2025, Packaging and Recycling

Will 2025 plastic packaging commitments ring hollow?

GreenBiz

MARCH 10, 2023

In 2025, there will be media and consumer outrage around all the failed commitments related to eliminating virgin plastic packaging and increasing the use of recycled material.

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How Keurig Dr Pepper is increasing its packaging recyclability

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

How Keurig Dr Pepper is increasing its packaging recyclability. One of the goals of the platform was to convert all packaging to recyclable or compostable formats by 2025, while increasing the use of recycled content. . In 2019, Keurig Dr Pepper launched its Drink Well. Deonna Anderson.

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Companies are jumping aboard the federal packaging and recycling policy train

GreenBiz

JUNE 18, 2021

Companies are jumping aboard the federal packaging and recycling policy train. With an aggressive national recycling target (50 percent by 2030); a renewed White House focus on climate change; and clamor for consistent state rules around cutting trash, the federal sustainability policy train is leaving the station.

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Household plastic packaging collection drops for first time, says RECOUP

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Plastic packaging use and plastic packaging collection quantities have dropped for the first time in RECOUP’s annual UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey. The UK’s overall recycling rate for plastic packaging from household and commercial sources is 52%.

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Growth in UK plastic packaging recycling being shipped abroad, including to non-OECD countries

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.

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This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm

GreenBiz

JANUARY 29, 2021

This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm . Petersburg, Florida, a manufacturing giant is strategizing on design, development and packaging services for the likes of Apple, Cisco Systems and HP Inc. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 01/29/2021 - 00:30. Across the U.S. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Supporting Business in the Race to Create the World’s Most Sustainable Package

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Supporting Business in the Race to Create the World’s Most Sustainable Package. 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. The safety and performance of plant-based packaging materials. Topics include: .

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Recycled components and plastic-free packaging: Samsung powers up 2025 sustainability plan

Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2021

All Samsung phones are to feature recycled materials from 2025, the company has pledged as part of a new set of wide-ranging sustainability targets. Firm launches new Galaxy for the Planet sustainability platform in bid to help deliver on tech giant's environmental goals.

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Extended Producer Responsibility: Government confirms plan to strengthen packaging rules from January 2025

Business Green

MAY 2, 2024

Rules requiring packaging producers to pay more towards the cost of recycling are to be brought before Parliament 'later this year'

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Joint venture aims to create Norway’s first dedicated sorting plant to enable plastic packaging circularity

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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Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19

GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19. During our conversation, we also discussed Ellis’ long-term CSR priorities, the company’s packaging goals and its partnership with Loop. One of those is reducing plastics in Boots-owned brand packaging, in line with the UK Plastics Pact 2025.

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How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste

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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Unilever ambitiously pledges to cut use of new plastics in half by 2025

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By the year 2025, Unilever will halve the bulk of its non-recycled plastic packaging waste.

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Weetabix on track to hit 99 per cent recyclable packaging milestone

Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

UK-based cereals company is set to reach 100 per cent recyclable packaging well ahead of 2025 deadline. Ultimately, all our packaging decisions are based on whether they reduce our overall carbon footprint," said John Petre, head of Supply Chain and Technical at Weetabix Food Company.

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Firms combine expertise to test and validate systems to chemically recycle waste plastics

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has been awarded to three firms for an ambitious chemical recycling project that aims to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable.

Plastics

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Take these 3 steps, add $500 million and create a circular economy for packaging, report urges

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It will take $500 million by 2025 to create the recycling system of the future and dramatically increase the collection of post-consumer plastics, according to the Recycling Partnership.

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FMCG and retail firms join forces in a bid to stabilise the value of plastic recyclate in the UK

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

Manufacturers, retailers and recyclers urged to join the collaboration. Fund designed to drive progress towards household collection of flexible plastic for recycling. This will in turn increase the supply of recycled plastic enabling industry to become more ‘circular’ and meet the forthcoming UK plastic packaging tax obligations.

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GSK Consumer Healthcare sets sights on producing one billion recyclable toothpaste tubes by 2025

Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Consumer goods giant aims to begin rolling out new fully-recyclable toothpaste tubes across leading brands such as Sensodyne and Aquafresh in coming years. We have made the commitment that 100 per cent of our product packaging will be recyclable or reusable, where quality and safety permits, by 2025," she added.

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WRAP updates voluntary agreements, outlining circularity vision for food, plastic and textiles

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. Accelerating action by businesses is paramount.

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First nationwide DDRS trial: 20,000 cash rewards redeemed by Ocado Retail customers

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Over 20,000 cash rewards have been redeemed by consumers as part of the first nationwide digital deposit return scheme (DDRS) trial led by recycling tech firm, Polytag, recycling tech app, Bower and major UK retailer, Ocado Retail. Up to £4,000 worth of rewards were obtained during the nine week long trial.

