Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Synthetic fabrics such as polyester – which accounted for 52% of global fiber production in 2018 – take hundreds of years to biodegrade. With this in mind, to support our environment, fashion brands need to use textiles derived from natural fibers such as recycled cotton, organic hemp, and organic linen.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Forest Stewardship Council offers certified printing paper with varying weights and sizes, while HP offers an ink cartridge and plastics recycling program. 100% of HP’s original ink cartridges contain 5% – 45% post-consumer or post-industrial recycled plastic. gluten-free) and carbon neutral shipping on all deliveries.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The ban, which comes into force from 14 March, covers branded wet wipes as well as other forms of moist toilet tissue and general cleaning wipes, and follows the retailer's 2020 decision to switch to plastic-free, biodegradable viscose material for its own-brand wet wipes. Tesco is not the first retailer to clamp down on wet wipes.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

For example, the common rhetoric surrounding compostable packaging made from PLA (Polylactic Acid - a material made from renewable resources such as corn starch or sugar cane) is that this material is a viable solution because it is plastic-free. There is a tremendous need for retailers to encourage behaviour change and material innovation.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Retail business sustainability. Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program. What is retail sustainability? To operate indefinitely, a retail brand must meet environmental, social, and economic demands.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Its packaging is even derived from 100 percent reusable, recyclable or biodegradable materials. From there, eco-kids evolved into a comprehensive art supplies shop that sells wholesale on its website and retail on Amazon.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

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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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

Is that shampoo bottle as easily 'recyclable' as the label claims? What is the correct way to dispose of 'biodegradable' plastic bags? Which plant-based milk variety really has the smallest environmental footprint? And what even is 'carbon negative' beer? The CMA has form in this regard.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging guide. In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ovako has become the largest recycler of Nordic steel scraps and is engaged in responsible business practices across the entire supply chain. Ovako’s business model is based on circularity and recycling, remelting scraps to make steel. Decarbonizing packaging Since the 1950s, the world has produced over 9 billion tons (bt) of plastics.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2022

is aiding the world in the fight against single-use plastic waste by offering a variety of biodegradable organic bamboo products for personal use, homes and businesses. As an FSC certified business, EcoLuxe only deals with FSC certified supplies for packaging and many of the products found in their curated eco gift box collection.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Partnership with reusable packaging company CLUBZERO aims to tackle plastic pollution from food delivery sector. Just Eat has announced it is to trial reusable packaging across six of its takeaway providers in London over a three-month period, as the leading food delivery app looks to ramp up its waste reduction efforts.

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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. It warns that without action the EU would see a further 19 per cent increase in packaging waste by 2030, including a 46 per cent increase in plastic packaging waste.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2023

Biodegradable vs compostable: Addressing the confusion. Biodegradable vs compostable: Which material would you choose ? As the bio-based industry grows, we’re witnessing an increasing number of biodegradable and compostable claims. As such, this Green Business Bureau article defines biodegradable and compostable.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

A new report from advocacy group The Changing Markets Foundation appears to reveal how, behind a veil of nice-sounding initiatives and commitments to address the plastics crisis – the plastics industry, consumer brands and retailers have obstructed and undermined proven legislative solutions to the crisis for decades.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Supermarkets announce plans to remove glitter from product lines and boost recyclability of festive products, as major study emerges highlighting glitter's detrimental impact on ecosystems.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2021

We want to help our customers live their lives with less plastic," said Natasha Cook, packaging manager at Morrisons. Morrisons has committed to halving its own-brand primary plastic packaging by 2025 and claims to have removed 9,000 tonnes of unnecessary or problematic plastic over the last 12 months alone.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The products can now be found in over 40 retail stores in Canada, and the website offers worldwide shipping. Approximately 98% of Siempre Eco’s packaging is recyclable, reusable or biodegradable. The company is also in discussions with a massive North American retailer to bring the product range to over 400 stores.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2022

The retailer is currently trialling more environmental fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). Switching the oil-based plastic sealing on tea bags to biodegradable alternatives, would remove approximately 1.4

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 17, 2022

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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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2020

Firstly, the report calls for all non-recyclable black plastic to be banned as soon as is feasibly possible. Black plastic ends up in landfill or incinerated because near infra-red recycling assortment technology is unable to detect the carbon black pigments found in the majority of conventional black plastic packaging.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 9, 2023

We are in new, unfamiliar environments that may not support recycling, composting or sorting waste like we do at home. For example, choosing rideshare, selecting green certified accommodations, or using biodegradable travel products, is contributing in some small way to the bigger environmental cause. million pounds of plastic.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

Guy Fennell, cofounder of environmentally friendly baby wipe company Pura, talks to BusinessGreen about his plans to disrupt the wasteful baby care industry with kerbside nappy recycling and plastic-free baby wipes. Guy and Abi Fennell have had a busy year.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 19, 2020

As such, this online retailer offers home and personal care items for a zero-waste lifestyle. Related: “FORGO” plastic packaging with powder to liquid hand wash The company’s mission is to “make eco-friendly products the go-to for every household. Both product and shipping packaging is sustainable, too. Live Sustainably.”

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The fashion manufacturers, suppliers, brands and retailers must all do their part to address the changes required. This consumption demand has driven fashion retailers to producing almost twice the amount of clothing than they did in 2000. . Use eco-friendly packaging. Demand for Sustainable Fashion. The average U.S.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 18, 2021

The team at So Good So You certainly thinks so and is on a mission to compress as many plant benefits into one small, recyclable bottle as possible. These bottles break down much faster than traditional plastic and can be added to the recycling stream without any negative impact. No plastic foam here.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Headphones The stylish headphones from House of Marley are made from sustainable materials such as FSC-certified wood , stainless steel, recyclable aluminum and soft natural leather. Best of all, the company’s biodegradable products don’t sacrifice sound quality. Not into the headphone idea?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Most notably, the Environment Bill gets its second reading today, complete with plans to extend producer responsibilities to an array of plastic packaging and introduce new charges on single use plastics, building on the success of the plastic bag lev and the outright bans on microbeads and plastic straws.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 12, 2020

Although many retailers do their best to buy from reputable dealers, the supply chain is questionable at best with no transparency to truly know the path of the crystal you hold. Additionally, many municipalities don’t allow recycling of the glass bottles because essential oils are classified as a flammable substance.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 1, 2020

But each product contributes to emissions from sourcing materials, manufacturing, transporting, maintaining warehouse and retail space and disposing of post-consumer waste. If you don’t already, start recycling. Capabilities of local recycling centers vary widely across the nation, so educate yourself on the regional process.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The problem is, most condoms are petroleum-based, which means it’s unfriendly to the environment and can’t be recycled. The good news is they are completely natural and biodegradable. Packaged brands also use natural ingredients like aloe vera, agar agar, a natural thickener or coconut oil.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Related: Pela offers biodegradable phone cases and other zero-waste products It’s difficult to simply fast forward 22 years, but in the time between then and now, the business has fed Spehar’s passion and helped support her family as she and her husband, Chaum, raised two children. Labels are made from recyclable and compostable paper.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere. For Ghislain Irakoze, it was a startup helping boost electronics waste reuse and recycling in Rwanda.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Fundamentals of Circular Packaging (Workshop): An increase in consumer awareness, corporate engagement and regulatory action has led more companies to set ambitious goals to reduce and reimagine their use of plastics and packaging. How do these systems work and how can we scale them?

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere. For Ghislain Irakoze, it was a startup helping boost electronics waste reuse and recycling in Rwanda.

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