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'The world is moving on': Coca-Cola's Therese Noorlander on plastic, packaging, and youth activism

Business Green

Having been crowned the most polluting brand in the world for two years running by the Break Free from Plastic campaign in its global audit of plastic waste, the firm also last year revealed it produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year, or the equivalent of 200,000 bottles a minute.

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Flat-lining: Policy review highlights England's mixed progress on waste reduction

Business Green

The programme, launched in 2013, was designed to drive a more circular economy and encourage reuse and repair across a number of priority areas, including food, textiles, plastics, electricals, chemicals, healthcare, and the built environment.

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Whirlpool Corporation refreshes climate ambition with 2030 net zero target

Business Green

Whirlpool has also pledged to enhance its environmental footprint by curbing plastic pollution and extending the life of its products. The announcements come as 'white goods' manufacturers face growing pressure to improve the energy efficiency of their products and embrace a more circular approach to manufacturing.

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Why is England's progress on waste reduction flat-lining?

Business Green

The programme, launched in 2013, was designed to drive a more circular economy and encourage reuse and repair across a number of priority areas, including food, textiles, plastics, electricals, chemicals, healthcare, and the built environment.

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The great greenwash crackdown? UK competition watchdog trains sights on supermarket shelves

Business Green

Is that shampoo bottle as easily 'recyclable' as the label claims? What is the correct way to dispose of 'biodegradable' plastic bags? The CMA said it would analyse the environmental claims made on the labels of such products, both online and in store, to consider whether companies behind these items are complying with UK consumer law.

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Viridor urges government to ban all plastic waste exports

Business Green

In a new report, the waste management company sets out a series of policy recommendations for boosting plastics recycling in the UK. UK plastic waste exports should be banned, according to leading waste management company Viridor, which yesterday published a new roadmap setting out how to rapidly increase UK plastic recycling capacity.

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Will recycled plastics survive tanking oil prices?

Business Green

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem. Some of the world's largest corporations promised to quickly slash their use of virgin plastic packaging. It seems an impossible situation. Headwinds and tailwinds.