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Which plastics tax? Policymakers face fresh pressure over plastics tax and compostable packaging

Business Green

The government's proposals for a sweeping new plastics tax were placed under renewed scrutiny last week, with companies working to develop sustainable packaging alternatives warning that the tax risked penalising their efforts to stem the rising tide of plastic pollution.

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How to Reduce Your Business Waste In 2021: Top Tips

The Environmental Blog

Reduce your packaging. According to a Reuters special report, with the increase of home delivery, online shopping, and takeaway food delivery since the pandemic started, we’ve generated more waste from plastic packaging than ever before. Use this as your opportunity to make your packaging more eco-friendly.

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Sustainable Coffee Shops: Your Getting Started Guide

Green Business Bureau

A choice experiment was designed whereby consumers could opt between conventional coffee and coffee with four sustainable attributes listed on the packaging: Organic, pesticide-free, shade-grown, and Bird Friendly certified coffee. Examples include cornstarch (the new polystyrene) and mushroom packaging. for a greener product.

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Bakery Sustainability Guide: Ideas on How To Make Your Bakery Eco Friendly

Green Business Bureau

Bakeries are energy-intensive and create excessive amounts of waste during the packaging and baking processes. We then wanted to bring your sustainability program further, introducing initiatives such as installing efficient kitchen tools and souring sustainable packaging. Tip #5: Use sustainable packaging.

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How To Create A Sustainability Plan: Executive Guide To Becoming A Sustainable Business – Step 4

Green Business Bureau

Part 2: Goals and KPIs – This section documents your current baseline in terms of your eco profile which includes your energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and overall eco score. Products & Packaging – Do our products use sustainably sourced and eco-friendly materials? Reduce packaging that is non-biodegradable.

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Report reveals hypocrisy of world’s biggest plastic polluters

Envirotec Magazine

The problem with voluntary commitments and group initiatives is also a lack of ambition and a focus on end-of-pipe solutions, such as clean-ups, products’ recyclability or biodegradability. Only in 2017, following the leak of internal documents, did Coca-Cola finally make a U-turn in its opposition to DRS in Scotland.

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Waste Management Checklist: 26 Tips For Minimizing Waste

Green Business Bureau

By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials. Tip #5 – Recycle and reuse paper : Workspaces should have paper recycle bins to make it easy to collect all types of paper including packaging and cardboard.

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