Most companies are fumbling their 2025 plastic waste targets
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
The world is off track to tackle plastic pollution. Here's what business must do now, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
The more plastic companies make, the more they pollute
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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Is global plastic pollution nearing an irreversible tipping point?
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 2, 2021
Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany published on 2 July in Science. These estimates are expected to almost double by 2025 if business-as-usual scenarios apply.
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What Biden could do about plastics
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 14, 2020
What Biden could do about plastics. 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. Lauren Phipps.
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3 takeaways from Colgate-Palmolive's 2025 strategy
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 23, 2020
3 takeaways from Colgate-Palmolive's 2025 strategy. Most of the time, plastic. The company was the eighth biggest plastic polluter in 2019, according to the Changing Markets Foundation. But it recently made a commitment to eliminate a substantial chunk of its plastic waste by 2025. . Plastic Waste.
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The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20. 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. 2025 isn’t too far off, so the U.S.
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On the agenda this Earth Day: A global treaty to end plastic pollution
Grist
APRIL 24, 2024
But it struck me that Earth Day 2024 has a particularly timely theme: Planet vs. Plastics. The official Earth Day organization has been assigning yearly themes since at least 1980, and Planet vs. Plastics is hitting in the year when U.N. members are supposed to be finalizing a global treaty to address plastic pollution.
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Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics
GreenBiz
AUGUST 26, 2020
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics. 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. Elsa Wenzel.
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Call for government to make swift decision on ban on plastic in wet wipes
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The government needs to make an immediate decision on banning plastic in wet wipes in order to help tackle this sewage-based pollution ending up in the River Thames, environmental charity Thames21 has urged. Most contain plastic in them and because of this they can cause blockages which back up sewage that spills into the River Thames.
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Tannins: A possible answer to microplastic pollution?
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 21, 2023
Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic debris resulting from the breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste. per cent of plastic particles in a column of water, depending on plastic type. Most solutions proposed so far are costly or difficult to scale up. They found that their method (dubbed “bioCap”) trapped from 95.2
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'Unattainable': Why companies are struggling to deliver on plastic pollution goals
Business Green
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
New Plastics Economy progress report from Ellen MacArthur Foundation warns increasing use of recycled plastic is being undermined by lack of investment in supporting infrastructure. The report does stress that encouraging progress is being made on a number of fronts. The share of post-consumer recycled content has risen from 4.8
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Plastic chemicals are inescapable — and they’re messing with our hormones
Grist
MARCH 22, 2024
If you were to create a recipe for plastics, you’d need a very big cookbook. Scientists know, for example, that at least 3,200 plastic chemicals pose risks to human health or the environment. These chemicals, released at every stage of the plastic life cycle , mimic hormones and interfere with the metabolic and reproductive systems.
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Commercial-scale facility will recycle all forms of plastic waste
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 26, 2021
. · Plans for one million tonnes of capacity in development worldwide by 2025. HydroPRS (Hydrothermal Plastic Recycling Solution) is described as a revolutionary advanced recycling process designed to tackle plastic that cannot currently be recycled. tonnes of plastic packaging – the second highest per capita in the world.[iv]
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WRAP updates voluntary agreements, outlining circularity vision for food, plastic and textiles
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Climate action NGO WRAP published annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors on 1 December. WRAP launched its first voluntary agreement in 2005 and has since expanded its programme to address food and drink, plastic pollution, and fashion and textiles.
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Global NGOs join forces to accelerate campaign to end plastic pollution
Business Green
JANUARY 16, 2023
Collaboration between international NGOs aims to promote vision for a global circular economy and step up calls for a Global Plastics Treaty. The move is designed to support international negotiations to deliver a new Plastics Treaty, which started last November and aim to result in a new accord to crack down on plastic waste mid 2025.
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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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Can a global plastics treaty help tackle the pollution crisis?
Business Green
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
With countries set to discuss potential blueprint for a Paris Agreement-style treaty for tackling plastic waste this week, leading experts give their views on what it should look like. So could such a treaty ever work in the same way for another, interconnected, cross-border environmental crisis facing the planet: plastic pollution?
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Sewage, agriculture, and plastic pollution to blame for England's woeful river quality, MPs say
Business Green
JANUARY 13, 2022
Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to lead crack down on water pollution. While sewage discharge from water companies was deemed to be responsible for 36 per cent of rivers failing to meet the 'good' status, the agriculture industry also came in for criticism for its failure to curb levels of pollutants.
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Firms target hard to recycle plastic packaging reduction with biodegradable alternative
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 5, 2020
Packaging firm DS Smithand and Aquapak, a developer of biodegradable polymer, are teaming up to develop sustainable fibre based packaging solutions that they say will replace hard to recycle packaging made from combined materials such as cardboard and plastic. ”
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'Solid progress': Unilever claims it is on track to halve its virgin 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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3 circular economy trends that defined 2020
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 21, 2020
In 2021, I’ll be watching CPG and food and beverage companies, which have been scrutinized for one-off pilots and an overall failure to move quickly enough towards commitments to make all packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025. It’s (still) all about plastic. Metrics begin to materialize. Subscribe here.
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Plastic Pollution Under Attack From Investors, Engineers And Packaging Producers
Forbes Green Tech
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The war on plastic pollution continues to gather pace. As Ocean Cleanup engineers battle to recover plastic from the oceans, consumer goods giant Unilever has pledged to halve its use of plastic by 2025 and investor BlackRock has launched a circular economy fund.
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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
z International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever announce plans to finance and launch £1m Flexible Plastic Fund. Fund designed to drive progress towards household collection of flexible plastic for recycling. The Fund will guarantee a minimum value of £100 per tonne of recycled product to incentivise recyclers to process flexible plastic.
