Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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. Beauty is an industry that gets a bad rap when it comes to sustainability.

Sustainability 167

Sustainability Packaging Plastics Recycling 167

The Environmental Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

SCS Global Services, standing for Scientific Certification Systems, provides consumers with the tell-all sign on whether or not a company has ethically reached proper product evaluation upon their use of recycled materials. Epsilyte does not manufacture packaging, insulating panels, cold chain, or geo-foam. – FASHION.

Sustainability 195

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Fashion 195

The Environmental Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

Reduce your packaging. According to a Reuters special report, with the increase of home delivery, online shopping, and takeaway food delivery since the pandemic started, we’ve generated more waste from plastic packaging than ever before. Use this as your opportunity to make your packaging more eco-friendly.

Waste 396

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 396

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

Table 1 (below) shows the biggest waste polluters worldwide, and per capita quantities for total waste generated, recycled, incinerated, landfilled, and disposed of illegally (click to enlarge). The biggest problem is caused by mixtures of recyclable materials in items such as a yogurt pot with a cardboard sleeve and aluminium lid.

Waste 340

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 340

Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

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.

Plastics 89

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 89

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Firm plans to begin rolling out 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles for select Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and Dasani water brands in coming months. The move forms part of the company's goal to triple the amount of post-consumer recycled plastic content in packaging across its product lines by 2025.

Plastics 83

Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 83

Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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.

Packaging 55

Packaging Plastics Recycling Recycling 55

Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2021

Supermarket claims to have met its pledge to remove one billion pieces of plastic, working with suppliers to remove unnecessary and excessive packaging of products. Our work to remove, reduce, reuse and recycle will continue into 2021. There is no place for unnecessary or non-recyclable packaging in our business.".

Plastics 101

Plastics Packaging Recycled materials Recycling 101

Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2020

The ability to recycle materials into new products depends on people in homes and offices. People choosing to separate recycling from non-recyclable waste and putting food waste into those little caddies will determine if we can make zero waste a reality. More recyclable material is rejected, and recycling rates fall.

Recycled materials 68

Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Waste 68

Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2022

Restaurant chain estimates new cPET food packaging will save 330 tonnes of plastic from its supply chain annually. The new packaging is to be made from recyclable material known as cPET, which Wagamama claims it is among the first major restaurant chains to use as a basis for its soup and noodle bowls.

Recycling 36

Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 36

The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Many people think recycling is simply a way to reduce the amount of trash we have to send to landfills and incinerators, but it has a more significant impact than that. By reducing how much raw material you need to produce new products and packaging materials, you can also reduce how much air pollution your business produces.

Recycling 195

Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 195

Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as promising as chemical recycling and next-generation plastics may sound, experts also say some of the most realistic solutions to plastic pollution involve eliminating it from packaging as much as possible. Should packaging all be the same color of plastic to avoid dye-based contamination in recycling processes?

Recycling 78

Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 78

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

Packaging 148

Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“At our current rate of plastic waste generation, increasing waste management capacity will not be sufficient to reach plastic pollution goals alone,” said Vikas Khanna, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering.

Plastics 130

Plastics Recycling Recycling Natural gas 130

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

Packaging 133

Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Whirlpool has also pledged to enhance its environmental footprint by curbing plastic pollution and extending the life of its products.

Recycled materials 91

Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Law 91

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sustainable Packaging: Customers Expect It. One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. Businesses need to become more sustainable and shift to more eco friendly packaging. Sustainable Packaging Materials.

Biodegradable 146

Biodegradable Packaging Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 146

Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

SepPure ’s new generation of nano-filters dramatically reduces energy consumption and pollution globally by enabling the most effective chemical separation at a molecular level, without the traditional use of heat. The startup is part of the inaugural ACCEL cohort.

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Startups Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 52

Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2021

Excessive use of fossil fuels that pollute and contribute to climate change. Further, hotel waste consists largely of common recyclable materials – aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and landscape waste – all materials that could be processed into a new useful material.

Sustainability 135

Sustainability Waste Waste Ethics 135

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 8, 2020

So the three co-founders of Nimble for Good, PBC have combined their extensive experience in the tech, marketing and design development industries to launch a brand of personal tech products committed to ethical and sustainable material sourcing, manufacturing and post-consumer disposal.

Recycling 28

Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 28

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The initiative also called for doubling the rate of recycled material and is considering new levy requirements for non-recyclable plastics, such as those found in food packaging at groceries. ” For those sectors unable to readily comply with the ban, heavy environmental taxes will have to be paid.

