Business Green

MAY 19, 2022

A three-year pilot to understand how to incorporate flexible plastics - used in the packaging of many consumer goods into household recycling services has been launched this week by an industry-led consortium, ahead of the government's goal to introduce consistent nationwide recycling collections across the UK from 2027.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Owner of Waitrose and John Lewis announces plans to support innovative projects that challenge wasteful 'take, make, dispose' model. They will be assessed by an expert independent grant panel, which will consist of circular economy experts, grant making and innovation authorities, and senior representatives from the John Lewis Partnership. ?"Climate

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Crisp brand to drive down virgin plastic use with clutch of packaging design innovations. Walkers is to invest £14m in packaging designs it claims will cut 250 tonnes of virgin plastic from its supply chain each year, the crisp brand announced last week.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

Morrisons has opened a new store in Essex designed with environmental considerations to the fore, estimating the "innovative, low impact" shop will emit 43 per cent less carbon, produce "almost zero waste", and stock hundreds of "loose" products that require no packaging.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Last year, for example, Sephora became the first major cosmetics retailer to broadcast its policy on chemicals. Levi's innovations include its recyclable Wellthread denim line. A view inside a ChemFORWARD display of dimethyl phthalate, used in plastics. Target's Sustainable Product Standard came on the scene in 2013.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Materials innovation, tests of refillable and reusable products and a 'significant increase' in the proportion of recycled plastic have steered firm closer to 2025 plastic goals, it said. Unilever chief executive Alan Jope stressed that the war against plastic waste should continue despite the current health and economic crises.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

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. All paper, no plastic. For us, that's a technical trade-off at the start.

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2022

Climate-aware and eco-friendly clothing, homeware, and personal care products form part of major new product line from the tech and retail giant. 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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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

But it will take new, innovative ideas to build a global system that uses and reuses all of the resources within it and moves us away from the deeply entrenched extractive system under which the modern world functions. Salubata is a Nigerian startup that creates modular shoes from recycled plastic waste. Innovation. Holly Secon.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

E-commerce giant announces that it has stopped packing products in single-use plastic delivery bags in its own distribution network in the UK. The company said it has successfully switched single-use plastic bags to recyclable paper delivery bags and cardboard envelopes in the UK for orders shipped from Amazon's Fulfilment Centres.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Materials innovation, tests of refillable and reusable products and a 'significant increase' in the proportion of recycled plastic have steered firm closer to 2025 plastic goals, it said. Unilever chief executive Alan Jope stressed that the war against plastic waste should continue despite the current health and economic crises.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

The beauty industry has a plastic waste problem. And with 1,264 retail stores across 50 states , Ulta is a large contributor to this issue. Since the 1960s, the amount of plastic packaging on everything, not just cosmetics, has increased 120 times. Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The supermarket’s managing director calls for other supermarkets to slash their plastic footprints following UN report. Iceland Foods has announced it will offset its plastic footprint as it works towards becoming plastic-free across its own label packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

A second major cause of the problem is losses in the distribution and retail chain. For example, the Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that approximately 4% of meat and 9% of fish are lost for reasons including being damaged during transportation or thrown away by the retailer when unsold and out of date.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

How cosmetics retailer Lush is making purposeful profit through circularity. But the accelerated growth of the retail industry has come at a cost. There’s no doubt about it — we are in the midst of a plastic pollution crisis. Katrina Shum. Tue, 05/12/2020 - 01:30. But it doesn’t have to be like this.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And, as more innovative packaging materials gain popularity in food manufacturing, it’s vital that we evaluate these relatively new materials’ safety rigorously. Compatibility testing is used to test a variety of food packaging materials, including glass, aluminum, plastic, and paperboard.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Project to create recyclable Heinz Beanz Snap Pots will help put 22 tonnes of plastic back into the circular economy. Fully recyclable Heinz Beanz Snap Pots will soon hit shelves as part of a pioneering trial by the food giant and supermarket Tesco designed to make it easier to process previously hard to recycling plastics.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Food services giant bans single use plastics from supply chain, as Iceland launches produce packaging trial. Food services giant Sodexo has banned products containing unrecyclable polystyrene and single-use plastics from its supply chain. million of each from being thrown away a year. million of each from being thrown away a year.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 2, 2021

