make EVs fast enough, and 30 new models are lined up for the market for 2025. and globally by 2040. million acres the 4.4

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

Elsewhere, tax tweaks have also been targeted at building a more circular economy in the UK, with a new plastics packaging tax coming into force today. They have also warned it could result in plastic waste being exported, given that packaging intended for export within 12 months is exempted from the levy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Partner Content: Dow's Daniella Souza Miranda explains how designing for recyclability, reusing and repurposing can ensure plastic retains its value and helps contribute to a circular economy. Yes, the demand for a circular economy in the plastics industry is real. Innovation is key to helping achieve plastic transformation targets.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 The new policy, unveiled in late July as part of the EU's pandemic recovery package, will see a levy of €800/tonne per kilogram of plastic waste introduced on all new products.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. percent of all the plastic produced in 2017 eventually got recycled, according to the U.S. 2025 isn’t too far off, so the U.S.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 29, 2021

How e-commerce retailer Grove Collaborative will go 'plastic-free' by 2025. Plastic-free by 2025. Since March 2020, Grove has been partnering with with Plastic Bank and rePurpose Global to collect and recycle ocean-bound plastic. Deonna Anderson. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 01:30. It’s a little over a year into the latter commitment.

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

The overwhelming majority of MEPs demanded that all forthcoming investments must comply with the Paris Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and Europe's net zero and biodiversity goals. It also pledged to double the number of charging and alternative refuelling stations by 2025.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The three big cloud providers, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have pledged to ramp up their use of renewable energy to power their datacentres, while Amazon Web Services (AWS) claims it is on course to run all its operations by renewable energy by 2025.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Examples could be switching to LED lights, notifying employees to turn off equipment, and installing more recycling bins. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the break room)? Products & Packaging : Do our products use sustainably sourced and eco-friendly materials?

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 7, 2022

The value of the EV battery industry, meanwhile, is expected to exceed $360-billion in the next decade with demand for critical minerals set to grow at least thirty-fold. China continues to dominate the battery market with 80 per cent of global cell manufacturing, while the EU is on track to capture 20 per cent of the market share by 2025.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

John Whitehurst, UK business manager with minerals and lime producer Lhoist, offers predictions on how new recycling and reuse targets will affect the types of waste being produced. Nighttime view of a waste incineration plant in Oberhausen, Germany. He considers future challenges and opportunities for the energy-from-waste (EfW) sector.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

When brands do eventually and inevitably pivot their business models and products to low-carbon, sustainable options, they need marketing teams to have nurtured and cultivated demand from consumers to receive these new products well. Many organisations struggle to put this into practice.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals.   Demand is on the rise. Why is this important now? 

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Agreement will see recycling firm Viridor supply consumer goods giant with recycled plastic for use in its packaging. Proctor & Gamble has signed a five-year plastic supply contract with UK recycling firm Viridor as part of the consumer goods giant's drive to increase the proportion of recycled plastic in its packaging.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Some of the world's largest corporations promised to quickly slash their use of virgin plastic packaging. Yet the recycled material available to make bottles, bags and boxes has become harder to find and more expensive. Post-consumer recycled plastics look about as budget-friendly as diamonds next to cubic zirconia.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Despite some setbacks posed by the pandemic (including misinformation about the safety of reusables peddled by industry lobbying groups), the transition from single-use to reusable packaging is building real momentum. While source reduction continues to be the No.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In retail, we are often led by the expectations of our customers, who are now more concerned about climate change than ever before and are increasingly demanding ethical and sustainable standards from the shops and brands they spend their money with.

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