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Beyond the bale: Viridor unveils plan to eliminate waste plastic exports

Envirotec Magazine

Viridor says its soon-to-be-opened Avonmouth plastics recycling plant will reprocess over 80,0000 tonnes of plastic, creating recycled raw material ready to be returned to the economy. It will seemingly reprocess over 80,0000 tonnes of plastic, more than 1.6

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How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste

GreenBiz

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Food companies have a dual responsibility when it comes to waste reduction aspirations: optimizing their operations to minimize food waste while reducing the amount of other materials — especially the waste associated with packaging — sent to landfill.

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Plastics: Consumer goods giants agree industry principles for chemical-based recycling methods

Business Green

A clutch of the world's largest consumer goods companies, including Mars, Nestle, Danone and Unilever, have united behind a set of principles for safe and environmentally responsible chemical recycling of plastic waste, arguing that such methods have a role to play in combatting the global plastics pollution crisis.

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Environmental Sustainability in the Beauty Industry: Key Areas For Beauty Brands to Tackle

Green Business Bureau

That’s because the beauty industry generates up to 120 billion units of plastics packaging per year contributing to the loss of 18 million acres of forest annually. MINIMIZING PACKAGING WASTE. Assessing packaging may be the most obvious place to start. ENSURING SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE FORMULAS.

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‘We can’t recycle our way out’

Grist

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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Tips for Sustainable Pet Ownership & Care

The Environmental Blog

Plastic pet toys, plastic poop bags, and pet waste all have an adverse effect on the environment. If ignored, these microscopic parasites can result in more serious health problems in addition to irritation and itching. Additionally to preventing unwanted litters, it is good for your pets’ health and temperament.

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Bamboo Compression Socks offer support via natural and recycled materials

AGreenLiving

.” The socks incorporate recycled and natural materials into an eco-fiber blend made up of 50% bamboo, 25% recycled polyester, 10% recycled nylon and 15% spandex. While I wouldn’t describe it as soft, it certainly was less plastic-like than other compression socks I’ve put on. They retail for $29.99