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Long-awaited reforms clarify waste collection in England

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Simpler Recycling initiative brings clarity on what kinds of waste will be collected and how often (image credit: Peter_Fleming / Shutterstock.com). The Simpler Recycling initiative – previously known as Consistent Collection – was generally welcomed by waste and environmental observers.

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Trial of Pringles paper can is a step in the right direction, says The Recycling Association

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.

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State-of-the-art plant for post-consumer plastic waste sorting and advanced mechanical recycling opens in Germany

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

We are proud to have initiated one of the most advanced mechanical recycling plants when it comes to post-consumer polymer waste. Offering brand owners and converters top quality recycled material, suitable for use in highly demanding applications is Borealis’ latest contribution to a more circular economy of plastics.

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Recycling firms issue investment warning after Defra again delays packaging reforms

Business Green

JULY 25, 2023

The full Extended Producer Responsibility regime for packaging waste is now not expected to be operational until 2025, which would be after next General Election

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Aldi debuts packaging-free products trial

Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

Supermarket becomes latest retailer to explore the potential for packaging-free groceries. Aldi has today launched a new trial that will see it sell its first packaging-free products at a store in Ulverston, Cumbria.

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How Keurig Dr Pepper is increasing its packaging recyclability

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

How Keurig Dr Pepper is increasing its packaging recyclability In 2019, Keurig Dr Pepper launched its Drink Well. One of the goals of the platform was to convert all packaging to recyclable or compostable formats by 2025, while increasing the use of recycled content.

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PRN proposals: A welcome raising of standards (comment)

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

He was also a Committee Member on Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging. Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen Waste welcomes the consultation on the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN). The primary purpose of the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) should be to provide evidence of recycling and monitor progress towards meeting targets.

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Molson Coors joins Science-Based Targets with 1.5C goal and new plastics strategy

GreenBiz

AUGUST 23, 2019

The beer giant is promising to cut emissions by 50 percent and ensure all packaging is reusable, recyclable, compostable or biodegradeable by 2025.

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Does plastic have a future in packaging?

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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Baby food brand creates UK's first fully-recyclable baby food pouch

Business Green

JULY 13, 2022

Packaging could save 2.5 Organic baby food brand Little Freddie has released its first fully recyclable baby food pouch, designed to allow parents to recycle empty baby food pouches at home and reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfill. tonnes of plastic.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging

Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system

Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2021

New recycling machines are being installed in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with an eye on rolling them out right across China in the future. Two of the globe's biggest consumer goods firms have come together to create recycling machines that use artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically identify and sort plastic packaging.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging

Unilever puts squeeze on waste footprint with recyclable toothpaste tubes

Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

Maker of Signal, Pepsodent, and Closeup announces plan to switch to recyclable packaging by 2025. Unilever's oral care brands, including Signal, Pepsodent and Closeup, have today announced plans to convert their entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025.

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Recycling equipment manufacturer explores the future of the global aluminium industry in latest webinar

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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Companies are jumping aboard the federal packaging and recycling policy train

AGreenLiving

JUNE 18, 2021

With new federal bills up for review and debate, and packaging being a bull’s eye, the status of packaging and recycling policy is in flux. ” Dylan de Thomas, vice president of external affairs for The Recycling Partnership, told a virtual crowd Tuesday at Greenbiz Group’s Circularity 21. Missed Circularity 21?

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Cola Cola Company pledges to make a quarter of its packaging reusable by 2030

Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Coca-Cola Company has today unveiled a new reusable packaging target, announcing that it is aiming for at last a quarter of all beverages sold across its portfolio of brands to be sold in refillable and returnable bottles or refillable containers by 2030.

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UK EPR needs a leader, says the concept’s originator

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

Extended Producer Responsibility formulator Thomas Lindquist has called on the UK government to look beyond the money flow and embrace its responsibilities, as Defra looks to reboot the delayed waste and recycling reforms, writes ecoveritas. “Of primary concern was the risk the recycling levy poses to already soaring inflation.

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Zero waste: Morrisons to trial new recycling push in six stores

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Supermarket giant takes step forward with plans to cut waste from all its stores by 2025. Morrisons is also partnering with Nestlé, the store announced, to collect and recycle soft plastics.

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'Solid progress': Unilever claims it is on track to halve its plastic waste by 2025

Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Materials innovation, tests of refillable and reusable products and a 'significant increase' in the proportion of recycled plastic have steered firm closer to 2025 plastic goals, it said. It also hailed "solid progress" towards an aim of achieving "at least" 25 per cent PCR by 2025.

