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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

Separated recyclable materials at a facility in Ostrava, Czech Republic. 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

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

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

Every product is made from a minimum of 56 per cent plant-based materials and a minimum of 26 percent bio-circular plastics, with the materials approved by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification body.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20. 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. Plastics Pact.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Carlsberg, which got into the project more than four years ago, already has shown off two prototypes for beer bottles, while Absolut is preparing a pilot of its first-generation package, for its Absolut Mixt "cooler" product line, in an undeclared market this spring. Some early versions are in the hands of consumers.). Credit: Paboco.

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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. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. and globally by 2040. Patrick Collison, CEO and co-founder, Stripe; San Francisco.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Underpinning our 2040 net zero vision is a commitment to cut GHG emissions across our value chain by 30 per cent by 2030, reducing not only our own emissions, but those from our entire supply chain. In packaging, for example, we are investing in innovation to help us use less packaging and increase our use of recycled materials.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As a company, Google claims to be carbon neutral since 2007 and has set a goal to be carbon-free by 2030. Carpet made from recycled materials and energy-efficient lighting illuminate the focus on eco-friendly interior design.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If you're going to use more recycled content, you're going to use alternative materials for packaging, you have to be ready to make the capital investment needed in your infrastructure in your factories. One pocket-size result is new recyclable paper packaging for Smarties candies, popular in the U.K.

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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. This collaboration accelerates P&G's 2030 goal to reduce our use of virgin petroleum plastic in packaging by 50 per cent," said P&G purchases group Manager Adam Selby. "As

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

To use a green certification or seal of approval on marketing or packaging, make it clear if your company is materially connected with the group behind it, such as receiving funds from it. Will the product and its package break down completely and 'return to nature' within a year? Recycled content. degrees [Celsius].

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem. Some of the world's largest corporations promised to quickly slash their use of virgin plastic packaging. It seems an impossible situation. Headwinds and tailwinds.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The EU has unveiled sweeping new plans that could crack down on everything from mini shampoo bottles and disposable coffee cups to excess packaging and virgin plastics. After several years of pandemic-induced stalemate, could a major new front in the war on plastic waste be about to open up? And then, progress appeared to stall.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

The boost to international climate negotiations provided this week by India's confirmation of a strengthened national climate action plan did not last long, after the Chinese government today formally suspended climate talks with the US as part of a package of retaliatory measures in response to US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Hans Eric Melin, founder of specialist consultancy Circular Energy Storage, told BusinessGreen there was "no chance" for a UK recycler to rely solely on EV batteries alone before 2030, predicting that used EV battery supply would not reach beyond 100,000 tonnes before the end of the decade. "I

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In order to invest in the solutions that can solve the plastics crisis, investors need to get to grips with the regulatory and societal pressures shaping the crisis, argues George Harding-Rolls from the Changing Markets Foundation. Responses to the plastic crisis.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

I’ve been involved in recycling materials for a long time, but seeing it firsthand in that kind of environment was kind of daunting," Boyd said. "I Dell already has plucked some of the low-hanging fruit of closed-loop materials, such as by using reclaimed ocean plastics.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

billion tons of plastic. Of the waste generated from that plastic, less than a tenth of that has been recycled, researchers estimate. Plastic inhabits the oceans, building up in the guts of seagulls and great white sharks. At the end,” he added, “you have exactly the same quantity of plastic waste.”.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20 Holly Secon Wed, 09/02/2020 – 00:45 The U.S. 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.

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Sustainability Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With the spread of Covid-19, the use of single-use plastics is up and is compounded by the use of personal protection equipment (latex gloves, disposable masks, plastic eyewear) which spell bad news for the environment. Sure, the recycling crisis is part and parcel of the recent trade disputes between the U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Apple's big-ticket sustainability goals released this year for 2030 include becoming carbon-neutral and achieving a net-zero impact in all operations. Apple is still aiming to make all of its products and packaging from recycled and renewable materials. The company is more quietly progressing on safer chemistry.

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Unsustainable

JANUARY 27, 2020

billion in 2030, 9.7 According to Eurostat’s Municipal waste statistics , 486 kg of municipal waste were generated per capita in the EU in 2017 with 46,3 percent of waste being recycled (material recycling and composting) in the same year. off their next journey for every plastic bottle they recycle.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Fashion retail giant says share of clothes including sustainable or recycled materials has almost doubled to 45 per cent. Primark has today published its first progress report on its 'Primark Cares' sustainability strategy , detailing how it is working to deliver on its goal of ensuring all its clothes boast green credentials by 2030.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

A sweeping strategy to boost reuse, repair, and recycling across a multitude of consumer products has been unveiled by the European Commission this week, with stricter rules planned for food, plastics, textiles, construction, and electronics in a bid to cut down on waste and pollution.

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AGreenLiving

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. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. and globally by 2040. million acres the 4.4 million acres it protects in the Amazon.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

Additionally, global consumption has risen to 62 million tons of apparel per year and is expected to rise to 102 million by 2030. Eliminate single use plastics across all steps of supply chain. Use eco-friendly packaging. Wash clothing with cold water to prevent release of microfibers and plastic into waterways.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

I've been involved in recycling materials for a long time, but seeing it firsthand in that kind of environment was kind of daunting," Boyd said. "I Dell already has plucked some of the low-hanging fruit of closed-loop materials, such as by using reclaimed ocean plastics.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Morrisons debuts plastic-saving shampoo bars. Morrisons has launched its own-brand range of vegan shampoo and conditioner bars in a bid to help consumers cut down on the plastic in their haircare regime. The brand claims the shoe, which is made from 100 per cent recycled materials, is its most sustainable to date.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Apple’s big-ticket sustainability goals released this year for 2030 include becoming carbon-neutral and achieving a net-zero impact in all operations. Apple is still aiming to make all of its products and packaging from recycled and renewable materials. The company is more quietly progressing on safer chemistry.

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Recycling Recycling Climate change Fossil fuels 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

“I’ve been involved in recycling materials for a long time, but seeing it firsthand in that kind of environment was kind of daunting,” Boyd said. Dell already has plucked some of the low-hanging fruit of closed-loop materials, such as by using reclaimed ocean plastics.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

“I’ve been involved in recycling materials for a long time, but seeing it firsthand in that kind of environment was kind of daunting,” Boyd said. Dell already has plucked some of the low-hanging fruit of closed-loop materials, such as by using reclaimed ocean plastics.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

BusinessGreen catches up with EN+ Group chairman and former energy and climate change minister, Lord Barker of Battle to discuss how the metals giant intends to slash its emissions by 30 per cent by 2030. per cent annually to 2030 to meet a Paris-aligned climate scenario.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

Think about sustainable procurement to engage employees in reducing consumption of items such as paper, food , drink, laptops, phones, and packaging. Use recycled materials when possible, in your supply chains, and when providing resources to your employees (e.g. recycled paper). 8: Minimize single-use plastic .

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

Think about sustainable procurement to engage employees in reducing consumption of items such as paper, food , drink, laptops, phones, and packaging. Use recycled materials when possible, in your supply chains, and when providing resources to your employees (e.g. recycled paper). 8: Minimize single-use plastic .

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