Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Coming into force on April 1st 2022, the tax increases costs for packaging companies who fail to use recycled materials by 20 to 40 percent. “If we’re to stem the tide of plastic pollution, we have to stop the amount of virgin plastic which is being produced. ” The company claims to change that.

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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. It’s a great way to extend your efforts into making meaningful change.

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Sustainability Packaging Plastics Recycling 167

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.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 89

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. Certification measures the percentage of recycled content to make an accurate claim in the marketplace.”

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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.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 36

AGreenLiving

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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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 world has a plastic waste problem," the company admitted in a statement. "In In fact, plastic waste is among the top environmental concerns globally.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 84

Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2020

As the waste sector moves to become a zero-waste sector, it depends, utterly and entirely on the actions of people. The ability to recycle materials into new products depends on people in homes and offices. More recyclable material is rejected, and recycling rates fall. Recycling is contaminated.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Waste 69

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.

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Packaging Plastics Recycling Recycling 56

Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2021

Hotel operations, when managed unsustainably, can lead to environmental disruption in various forms including: Generation of enormous waste in landfills, contributing to the emission of greenhouse gases. Excessive use of fossil fuels that pollute and contribute to climate change. Reduce Waste and Recycle.

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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. “At

Plastics 130

Plastics Recycling Recycling Natural gas 130

Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Some companies might install energy-efficient lighting and allow their employees to have flexible schedules, while others might invest in sustainable sourcing of materials and a cleaner production process. Without thoughtful management, organic waste can emit methane gas as they decompose. What are Sustainable Business Practices?

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Agriculture Sustainability Methane Biodegradable 99

Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Achieve zero waste with our waste management checklist. The ultimate goal of this waste management checklist is to achieve zero waste. By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials.

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Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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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?

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 81

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 8, 2020

With it comes the struggle to control e-waste and its assault on the environment. Related: Pela offers biodegradable phone cases and other zero-waste products With a strong background in the industry and a quick $2.5 Technological innovation is here to stay.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 28

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.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Law 92

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.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Between waste and consumption, Halloween festivities leave behind a giant carbon footprint. 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.

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Waste Waste Plastics Organic 28

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In a move that has environmentalists cheering, Ireland recently overhauled its waste sector by announcing a ban on single-use plastics, including cutlery, straws, cups, food containers and cotton bud sticks. Many people are realizing the urgency, and government officials are being pressured into addressing the plastic waste dilemma.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 28

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.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

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.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

All of these disciplines can be improved via sustainable business practices, and can result in higher efficiency, less waste, and lower costs. 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.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 158

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Anyone who has made efforts to go zero-waste or plastic-free knows how difficult it can be to maintain those goals while finding meaningful presents for loved ones. Watch packaging When it comes to gifting, watch out for extra packaging, especially plastic foam and molded, unrecyclable plastic.

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Plastics Upcycling Packaging Recycling 36

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.

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Biodegradable Packaging Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 146

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.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 28

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.

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Waste Waste Innovation Recycled materials 36

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.

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Recycling Recycling Carbon-neutral Upcycling 28

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. percent of all the plastic produced in 2017 eventually got recycled, according to the U.S. Of course, the U.S.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 496

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

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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Plastics Waste Waste Government 91

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

All of these disciplines can be improved via sustainable business practices, and can result in higher efficiency, less waste, and lower costs. 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.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 78

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

All of these disciplines can be improved via sustainable business practices, and can result in higher efficiency, less waste, and lower costs. 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.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The EU has unveiled sweeping new plans that could crack down on everything from mini shampoo bottles and disposable coffee cups to excess packaging and virgin plastics. After several years of pandemic-induced stalemate, could a major new front in the war on plastic waste be about to open up? And then, progress appeared to stall.

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Packaging Waste Waste Plastics 44

Unsustainable

JANUARY 27, 2020

Waste Management: Why we should not only focus on zero waste, but also on how to handle the waste we do produce. By Susanne van Gendt While going zero waste is becoming more and more popular, the trash-avoiding movement leaves behind a majority of the population that is less preoccupied with their waste.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

With countries set to discuss potential blueprint for a Paris Agreement-style treaty for tackling plastic waste this week, leading experts give their views on what it should look like. So could such a treaty ever work in the same way for another, interconnected, cross-border environmental crisis facing the planet: plastic pollution?

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Plastics Pollution Waste Waste 81

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? Less waste than / Less toxic than.

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