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.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 27, 2020
Despite record oil price fluctuations, circular plastic strategies prevail. And when crude oil prices fell into negative territory in April, the recycled plastic industry experienced a reckoning. Jesse Klein. Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:45. So far, most big companies seem to be standing by their pledges.
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GreenBiz
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Gillette plans to shave use of virgin plastics by 50% by 2030. P&G Corporate, Gillette's parent company, doesn't release numbers about how much waste is reused, recycled or incinerated across its brands. From there, the company worked to reduce scrap waste and engaged employees to help improve recycling rates. Deonna Anderson.
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).
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. Arlene Karidis.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 19, 2023
The plastic in used coffee pods can be recycled to make filament for 3D printers, according to British and Brazilian researchers who claim to have successfully tested a process to do so. Used pods and examples of parts produced by 3D printing (image credit: Bruno Campos Janegitz/UFSCar).
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