Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Loop Industries and SUEZ reveal plans to build giant plastic recycling facility, as pressure grows for sector to boost capacity across Europe. A giant recycling plant capable of producing infinitely-recyclable, virgin-quality plastic is being planned to cater for soaring European demand for recycled materials, it has been announced.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

PepsiCo has pledged to stop selling beverage bottles made from virgin plastic across nine European countries by 2022, with the shift to recycled materials for its bottles expected to slash carbon emissions by 40 per cent compared to non-recycled bottles, the company announced yesterday.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2022

In the food industry, there are increasingly close ties being built between food manufacturers, packaging companies, start-ups and academia. Sustainable materials. This includes research into enhanced package coatings with lower carbon footprint and improved recyclability. Innovation in food production.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Imagine if a significant portion of the textiles that cannot be reused in their current form could be recycled. That's part of the vision for the base-case and upside-case scenarios laid out in a recent report on textile recycling in Europe from the consulting giant McKinsey. And that's just for the industry in Europe.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. The seven winners are: • Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product: Sustainable modular headliner for vehicle interiors and downstream recycling solutions by Grupo Antolin.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

PepsiCo has pledged to stop selling beverage bottles made from virgin plastic across nine EU countries by 2022, with the shift to recycled materials for its bottles expected to slash carbon emissions by 40 per cent compared non-recycled bottles, it announced yesterday.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

PepsiCo has pledged to stop selling beverage bottles made from virgin plastic across nine EU countries by 2022, with the shift to recycled materials for its bottles expected to slash carbon emissions by 40 per cent compared non-recycled bottles, it announced yesterday.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

You risk contaminating the whole load if you put the wrong things in your recycling. This might mean all the materials are sent for disposal instead of recycling, or the quality of the recyclable materials produced is lower. To be sure an item is recyclable, it must explicitly state that this is the case.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Blockchain technology will revolutionise the trade of recyclable materials by providing each part of the supply chain with vital data and assurance about the quality of secondary commodities, says The Recycling Association, following recent trials.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

gigawatt package of deals last year spanning the U.S., Europe and Latin America. Among its other environmental priorities, Apple is aggressively pursuing new ways to recycle the material in its products. Google has become one of the world’s largest purchasers of renewable energy, including a 1.6-gigawatt

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Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

But GB and Ireland arm of Lucozade and Ribena manufacturer warns of shortages and soaring costs of rPET in Europe. Chemical recycling - an alternative to mechanical methods - uses enzymes to break down any PET plastic to its core elements allowing it to be reformed into new food-grade rPET with the same properties as virgin material.

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2022

The new line of products - initially launching today for customers in the US, Canada, and Europe - is being given its own brand store on the online retail giant's website, the company said.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 2, 2021

The organic, raw ingredients are in line with current trends in the soap market, and Europe is expected to be one of the fastest-growing regions for herbal, cruelty-free and chemical-free soap products to meet demand. Art Bar soaps are packed in recyclable or recycled materials to support the climate and replace plastic packaging.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 The new policy, unveiled in late July as part of the EU's pandemic recovery package, will see a levy of €800/tonne per kilogram of plastic waste introduced on all new products.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Carlsberg, which got into the project more than four years ago, already has shown off two prototypes for beer bottles, while Absolut is preparing a pilot of its first-generation package, for its Absolut Mixt "cooler" product line, in an undeclared market this spring. Some early versions are in the hands of consumers.). Credit: Paboco.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 The new policy, unveiled in late July as part of the EU's pandemic recovery package, will see a levy of €800/tonne per kilogram of plastic waste introduced on all new products.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 12, 2022

When a company invests in that quality and makes the pan from recycled materials, it’s a double win. However, achieving high quality comes at a cost, especially in a pan that offers Swiss expertise alongside 100% recycled materials. Aluminum is not only highly recyclable, but acts as an efficient conductor of heat.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

finds swathes of major snack brands come in hard to recycle packaging with unclear labeling for consumers. Pringles crisps, Cadbury's chocolate and Babybel cheese are among the snack brands named and shamed for wasteful packaging in a new Which? As part of the investigation, the Which?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. Most of Mattel’s paper-based packaging is Forest Stewardship Council-certified. Rosalind 'Roz' Brewer, COO and Group President, Starbucks. Company profile.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

As one of Europe's largest car markets, there is clearly huge potential for a large battery recycling industry in the UK as more and more vehicles electrify. Let's make the UK a trading post for black mass, because we need more raw materials to come into the UK," he said. "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

A new partnership between UK Recycling Technologies and leading polystyrene manufacturer is set to see the difficult to dispose plastic made recyclable. Harnessing our fluidised bed engineering technology and expertise to recycling polystyrene is a critical step to making polystyrene circular.".

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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. However, this week could mark the second phase of the war on plastic waste, and it is likely to have huge implications for businesses right across Europe.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Business group representing some of Europe's biggest brands argues that policies and market incentives are urgently needed to drive demand for green steel, cement, and chemicals. The EU is one of the biggest single markets in the world and a world leader in clean and efficient technology," said Eliot Whittington, CLG Europe's director.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

The vice-president of sustainability at CCEP, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world, spills the details on how the firm intends to achieve net zero packaging, manufacturing, shipping, and ingredients within 20 years. Europe is kind of the epicentre of what's going on climate change," he says. "If

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

It focuses on ensuring products placed on the EU market are designed to last longer, are easier to reuse, repair, and recycle, and incorporate as much recycled material as possible rather than being made from primary raw materials, the Commission explained.

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Unsustainable

JANUARY 27, 2020

According to Eurostat’s Municipal waste statistics , 486 kg of municipal waste were generated per capita in the EU in 2017 with 46,3 percent of waste being recycled (material recycling and composting) in the same year. Ingredients like rice, pasta, flour and oils are usually available at package free stores.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 8, 2019

First, by the year 2025, Unilever will halve the bulk of its non-recycled plastic packaging waste. Secondly, the company will accelerate its recycling endeavors by focusing more on collecting and processing waste plastic rather than selling single-use virgin plastics. .”

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Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Enzymatic recycling’s promise isn’t limited to PET; the approach can potentially be applied to other plastics, including polyurethane, used in in foam, insulation, and paint. But PET offers perhaps the most expansive commercial opportunity: It is one of the largest categories of plastics produced, widely used in food packaging and fabrics.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. Most of Mattel’s paper-based packaging is Forest Stewardship Council-certified. The toymaker seeks to cut normalized carbon emissions in half by 2028.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Last year, the company announced two major initiatives: Carbon renewal technology , or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. This means that the recycled material eventually will end up in waste streams.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

Last year, the company announced two major initiatives: Carbon renewal technology , or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. But they aren't intended simply to displace mechanical recycling.

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