Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

Whilst discussions take place around a ban on export to non-OECD countries, these figures show the market’s resilience and flexibility at a time when recycled plastic demand was at a low across Europe, not least in part due to low virgin oil prices and high virgin plastic production, particularly outside of Europe.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This novel alloy technology is specifically designed for power module package-attach applications and enables lower processing temperatures in preform soldering. Prevention of Warpage and Delamination: Indalloy ® 301 LT prevents warpage and eliminates delamination in molded power module package-attach applications.

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Packaging Technology Innovation Demand 126

GreenBiz

JULY 25, 2022

Corporations want to increase recycled plastic content in packaging and products but can't get enough of it. These three companies are making moves to help address this need.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared short on new ideas and sources of funding. Hydrogen: Not a time to get blue?

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Technology and recycling equipment firm TOMRA has signed a majority ownership agreement with Plastretur, the Norwegian Producer Responsibility Organisation for recycling plastic packaging. The companies will pair up to create a plastic packaging sorting plant located in Norway. Amland, SVP TOMRA Feedstock. “We

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

Many people want to do their bit for the environment, and a lot of brands are getting on board with the idea too, especially in regard to the packaging they choose to use. Excessive packaging is a big contributor to environmental issues such as pollution, landfills, and carbon footprints, and a lot of it really is unnecessary.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

With less than a year to go until the Plastic Packaging Tax is introduced in the UK, a study by Veolia appears to show that 83% of businesses asked were NOT aware of the tax. The Plastic Packaging Tax is Government policy aiming to directly increase plastic recycling in the UK and cut carbon emissions. However, challenges remain.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A new Quality Recycling Process (QRP) for flexible packaging, from CEFLEX (a consortium of European firms working on flexible packaging recycling) and its stakeholders, appears to demonstrate the viability of high value applications for recycled polymers from a mechanical recycling process.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire tells French Parliament €7bn support package would require ailing airline to set goal of becoming world's most environmentally-friendly carrier. The government announced late last week that it would offer a €7bn package of state loans and bank loans guaranteed by the state to the ailing airline.

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Packaging Demand Government Aviation 101

Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

In a resolution that secured strong backing from MEPs on Friday with 505 votes in favour and 119 against, the European Parliament demanded the EU revise its post-2020 budget in the wake of Covid-19, and said economic recovery plans must have a strong social and environmental focus.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Rocket Industrial helps organizations reduce waste with their innovative packaging solutions. ? of landfill garbage is packaging material of some kind, meaning waste reduction demands a global shift to avoid throwaway solutions, and supporting this shift is the packaging distribution company Rocket Industrial.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 12, 2020

-based company raised its Series C round amid “significant growth,” accelerated by COVID and the rising demand for home delivery. The post TemperPack closes $31 million for eco-packaging appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Packaging Medicine Demand Sustainability 111

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

Low electricity demand during the COVID-19 lockdown and ever-increasing wind and solar capacities have seen U.K. A pair of public holidays in May exacerbated the problem, sending power demand even lower. The companies are also pushing for consumer bills to reflect energy use at times of higher or lower demand.

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Demand Electric vehicle Electricity Batteries 245

Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Last year the House and the Senate each proposed massive, multi-year packages that failed to pass and failed even harder at closing the justice deficit in our transportation system. The post A People’s Transportation Package appeared first on Front and Centered. We hope you’ll join us.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 11, 2020

Europe is crafting a €750 billion recovery package in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. our recent stimulus package sent billions of dollars to debt-laden oil producers. our recent stimulus package sent billions of dollars to debt-laden oil producers. Meanwhile, here in the U.S., Based in the U.S.,

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

The idea of only using sustainable packaging – eliminating waste, low carbon footprint, recyclable or compostable - seems easy enough, yet the reality for many businesses is more complex and dependent on the industry they work in. Yet plastic packaging is ubiquitous because it is useful, not to say crucial in many applications.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

The European Union is planning a 15-gigawatt renewable energy tender and auctions for green hydrogen projects as part of a trillion-dollar Green Deal package, according to draft proposals leaked this week. Focusing first on converting that grey hydrogen to green creates an immediate demand — and immediate emissions reductions.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How AI and advanced analytics will be key for the grid of tomorrow ‘We need to think smart and fast’ to future-proof the grid “By leveraging energy data, AI and machine learning powered technologies, utilities can move at speed to meet demand while addressing renewables management and electrification challenges.”