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Laser scans show devastating impact of wet wipes on the Thames
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
High-resolution sonar and laser scans of the riverbed of the Thames in west London have been collected along the River Thames in Hammersmith as part of work to build London’s new super sewer, which will tackle 95% of sewage overflows that currently pollute the river. It’s like flushing a plastic bag down the loo. Surveying data.
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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. "We
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5 circular economy questions for 2021
GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2021
Prediction: Biomaterials will be a hot topic in 2021 as companies seek alternatives to virgin plastics and race towards 2025 goals. What role will bioplastics and other bio-based materials play in the shift away from nonrenewable materials for packaging and products? .
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Plastics Pact: UK firms slash 'unnecessary' plastic packaging in 2019
Business Green
DECEMBER 7, 2020
More than 150 retailers, manufactures and brands collectively reduced tonnage of single-use plastic packaging sold by 30 per cent. That accounts for 16,000 tonnes of plastic packaging material sold last year, a 30 per cent reduction on 2018 levels, WRAP said.
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Co-op debuts 'Europe's most extensive' plastics collection scheme
Business Green
JULY 8, 2021
The Co-op has this morning announced the launch of a major new in-store collection scheme for soft-plastics, hailing it as Europe's most extensive collection scheme for plastic bags, crisp packets, and food wrappings. The scheme will also accept plastics from other retailers and brands.
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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 world has a plastic waste problem," the company admitted in a statement. "In In fact, plastic waste is among the top environmental concerns globally.
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Report: Half of global single-use plastic waste traced to just 20 petrochemicals firms
Business Green
MAY 17, 2021
Petrochemical firms such as ExxonMobil and Dow responsible for half of global single-use plastic waste, research finds. Of those 20 companies, which together contribute 5.9 Of those 20 companies, which together contribute 5.9
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We can't afford to wait - we need a circular economy for plastics
Business Green
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
If nations can start working towards a global plastics treaty at the UN Environment Assembly this week, a more positive future for plastic is on the cards, writes Consumer Goods Forum managing director Wai-Chan Chan. Our relationship with plastic needs to change, and fast.
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Plastic recycling innovator Mura secures 'multi-million dollar' Dow investment
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. We are excited to move forward with the creation of a series of financeable HydroPRS plants in Europe and the US that will accelerate a circular plastics economy," he said.
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Coca-Cola is cleaning up river plastic pollution worldwide
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 13, 2022
City, Vietnam as one of 15 river locations around the world to tackle plastic pollution. The company also invested in plant-based technologies and package-less innovations to make 100% of its packaging recyclable globally by 2025. Related: Plastic will destroy us in nine years “This project will greatly contribute to C?n
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UKRI announces £24m of funding for projects to slash plastic waste
Business Green
JANUARY 28, 2021
Two competitions launched by the government agency are geared at supporting firms that can help the the UK meet its 2025 Plastics Pact targets. The Pact wants all plastics packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025, with all "unnecessary single-use packaging" eliminated from the plastics value chain altogether.
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China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 21, 2020
billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity of plastic. In fact, the University of Oxford-based publication Our World In Data (OWID) has documented China’s plastic production rate at 60 million tons per year. Three avenues are currently available for plastic waste disposal: recycling , incinerating or discarding.
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'Horrific': Iceland details full scale of plastic packaging sold in its stores
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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'A relatively static picture': UK supermarkets stock fractionally more plastic in 2019 than two years prior
Business Green
JANUARY 25, 2021
Campaigners accuse supermarkets of 'treading water' on plastic pollution, while pressure builds on MPs to accept amendmends to Environment Bill that would see the UK adopt legally-binding plastics reduction targets. The sector urgently needs to pick up the pace of plastic reduction.". Meanwhile, almost 2.5
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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
Images on social media of sea creatures wrapped in plastic has had a huge impact on the public perception of plastic packaging in recent years. Between four million and 12 million metric tons of plastic enters the oceans each year, threatening marine life and polluting our food. The plastic choice. Reducing waste.
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Turkey set to ban British plastic waste imports in wake of Greenpeace investigation
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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Danone ramps up recycled plastics across Evian and Volvic brands
Business Green
MARCH 6, 2020
Danone is poised to boost the recycled content of its top selling UK water brands, promising that most Evian plastic bottles will be made from 100 per cent recycled plastic in the UK from next month, as both Evian and Volvic shift towards becoming 'carbon neutral' in 2020.
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Plastic Pact launches in the US as industry giants pledge action
Business Green
AUGUST 25, 2020
Top brands and retail giants come together with a pledge to redouble efforts to curb plastic waste. They will also draw up a list of packaging defined as problematic or unnecessary by 2021, and work to eliminate items on the list by 2025. An annual report on progress towards the pact's goals will be published each year, WWF said.
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Report: Four drinks brands accused of driving upwards of half a million tonnes of plastic waste annually
Business Green
MARCH 31, 2020
Tearfund estimates that the open burning of companies’ plastic products in six focus countries spews roughly 4.6 More than half a million tonnes of plastic produced by Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Unilever is being dumped or burnt every year in just six developing countries, a new report has warned.
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Refills, recycling and plastic-free fruit and veg: Asda debuts 'sustainability store'
Business Green
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Trial store in Leeds is set to feature more than 50 fresh produce lines sold in a loose or unwrapped format to cut down on packaging and plastic waste. Today marks an important milestone in our journey as we tackle plastic pollution and help our customers to reduce, re-use and recycle," said Roger Burnley, the supermarket's chief executive.
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