GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets. There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: "plastic neutrality." Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:30.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
A new report – “Improving the loops of plastics in electronics” – shares the conclusions from a recent workshop on Waste of Electrical and Electronic equipment (WEEE) plastics, organized by BSEF, the International Bromine Council, during the International Electronics recycling conference (IERC 2022).
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GreenBiz
MARCH 1, 2021
Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19. And the company has even more properties under the parent organization, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). I joined Boots because it had come bottom in the first "Companies That Count" survey that an organization called Business in the Community had put together.
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.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2020
There are no 'silver bullet' solutions to plastics. Bacardi is calling its initiative "a silver bullet in the fight against plastic pollution.". It’s also worth noting that plastic makes up less than 1 percent of Bacardi’s packaging.) Plastic Waste. Sponsored Article. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 12/07/2020 - 01:30.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 6, 2023
The last decade has seen some progress with studying plastic pollution, but there are still significant challenges, such as a lack of comparability of reported results, especially when it comes to microplastic particles. Comparisons According to the recent article, the researchers analyzed seven samples with 100 MPs each.
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2023
New research appears to show that the filters leak thousands of toxins and plastic fibres that are toxic to aquatic larvae. Previous research has shown that the toxins in the filters also have adverse effects on many other aquatic organisms. Cigarette filters are the world’s most common form of litter. It’s hazardous waste.”
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