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Coca-Cola brings its first 100 per cent recycled plastic bottle to the US

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Firm plans to begin rolling out 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles for select Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and Dasani water brands in coming months. The move forms part of the company's goal to triple the amount of post-consumer recycled plastic content in packaging across its product lines by 2025.

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Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry

GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

which recently announced its 10-year Vision 2030 sustainability plan, is prioritizing initiatives including habitat protection and reimagining its packaging. million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100 million in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions. Natura & Co.,

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Naked strips out virgin plastics with 100 per cent recycled bottles

Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

The move makes it the only UK juice or smoothie brand using 100 per cent recycled plastic packaging, manufacturer PepsiCo claims. The new bottle was rolled out across UK stores through August, the firm said, claiming it makes Naked the only juice or smoothie brand currently using 100 per cent recycled plastic.

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Evian debuts 100 per cent recycled plastic bottle

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

New partnership between Evian and Loop aims to rollout 100 per cent recycled PET water bottles from early next year. Evian water has today unveiled a new recycled plastic bottle in partnership with clean technology company Loop, marking a major step towards its goal of using 100 per cent recycled plastic in all its plastic bottles by 2025.

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'We have made changes': Amazon switches single-use plastic delivery bags to recyclable paper

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

The company said it has successfully switched single-use plastic bags to recyclable paper delivery bags and cardboard envelopes in the UK for orders shipped from Amazon's Fulfilment Centres. times lower greenhouse gas emissions than stationary retail - including the returns process.

Plastics

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'World first': Top brands produce plastic bottles using enzyme recycling process

Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

Consortium featuring L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo, and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe tout major plastic recycling breakthrough. As such, plastic can usually only be recycled a finite number of times, and it is estimated only around nine per cent of all plastic ever made has ever been fully recycled.

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Will 2025 plastic packaging commitments ring hollow?

How Keurig Dr Pepper is increasing its packaging recyclability

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Companies are jumping aboard the federal packaging and recycling policy train

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Household plastic packaging collection drops for first time, says RECOUP

Growth in UK plastic packaging recycling being shipped abroad, including to non-OECD countries

This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm

Supporting Business in the Race to Create the World’s Most Sustainable Package

Recycled components and plastic-free packaging: Samsung powers up 2025 sustainability plan

Extended Producer Responsibility: Government confirms plan to strengthen packaging rules from January 2025

Joint venture aims to create Norway’s first dedicated sorting plant to enable plastic packaging circularity

Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste

Unilever ambitiously pledges to cut use of new plastics in half by 2025

Weetabix on track to hit 99 per cent recyclable packaging milestone

Firms combine expertise to test and validate systems to chemically recycle waste plastics

Take these 3 steps, add $500 million and create a circular economy for packaging, report urges

FMCG and retail firms join forces in a bid to stabilise the value of plastic recyclate in the UK

GSK Consumer Healthcare sets sights on producing one billion recyclable toothpaste tubes by 2025

WRAP updates voluntary agreements, outlining circularity vision for food, plastic and textiles

First nationwide DDRS trial: 20,000 cash rewards redeemed by Ocado Retail customers

Long-awaited reforms clarify waste collection in England

Trial of Pringles paper can is a step in the right direction, says The Recycling Association

State-of-the-art plant for post-consumer plastic waste sorting and advanced mechanical recycling opens in Germany

Recycling firms issue investment warning after Defra again delays packaging reforms

Aldi debuts packaging-free products trial

How Keurig Dr Pepper is increasing its packaging recyclability

PRN proposals: A welcome raising of standards (comment)

Molson Coors joins Science-Based Targets with 1.5C goal and new plastics strategy

Does plastic have a future in packaging?

Baby food brand creates UK's first fully-recyclable baby food pouch

Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system

Unilever puts squeeze on waste footprint with recyclable toothpaste tubes

Recycling equipment manufacturer explores the future of the global aluminium industry in latest webinar

Companies are jumping aboard the federal packaging and recycling policy train

Cola Cola Company pledges to make a quarter of its packaging reusable by 2030

UK EPR needs a leader, says the concept’s originator

Zero waste: Morrisons to trial new recycling push in six stores

'Solid progress': Unilever claims it is on track to halve its plastic waste by 2025

Coca-Cola brings its first 100 per cent recycled plastic bottle to the US

Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry

Naked strips out virgin plastics with 100 per cent recycled bottles

Evian debuts 100 per cent recycled plastic bottle

'We have made changes': Amazon switches single-use plastic delivery bags to recyclable paper

'World first': Top brands produce plastic bottles using enzyme recycling process

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