Plastics 28

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 28

Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Biodegradable packaging: Packaging is very important in the food and agriculture industry because it helps to preserve food quality and safety, reduce food waste, food-borne diseases, and extend the shelf-life of food. The use of these irrigation methods could avoid about 1.13

Agriculture 99

Agriculture Sustainability Methane Biodegradable 99

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A circular economy looks different within each industry, but its broad vision of healing the harm from the industrial economy’s extractive, polluting original sins is appealing more to a variety of businesses. One pocket-size result is new recyclable paper packaging for Smarties candies, popular in the U.K. Elsa Wenzel.

Innovation 479

Innovation Recycling Recycling Packaging 479

AGreenLiving

MARCH 26, 2020

Mexico City-based NOS has come out with a design to address one of the many causes of plastic pollution that consumers tend to overlook: toothbrushes. The company’s Everloop toothbrush combines a reusable, recycled plastic handle with replaceable bristles made from compostable bamboo. The disposed bamboo bristles are 100% compostable.

Plastics 36

Plastics Sustainability Microplastics Recycling 36

AGreenLiving

JULY 16, 2020

Jewelry-making, at its core, uses natural or eco-friendly materials and sustainable methods, but mass-production has led to pollution , over-harvesting and poor working conditions for thousands of people in the industry. Not only is the manufacturing process sustainable, but all products are handmade using recycled precious metals.

Ethics 36

Ethics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 36

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Watch packaging When it comes to gifting, watch out for extra packaging, especially plastic foam and molded, unrecyclable plastic. Consider buying items in bulk, as long as they have less packaging and won’t go to waste. Look for companies that ship using recyclable materials, too.

Plastics 36

Plastics Upcycling Packaging Recycling 36

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Considering that most ski wax is made out of petroleum, this means that pollution during the ski months increases substantially for these water systems. The MountainFLOW packaging is also made from 100 percent recycled materials and is completely biodegradable. MountainFLOW Images via MountainFLOW.

North America 28

North America Recycled materials Biodegradable Cooling 28

AGreenLiving

APRIL 29, 2020

Each product is inspired by and named after our world, from the Current ring and Wave necklace to the popular Polluted bracelet and Magma earrings. This keeps transportation costs for materials and production low and reduces emissions. All items are packaged using eco-friendly filler that is reusable and recyclable.

Recycling 28

Recycling Recycling Carbon-neutral Upcycling 28

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 30, 2019

By the 1960s, the first occurrence of plastic pollution in the oceans was recorded. Related: This rechargeable camping headlamp is made out of sustainable wood and recycled aluminum Today, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 80% of the marine debris found in our oceans originated as land-based trash that was not recycled.

Plastics 28

Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 28

The Environmental Blog

JULY 23, 2023

However, what lies beneath the appealing packaging is often a cocktail of chemicals that can have adverse effects on our health. These chemicals have been linked to skin allergies, endocrine disruption, and water pollution when they wash down the drain.

Biodegradable 195

Biodegradable Health Packaging Ethics 195

Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The winners were chosen for their innovative solutions to the world's most pressing environmental problems and awarded £1m each, alongside a package of professional support to help them scale up and roll out the winning innovations around the world.

Waste 36

Waste Waste Innovation Recycled materials 36

Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Over 90 per cent of global greenhouse emissions are now covered by net zero targets, and key clean technologies such as wind, solar, and electric vehicles are rapidly disrupting polluting industries and driving down growth projections for fossil fuel demand.

Plastics 80

Plastics Pollution Waste Waste 80

Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Packaging giant hopes that its new principles will cut waste, boost the amount of reyclable packaging materials on the market and address a widespread confusion among consumers over what types of packaging are recyclable.

Packaging 69

Packaging Recycling Recycling Waste 69

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

To use a green certification or seal of approval on marketing or packaging, make it clear if your company is materially connected with the group behind it, such as receiving funds from it. Will the product and its package break down completely and 'return to nature' within a year? Recycled content. Plastic neutral.

Recycling 36

Recycling Recycling Ozone Building Energy Monitoring 36

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. Shooting for 2025, its main goals are: Make sure all plastic packaging is 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable .

Plastics 495

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 495

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2019

For costumes, shop local or make your own so you can see plastic parts and avoid shipping packaging. Save gas Reducing gas consumption avoids the need for more oil drilling and limits your contribution to air pollution. Shop from fair trade companies and look for sustainable packaging. Use accessories of metal or wood.

Waste 28

Waste Waste Plastics Organic 28

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

Engineering, including product design, materials, and end-of-life management (e.g. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Waste Reduction: recyclable materials and food waste. Green Office Services: employing green vendors for cleaning, product supplies, landscaping materials, and snow/grass removal.

Business Energy Monitoring 158

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 158