Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts. As the world's largest drinks producer, the Coca-Cola Company's decarbonisation and sustainability efforts have to be supersized.

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Forbes Green Tech

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe wants to create a packaging that is the definition itself of circular economy. The association is building a new program around three pillars: collection, recycling and reducing-reusing.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would dramatically cut the amount and toxicity of plastic garbage New Yorkers throw away by targeting the source. It would reduce plastic packaging in New York by half over the next 12 years, and it would prevent a slew of toxic chemicals from being used in those materials.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 19, 2022

Both of these logos and statements are on the bottom panel of the box, where no one can see it unless they’ve already bought the crackers—or perhaps if the prospect accidentally knocks the package off the supermarket shelf, happens to land the bottom facing up, and somehow notices the small logos while picking up the box.

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Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

I recycle these.” As Streep prepares to launch her beer can into the recycling bin, Costner cautions her, “This could change your life.” Recycling, once considered the domain of people with “long hair, granny glasses, and tie-dyed Ts,” as the Chicago Tribune described it at the time, was about to go mainstream.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Sustainable fashion definition. 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. Fashion Brands can also recycle old textiles that may have been over-produced or under-sold to create new garments.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2022

Served said the life cycle assessment exercise had revealed that its drinks generated most of their climate impact through their packaging. As such, Ginsberg stressed that sourcing the right packaging was now an "absolute priority" for the company. "We

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sustainable Packaging: Customers Expect It. One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. Businesses need to become more sustainable and shift to more eco friendly packaging. Sustainable Packaging Materials.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2021

From packaging to supply chains to recycling behaviours - staying environmentally ethical can, at times, feel like a full-time endeavour. Definition: Individuals want to see brands and governments put their weight behind collective efforts to mitigate climate change. Massive Action. It's time for massive action.

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The Verge: Energy

JULY 9, 2024

It’s definitely not intended to be anti-clean or sustainable energy. Because PFAS has been used in everything from nonstick pans to food packaging , fabric protector , and dental floss — certain types of PFAS have likely already entered most Americans’ bloodstreams.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

To minimize environmental impact and landfill waste, sustainable camera manufacturers incorporate recycled content into their products – precious metal compounds and plastics sourced from discarded CDs, water bottles, personal computers, etc. Amazon is definitely one of the best options when it comes to buying second hand camera equipment.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

"If we're going to make sure that we're using more recycled content, if we're going to ensure that we're going to reduce carbon emissions, then we need to be tracking that. Also about one year ago, Nestlé launched its $2 billion sustainability fund , to support companies developing innovative packaging and recycling technologies through 2025.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Recycling our waste has become an expected practice across multiple industries with those not participating in the practice severely damaging their company image and reputation. When considering zero waste, our first intention should always be to reuse materials and products prior to considering the best methods of recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Energy Storage : The Act brings the missing clarity that was blocking investment by adding a clear definition for energy storage. The Act bridges a legislative gap by introducing a definition and a licensing regime for MPIs. It also amends the Electricity Act 1989 to state storage qualifies as a generation subset.

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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? Recyclable. Degradable / Biodegradable.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Waste Reduction: recyclable materials and food waste. Using grey water to water lawns is an effective recycling procedure that saves potable water for human consumption.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Companies need shared definitions if they understand what greenwashing actually is and how it can be tackled. Initially, greenwashing was relegated to a small number of corporate claims - that a product or packaging claimed by the company to be compostable or recyclable wasn't, for example.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

There is no industry standard or definition WWF defines a plastic credit as a “transferable unit representing a specific quantity of plastic that has been collected and possibly recycled from the environment.” Here are five things to know about the emerging market for plastics credits: 1. Given that U.S.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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. percent of all the plastic produced in 2017 eventually got recycled, according to the U.S. Holly Secon. Of course, the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We all know that giving waste a second life is more carbon-efficient than incinerating it, but reaching a definition on what makes an item 'recyclable' is one of the most complex challenges policymakers currently face. The proposal states that packaging (all materials) entering the EU market must meet design for recyclability criteria.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The challenge that the world of consumer goods really faces is decoupling growth from resource consumption - in other words, disrupting traditional business models to create new products and ways of getting them to market that consume less energy, water and packaging. Take IKEA for example, famous for Swedish meatballs.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

We must emerge stronger and more resilient, ready to take decisive action and definitive action to look after people and planet.". 2020 is the year in which an unthinkable amount of public money is going to be spent in support of getting the economy back on track," he said. But we should not be seeking to get the economy 'back to normal'.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2023

Because in the past six years alone we have had a Clean Growth Strategy, a 25 Year Environment Improvement Plan and Environment Act, a Prime Ministerial 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, a 'Build Back Greener' Net Zero Strategy, a British Energy Security Strategy, and a 'Green Day' policy package that updated most of the above.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Waste Reduction: recyclable materials and food waste. Using grey water to water lawns is an effective recycling procedure that saves potable water for human consumption.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Waste Reduction: recyclable materials and food waste. Using grey water to water lawns is an effective recycling procedure that saves potable water for human consumption.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2021

We’re doing our best to produce responsibly by sourcing sustainable and recycled materials where we can, and combating unethical labor by providing all of our workers with living wages and healthy, safe and happy working conditions. The camera kit and cases came in minimalist brown paper packaging, a definite plus for eco-conscious buyers.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The company offers these three products in gift combinations and has special packaging for brides leading up to, on, and following their special day. It arrived quickly, and the packaging for the shipping was all paper and completely recyclable. The bottle really is beautiful. But the bottle somehow speaks of quality.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Please see the bottom of this post for full methodology and climate vertical definitions. Redwood Materials raised $1bn to build its US battery materials and recycling facility. Our definition of climate tech comes with two filters: 1) climate impact and 2) climate vertical. Government funding catalyzed major private rounds.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 15, 2016

While some panelists offered concrete definitions about avoiding waste from manufacture to landfill, what emerged from the discussion was the idea of zero waste as a concept. Kao , founder of electronics recycler GreenCitizen, if driving required as much knowledge as we need to recycle correctly! Zero waste as a concept.

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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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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

Downstream emissions result from the transportation and packaging involved in distribution, product usage itself (e.g., Our big innovations are in the enzymatic pathway, including how we smartly recycle intermediates and how we deliver energy into the system so that we can actually build up molecules. spinning, weaving, and knitting).

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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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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable, recycled or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. While it hasn't changed the direction, it's definitely accelerated.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

Your eyebrows might raise involuntarily at the seeming banality of the question, yet most people can offer only a vague definition. Clear definition. The definition of littering also includes public urination – an activity that would undoubtedly enrage the person feeding half a loaf of bread to the ducks every day.

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

I’ll Wait For You, Climate Bill There is an outline for the budget package which contains climate provisions, but it’s not quite a done deal yet. in general, there is a lack of clear definitions and accepted standards in the space. the recycled cathode powder was more porous and less brittle (both good things in this case).

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Moreover, Estée Lauder Companies also has declared its intention to make 75 percent to 100 percent of its packaging recyclable, refillable, reusable or recoverable by 2025 — the strategy will depend on the needs of individual brands. While it hasn't changed the direction, it's definitely accelerated. We hit net zero early.

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