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

While the oil and gas industries face the greatest risks, EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook also predicts steep declines in commercial and industrial electricity demand, and a significant decline in new generation capacity as a result. These drop-offs in demand will drive down total U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Industry Voice: Dow's Angels Domenech explains how innovative plastic packaging and recycling processes can drive down food waste, plastic waste and emissions. Dow products and technologies support the food packaging industry, including meat and cheese, fruit and vegetables, snacks and cereals, coffee and confectionery, and even pet food.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Considering how innovations will be received by existing and future infrastructure is the key to designing for the future Please join Tetra Pak and the Foodservices Packaging Institute to learn how the two organizations have worked as part of a larger collective to minimize the amount of food packaging that becomes litter across the U.S.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Chemically-recycled plastic could be in high demand by the end of this decade, major companies predict. A dozen of the world's largest consumer goods companies, including Mars, PepsiCo, Unilever, and Danone, have joined forces to signal that there is significant and growing demand for chemically recycled plastic from corporates across Europe.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

The National Brownfield Land Institute in Wolverhampton is one of the eight shovel ready projects to benefit from the £66m funding package. (L-R):

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The demand for recycled plastics has skyrocketed — so much so that brands and packaging producers are experiencing limited supply. What will it take to scale the domestic market for post-consumer recycled content and meet this growing demand?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

Since the world was introduced to the first meal kit over a decade ago, the industry has matured in size and familiarity, but it also has endured notable criticism surrounding packaging and its perceived impact on the environment. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences.

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Packaging Waste Waste Retail 546

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Company announces goal to ensure Walkers, Doritos, and Lay's crisps use recycled or renewable plastic packaging by end of the decade. The company said it will trial new packaging from this year, piloting a renewable plastic for its Lay's range in France and recyclable Walkers crisps' packets in the UK.

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Packaging Plastics Europe Recycling 69

GreenTechMedia

JULY 3, 2020

Germany's COVID-19 stimulus package, the most substantial in Europe, has seen the country doubling its EV grant from €3,000 ($3,370) to €6,000, with manufacturers adding another €3,000. More expensive cars are eligible for a smaller package. That adds up to €9,000 for new vehicles costing less than €45,000.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The government’s action plan for guiding the UK through the worsening energy crisis lacks energy efficiency and demand policies, report warns. New incentives should be backed by a universal carbon allowance for every individual in the UK and a package of energy efficiency measures to help better insulate low income homes, it said.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 12, 2021

Removing state opt-out for demand response program participation in wholesale energy markets would benefit renewable project developers because aggregators of solar and energy storage technologies can leverage their experience with demand response products. budget package with wins for clean energy, climate.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 16, 2020

” Leap has grown quickly in the two years since it first launched its Distributed Energy eXchange, a cloud-based platform that collects reams of pricing data from California grid operator CAISO and analyzes it to discover the value of reducing electricity consumption for demand response or price-arbitrage opportunities.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

We are not yet where we need to be to fully exploit the benefits of demand side flexibility, smartEn reports in its 2021 Market Monitor. The new annual update reviews 30 European markets to find that participation of demand side flexibility is developing in the region but significant progress is still required. Have you read?

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Demand Business Energy Monitoring Europe Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Supermarket giant Tesco has announced it is launching a trial to address the issue of excess and unnecessary toothpaste packaging in the UK by selling tubes without cardboard boxes. We think that for customers the move makes sense, because the first thing they do when they buy toothpaste is throw the packaging box away.".

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 10, 2024

The new paper packet was developed in partnership with Evopak, a manufacturer of sustainable paper based flexible packaging. In partnership with Evopak and using exciting new polymer technology, we have created the first fully recyclable crisp packet – something that consumers have been demanding for a long time.”

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

1 answer by far was, "I read the ingredients/detail on the package.". Fast forward to 2020 and while "I read the package" is still the No. That’s the most important piece for brands: Certifications on packaging/labels engender more trust than a brand’s advertising or press. If we go back in time to 2014, the No. Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

Waste and resources firm Veolia is launching a new specialist facility based in Avonmouth, near Bristol, to meet the growing demand for the safe and compliant management of hazardous and complex waste streams in the South West. Designed to be able to accept a wide range of hazardous wastes, it is expected to be operational in spring 2024.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Global demand for electricity is also growing faster than renewables capacity post-pandemic, opening the door to more fossil fuel energy in many parts of the world. But the surge in renewables generation may still only be enough to meet around half of the projected increase in demand, the IEA said. per cent this year and by 2.5

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2023

New report examines economic gains which could be realised through mass adoption of heat pumps to drive the decarbonisation of residential heat Mass heat pump deployment could reduce energy demand across the UK's residential building stock by up to 40 per cent and result in annual household savings of £15.9bn, a new report has argued.

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