Companies can leverage their scale, influence and capacity for innovation to champion safer and more sustainable food packaging , including recyclability, reusability, lower material and energy inputs, and the avoidance of toxic chemicals. Chemicals in food packaging are under a microscope.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

. “Once the upcoming Environment Bill is published, hopefully we will also see the plans that were drawn up in the Resources & Waste Strategy that would mean retailers and manufacturers create packaging that is easy to recycle too. When combined with the OPRL labelling, this will lead to much higher quality recycling.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Firm intends to roll out paper bottles for its Omo brand in early 2022 in bid to cut down on plastic. Unilever has announced plans to launch the "first ever" paper-based laundry detergent bottle using cutting-edge technology that has the potential to significantly reduce the use of plastic in household products.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 29, 2021

How e-commerce retailer Grove Collaborative will go 'plastic-free' by 2025. Plastic-free by 2025. That’s the goal for e-commerce retailer Grove Collaborative, which sells household and personal care goods. Deonna Anderson. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 01:30. It’s a little over a year into the latter commitment.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Biomaterials innovator has launched a collection with a luxury hat designer, as it looks to commercialise its mushroom derived material as an animal leather and plastic alternative. Sophia Wang, MycoWorks co-founder and chief of culture, said the Reishi collection "exhibits the unique hand feel and versatility of our material".

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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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Business Green

JULY 13, 2022

tonnes of plastic from ending up in landfill over the next year, according to organic baby food retailer Little Freddie. tonnes of plastic. The announcement comes at a time when the amount of plastic waste ending up in landfill is reaching a critical level. Packaging could save 2.5

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Audiophiles, meet Shower Power, the water-powered showerhead made from recycled plastic. The speaker is made out of a compound using 100% recycled ocean plastic developed specifically for shower use. Each device reuses 15 ocean-bound plastic water bottles. Ampere Images via Ampere. Ampere Images via Ampere. View post:Â .

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

If individuals have cardboard and plastics, then some local pickup services are still in operation. Over this year, some of the current recycling services like scrap metal smelters and plastics recycling facilities will operate to some degree as they always have done, but with reduced capacity.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Now, a wave of technology innovation and funding from an eclectic group of companies ranging from Google’s parent Alphabet, to the Seed2Growth fund linked to Lukas Walton (grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton), to Cargill and Chevron Ventures (both focused on fish-feed ventures) is changing the tide again. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

Unveiled today, the Retailer Net Zero Collaborative Action Programme (CAP) has secured the backing of Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, M&S, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose, all of which have agreed to help develop a standard, industry-wide approach to measuring and reporting on the climate impact of food.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 12, 2021

A material not often considered when it comes to construction is plastic. Instead of relying on materials that require mining, extracting or a lot of processing, recycled plastic offers an excellent sustainable alternative for many construction projects. Architectural salvage retailers exist throughout the entire United States.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2022

Baled plastic bottles: introducing EPR will encourage producers to reduce their packaging through meeting the full net costs of packaging management, which will in turn encourage better packaging design and make it easier to recycle. The government has acknowledged that economic success and environmental responsibility go hand in hand.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

The startup space is buoyant with cash and targeting a blend of retail, direct-to-consumer and food service channels, playing with ingredients such as kelp, koji and mung beans. If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

When it comes to waste, plastic was found to have the highest relative environmental impact in the nursery system (about 80% of the value of the total footprint). Using innovative, recyclable materials can be an eco-friendly alternative to the landfill. Options for plastic alternatives can be found here.

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 10, 2023

As part of our commitment to investing in solutions that help decarbonize industries, we have been keeping an eye on new technologies, innovative business models, and promising startups in the fashion and apparel industries that help create a circular economy. That’s 16x faster than traditional retail. The Better Ventures team.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Retail business sustainability. Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program. What is retail sustainability? To operate indefinitely, a retail brand must meet environmental, social, and economic demands.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Currys PC World is aiming to become "the UK's greenest tech retailer" with a new campaign to help its customers make greener choices. Dubbed 'Go Greener', the new campaign will promote innovative green products, such as smart fridges which can help cut the average £30 of food waste produced by households every month.

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