Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2022

Notpla is a packaging solutions company. They're redesigning the very idea of what packaging is and how it functions. As a result, the innovative products rolling off the line at the company are plant based and waste free. They're not just using recycled cardboard or eliminating plastic foam.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. During the pilot, Juno® will process municipal solid waste from King County.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

Joseph Doherty is Managing Director of waste management firm Re-Gen Waste. The way that waste in Northern Ireland will be handled over the next few years will change dramatically following consultations by Defra and the UK’s devolved administrations, according to Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen Waste.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails. It's time to value waste collectors for their pivotal role in the plastic supply chain. 7 tips for companies developing reusable packaging. How do we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Heather Clancy. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 22, 2021

A new report from the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup has seen an uptick in single-use food packaging waste as well as masks collected during beach cleanups.

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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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GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2021

Lululemon, LanzaTech are reshaping carbon waste into fabric. LanzaTech previously brought its process of capturing and recycling carbon to airlines with a jet fuel application and home care companies, creating packaging and surfactants. Innovation. Deonna Anderson. Mon, 07/26/2021 - 02:00. . Carbontech. Manufacturing.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

Mixed waste feedstock. A three-year £10 million large-scale demonstrator project focused on the capture, recovery and recycling of plastic packaging currently lost to landfill and incineration is being led by resource recovery expert Fiberight. Flexible plastics waste sorted by the process.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19. During our conversation, we also discussed Ellis’ long-term CSR priorities, the company’s packaging goals and its partnership with Loop. One of those is reducing plastics in Boots-owned brand packaging, in line with the UK Plastics Pact 2025. Deonna Anderson.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Recycling and resource management firm Viridor has unveiled its “Vision for Zero” – a plan to reduce (to zero) the amount of plastic waste exported from the UK. i] million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year could be saved by increasing the UK plastic packaging recycling rate from 51% to 70%, the equivalent of taking c.685,000

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from UKRI. tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the world's oceans every year, choking sealife and poisoning habitats.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In an effort to help reduce food packaging waste, non-alcoholic spirit company Seedlip is introducing a Mycelium Gift Pack wrapped in biodegradable mushroom packaging. Mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, creates a durable and sustainable packaging alternative for the upcoming holiday season.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems, and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from government-backed agency. million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the world's oceans every year, choking sealife and poisoning habitats.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

Two ways P&G is working toward its packaging goals. Procter & Gamble's Tide laundry detergent brand first introduced in January 2019 its "Eco-Box," which has been compared to a wine box because of its design made from paperboard with a tap for dispensing, in an effort to reduce the plastic in its packaging. Deonna Anderson.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

A new adhesive derived from materials including food waste should enable 90 percent of engineered wood products, such as furniture and construction boards, to become fully recyclable and help to develop a circular economy in this sector, says the firm marketing it.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 4, 2020

Ramen is a college staple, but oodles of noodles can leave behind a trail of waste. One college student is rethinking instant noodle packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX) project, a collaboration of over 180 European companies, associations and organisations, believes these schemes are well positioned to be a key enabler and coordinator of the circular economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Whether you’re a happy-go-lucky ‘wish-cycler’ – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters of plastic wrapping, there’s no harm in picking up a clearer understanding of the whole process. The Green Dot logo shows that a company has joined the scheme.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

PragmatIC says its technology could allow a low-cost inlay (tag) to be incorporated in packaging, allowing consumers to access information about product usage, food storage, cooking instructions and local recycling. But, if we focus solely on packaging waste, we ignore the fact that it’s only part of the story.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has been awarded to three firms for an ambitious chemical recycling project that aims to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable. Its collaboration with Recycling Technologies enables Neste to accelerate the development of one of the very promising chemical recycling technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

There were 12 winners at the annual “VIBES – Scottish Environment Business Awards” in Glasgow on Tuesday 1 November, recognising innovations including a system for using treated wastewater to provide heating, and a solution that empowers homeowners in striving for net zero. It also aims to become Net Zero by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The site now generates enough energy from waste to power itself and export to the national grid. Following detailed discussions with the on-site process engineers and maintenance manager, SEEPEX selected its BNM pump – fitted with smart maintenance solutions, and also incorporated its advanced digital monitoring package.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

In an apparent industry first, a new facility will use organic waste to provide the heat and power required for the production of corrugated sheet board. Although autonomous neighbouring businesses, this innovative facility effectively makes CorrBoard UK’s production carbon neutral, providing an advantage to its customers and partners.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

Since July 2020, the 200 skips that collect Toulouse inhabitants’ waste from the 13 waste disposal centers managed by Suez have been equipped with embedded artificial intelligence. Digitalization of waste collection with low power Edge AI technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

“Having just launched the new Circular Economy Division, it is clear what a large role waste management and pivotal projects like this have on moving towards a sustainable future. We are proud to have initiated one of the most advanced mechanical recycling plants when it comes to post-consumer polymer waste. Sorting for recycling. “At

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

Defra confirmed that from the start of the month producers of household packaging in England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland must collect information on the amount and type of packaging they supply during 2023. Packaging materials that are not recycled back into new packaging harm our natural environment," he said.

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Business Green

JULY 25, 2021

Brands have a powerful field of influence on sustainability, and digital packaging innovation offers a chance to lead by example, according to Jose 'Pepe' Gorbea from HP Graphic Arts. The packaging problem. The challenge is one primarily of production and waste. But packaging is necessary.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

Supermarket said new packaging reduces amount of plastic used by 80 per cent and could reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent Sainsbury's has this morning unveiled new cardboard packaging for all its own-brand liquid laundry detergent, which the supermarket has estimated could save around 22 tonnes of plastic waste ever year.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 14, 2023

Volm Companies and Yellowstone Plastics’ portfolio of products includes packaging of various sizes and styles, packaging supplies, and a full line of packaging equipment. Thirdly, Volm is working hard to expand their sustainable packaging portfolio, while also evaluating how to design products for a circular economy.

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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. Headlines have, until recently, focused on food waste rather than food shortages.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

One of the biggest culprits when it comes to an industry’s impact is packaging materials and accessories. This has led to a wave of innovative new eco-friendly alternatives from environmentally damaging packaging materials. BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING PEANUTS. Similar U.S. They are also less expensive. CORRUGATED BUBBLE WRAP.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The group says it “has demonstrated how the voluntary approach can deliver measurable outcomes, with the Courtauld Commitment reducing the UK’s food waste by 27% since its launch 17 years ago.” In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION? In the world of business, sustainability innovation can be defined as the process of evolving old business models and creating new ventures that realize economic value and generate positive environmental and social impacts simultaneously. HOW IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION DRIVING THE GREEN ECONOMY?

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

Food giant announces roll out of new recyclable paperboard multipack sleeves as part of £25m investment in sustainable packaging innovations. The innovative use of materials means the four-pack paper sleeve has a 19 per cent lower carbon footprint than the preceding shrink-wrap design, the firm added.

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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. Processed residuals from those materials and left-overs are often treated as valueless waste and disposed of. Going Zero Waste.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Backed by Innovate UK, the blockchain innovation aims to provide fully traceable and accurately-labelled record of recycled material. Sustainable supply chain software firm Circulor has unveiled its latest blockchain-enabled innovation, which is aimed at improving the traceability of hard-to-recycle-plastics, it announced this week.

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