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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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Propylene or polyethene pellets in a waste plastic recycling machine. These materials are often used to package fruit and vegetables but are also very common in industrial applications. Non-household end-use plastic waste is generated by ‘end-users’ from commercial activities (e.g., industrial activities (e.g.,

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Crisp brand to drive down virgin plastic use with clutch of packaging design innovations. Walkers is to invest £14m in packaging designs it claims will cut 250 tonnes of virgin plastic from its supply chain each year, the crisp brand announced last week.

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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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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

Since the world was introduced to the first meal kit over a decade ago, the industry has matured in size and familiarity, but it also has endured notable criticism surrounding packaging and its perceived impact on the environment. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This plant embodies the principles of the EverMinds platform founded by Borealis, which seeks to innovate plastics circularity through collaboration,” said Lucrèce Foufopoulos, Borealis Executive Vice President Polyolefins, Innovation & Technology and Circular Economy Solutions. Early tests of the material look very promising!”.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Defra confirms it will consult on banning plastic plates and cutlery, as it works towards goal of preventing all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. Environment Secretary George Eustice said there was a compelling environmental case for extending the ban on single use plastics and building on the UK's levy on the use of plastic bags.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

More than half of consumers told researchers that recyclable packaging is among the most important factors when deciding to buy a bathroom product. Razor giant Gillette has sharpened its approach to sustainability with the launch of new product packaging that uses fully recyclable packaging. million water bottles.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Chemically-recycled plastic could be in high demand by the end of this decade, major companies predict. A dozen of the world's largest consumer goods companies, including Mars, PepsiCo, Unilever, and Danone, have joined forces to signal that there is significant and growing demand for chemically recycled plastic from corporates across Europe.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Firm behind brands such as Lucozade and Orangina aims to eradicate virgin plastic from its products by 2030, shifting instead to recycled or plant-based alternatives.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

A new roadmap seeking to guide the packaging industry towards a sustainable future was published today, with a view to embedding circularity and sustainable sourcing as standard throughout the beverage packaging supply chain. aligned science-based emissions targets.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Industry Voice: Dow's Angels Domenech explains how innovative plastic packaging and recycling processes can drive down food waste, plastic waste and emissions. What role do plastics play in ensuring food reaches people across the world? Headlines have, until recently, focused on food waste rather than food shortages.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

The beauty industry has a plastic waste problem. which recently announced its 10-year Vision 2030 sustainability plan, is prioritizing initiatives including habitat protection and reimagining its packaging. We know the packaging in beauty is a challenge," said Dave Kimball, president of Ulta Beauty. "We Jesse Klein.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

On Monday, Gillette announced its 2030 goals to uplevel its sustainability ambitions. Building on the 26 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions - and using a 2009-2010 baseline - Gillette plans to boost that number to a 50 per cent reduction by 2030. One of Gillette's 2030 goals is to maintain zero-waste-to-landfill status.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Sustainable supply chain software firm Circulor has unveiled its latest blockchain-enabled innovation, which is aimed at improving the traceability of hard-to-recycle-plastics, it announced this week.

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Business Green

JUNE 20, 2022

A global collaboration between IHG Hotels & Resorts and consumer goods giant Unilever aims to replace bathroom miniatures with 'bulk amenities' in over 4,000 hotels in a bid to crackdown on the use of single-use plastics. Unilever will also use 25 per cent recycled plastic in its packaging by 2025, it has said.

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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. 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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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our future. At Dow, as a leading materials company, we know we have a responsibility to take this challenge seriously and take urgent action - to become carbon neutral and stop plastic going to waste.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

Demonstration plant to open next year for lab-engineered enzyme researchers claim can break down 90 per cent of PET plastic in 10 hours. PET is the most commonly used plastic material in bottles and is also found in polyester clothing fibres, food containers, and other types of packaging.

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Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

The manufacturer of soft drinks including Lucozade and Ribena is planning to use 100 per cent recycled plastic in the production of its 500ml bottles in Great Britain and Ireland by the end of the year, but it has also sent a warning to the industry that it faces ongoing shortages of recycled PET (rPET).

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2020

Procter & Gamble's Tide laundry detergent brand first introduced in January 2019 its "Eco-Box", which has been compared to a wine box because of its design made from paperboard with a tap for dispensing, in an effort to reduce the plastic in its packaging. All paper, no plastic.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2020

The new products build on the firm's recently announced commitment to make 100 per cent of its toys recycled and recyclable by 2030. Toy manufacturing giant Mattel is launching a series of bio-based plastic products for its pre-school construction brand Mega Bloks, the brand behind Barbie and Hot Wheels announced yesterday.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

The study said the introduction of mandatory MWS would also help to ensure that plastic and paper packaging recycling targets for 2030 will be consistently met, and contribute between 2.9

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Nestlé Waters has announced a recycling partnership with Biffa, which will see the waste management firm collect and process recyclable plastic bottles to supply the production of Buxton-branded water in the UK. plastics recycling facility in Seaham, County Durham, which has the capacity to recycle 1.3 billion bottles per year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Reusable packaging can reduce companies’ reliance on risky supply chains and fluctuating commodity prices, writes Corplex’s Lucas van der Shalk. With commodity and energy prices in flux, businesses are asking suppliers to guarantee prices of products as far ahead as 2030. The more times packaging is reused, the lower carbon it gets.

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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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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Household appliance manufacturer Whirlpool Corporation has vowed to achieve net zero emissions across its plants and operations by 2030, arguing that tackling climate change is core to its brand mission to "improve life at home". Kitchen and laundry appliance company announces it will curb emissions generated by products for first time.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Gillette plans to shave use of virgin plastics by 50% by 2030 Deonna Anderson Tue, 10/27/2020 – 02:17 Personal care products brand Gillette, known for its razors, set out to become a more sustainable company one decade again. On Monday, Gillette announced its 2030 goals to uplevel its sustainability ambitions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

By 2030 the company said every drink it produces would require 30 per cent less water to make than it does today, and that it would have a net positive water impact in key water stressed areas and communities.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2020

US packaging giant Crown Holdings has unveiled a raft of new sustainability initiatives designed to guide its activity over the next decade, including emissions reduction pledges approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative that are aligned with keeping warming below 1.5C.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2022

Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Lombard Odier join forces to provide innovators with capital investment. A fund aimed at raising $500m to support the development of a circular economy for plastic has been launched by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM).

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AGreenLiving

JULY 7, 2021

The Barbie Loves the Ocean line includes three fashion dolls, a playset and accessories made from 90% recycled ocean-bound plastic parts sourced within 50 kilometers of waterways in areas that are lacking formal waste collection systems. View post: Mattel reveals new Barbie made from recycled ocean-bound plastic.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Year-long research project led by Systemiq asserts window for action is fast closing, but concludes shift towards net zero plastics system is affordable and achievable. Yoni Shiran, program director and partner at Systemiq, said a new, more climate and planet-friendly plastics system was "within reach but will require bold action".

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