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Reusable packaging provides untapped payoffs for business

GreenBiz

Reusable packaging provides untapped payoffs for business. Until the 1980s, glass or cotton bags were the go-to packaging materials for many products, such as milk and flour. Until the 1980s, glass or cotton bags were the go-to packaging materials for many products, such as milk and flour. The case for reusable packaging.

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McDonald’s Leads Lobbying Offensive Against Laws to Reduce Packaging Waste in Europe

DeSmogBlog

McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. The call follows mounting pressure from industry over the past year.

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Europe backs Northvolt with US$5 billion loan package

Energy Storage News

billion) non-recourse project financing package from various EU and Nordic institutions for its manufacturing and recycling plants. European lithium-ion battery developer and manufacturer Northvolt has secured a US$5 billion (€4.6

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Joint venture aims to create Norway’s first dedicated sorting plant to enable plastic packaging circularity

Envirotec Magazine

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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Europe’s Thinking Shifts on Supporting Renewables as Part of Green Recovery Package

GreenTechMedia

The EU’s trillion-euro coronavirus recovery package may not support big renewable energy projects in the way that was expected. trillion) recovery package. That means it could “kick-in as soon as July,” said Aurelie Beauvais, policy director, at SolarPower Europe, adding that she was hopeful for its prospects.

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PepsiCo Europe pledges to end use of virgin plastic for crisp packaging by 2030

Business Green

Company announces goal to ensure Walkers, Doritos, and Lay's crisps use recycled or renewable plastic packaging by end of the decade. PepsiCo Europe has today announced a new ambition to replace all virgin plastics used in its crisp and chip bags with 100 per cent recycled or renewable plastic by 2030.

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Pepsico promises pepped up packaging position

Business Green

Soft drinks giant unveils new goal to double share of drinks it sells through reusable packaging. The new commitment to boost packaging reuse across its products is also designed to help deliver on the company's overarching target to reduce virgin plastic per serving by 50 per cent by 2030 and deliver net zero emissions by 2040.