The Environmental Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

Packaging and food waste are some of the most common things in your daily life that you recycle. However, old clothes can be recycled, providing significant waste reduction and offering valuable materials to many industries. Why Recycle Your Clothes? The Recycling Process. But what happens to old clothes?

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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

MAY 26, 2023

A new tool promises to remove much of the uncertainty faced by packaging designers and others when it comes to understanding the recyclability of fibre-based products (either finished or under-development). Papercycle is described as the UK’s first comprehensive recyclability assessment and certification service for fibre-based packaging.

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity. The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 Just as stunning: Plastic isn't the fastest growing waste stream the world needs to deal with. . Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Adidas and H&M join project to scale circular fashion and recycled fibers. The resulting fiber will be used to create different types of fabrics for clothing that are designed, manufactured and sold by global sportswear brand Adidas and retail companies in the H&M Group, they explained. Textile Waste. Michael Holder.

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GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2021

Lululemon, LanzaTech are reshaping carbon waste into fabric. LanzaTech, a carbon recycling tech company, views addressing those industrial emissions as an opportunity. And in its latest announced partnership with athletic apparel company Lululemon, it’s creating yarn and fabric using recycled carbon emissions. Deonna Anderson.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

Manufacturers, retailers and recyclers urged to join the collaboration. Fund designed to drive progress towards household collection of flexible plastic for recycling. This will motivate investment in much needed jobs and infrastructure to make flexible plastic recycling a financially sustainable system in the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Propylene or polyethene pellets in a waste plastic recycling machine. Non-household end-use plastic waste is generated by ‘end-users’ from commercial activities (e.g., wholesales, retail stores, restaurants, coffee shops, cafés, etc.), industrial activities (e.g., manufacture, mining, construction, etc.),

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Shops that sell large volumes of batteries have to provide a battery recycling collection. The Scottish government-funded circular economy advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is reminding Scots that they should recycle batteries separately to other household waste after a new survey revealed a quarter of people dispose of them incorrectly.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2020

How Pandora hopes to reach 100% recycled silver and gold. By 2030, Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry brand by volume, will use 100 percent recycled silver and gold in its products. As it stands, 71 percent of the silver and gold in Pandora jewelry comes from recycled sources. Deonna Anderson. Tue, 06/30/2020 - 08:55.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

ImpactAlpha, November 16 — The growth of textile-recycling ventures in recent years has been fueled, in part, by a rapid increase in textile. The post SuperCircle scores $7 million to help fashion brands and retailers reduce textile waste appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

Measures that will make it easier to recycle and reuse electrical goods appear in the government’s WEEE consultation , launched on 28 December 2023. Experts in the WEEE sphere were quick to welcome the consultation, and offer thoughts on what has been going wrong to date, with recycling WEEE.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A glass waste worker in a recycling facility in Sofia, Bulgaria in May 2016. Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark have succeeded in recovering over 98% of their municipal waste on average over the last five years. Germany is now recycling half of its waste (50%), having improved year-on-year for the last five years.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The biggest brand names and retailers in New England now have more options for obtaining fabric resources. Thanks to a new FABSCRAP building, clothing sellers and designers have a more sustainable, eco-friendly option.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Government seeks views on range of proposals to give manufacturers and retailers of electrical appliances and vapes greater responsibility for recycling these items

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

As passenger numbers slowly increase and with 60% of station retailers now open, those travelling by train or visiting the stations can make use of the bright orange bins to recycle any paper coffee cups purchased during their journey.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2023

The Recycling Association has said that the National Audit Office (NAO) report on resources and waste reforms shows that Defra needs to get on with implementing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Consistency of Collection. It is especially concerning that NAO found that effective delivery plans for this policy do not exist.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Many of these chargers ultimately end up being discarded, contributing to more than 51,000 tonnes of electronic and electrical equipment waste each year. Don’t bin them Many people do not realise that disposing of old phone chargers and cables in standard waste bins has negative environmental consequences. What should you do with them?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Vodafone announced “a major initiative” on 23 February to extend the life of new mobile phones and encourage customers to trade in or recycle their old devices. Retailing at scale a range of high-quality refurbished, pre-owned handsets alongside newer devices. Network waste commitment. Waste partnerships.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A new campaign calls for multi-sector collaboration to tackle the e-waste crisis and drive behaviour change amongst young people. Despite a growing e-waste crisis, 45% of young people have never recycled a phone. Furthermore, 38% of young people have disposed of their phone in general waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The potential yearly cost of collecting and recycling these vapes – according to the same research – now stands at £200 million which currently isn’t being paid for by vape producers, importers and retailers. It also explored the preferred recycling solutions for vapes.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

The proposals in the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) consultation on business waste are anti-competitive and will force successful recycling businesses into administration, The Recycling Association has warned. “We need a nip and tuck, not a revolution. . “We need a nip and tuck, not a revolution. .

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Establishing employee engagement in retail sustainability. Employee engagement in retail is vital to effectively achieve your green goals – and to unlock this engagement you need to establish a green culture. We know you’ve been working hard to create a sustainable retail business. Sustainability Guide for Retail.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Food companies have a dual responsibility when it comes to waste reduction aspirations: optimizing their operations to minimize food waste while reducing the amount of other materials — especially the waste associated with packaging — sent to landfill.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2022

New research seems to show that 16 per cent of Brits don’t recycle, with a lack of knowledge about what can and can’t be recycled cited as the most common reason. In fact, recent figures from DEFRA show that the amount of household waste recycled in England fell by 1.5 A successful scheme relies on consumer participation.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 20, 2023

A new report calls for urgent industry action to define the appropriate quality specifications for mechanical recyclates. Currently, the plastics industry is not yet able to reach its recycling targets due to insufficient volumes of recycled plastic that meet the required quality for key packaging applications.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

Responding to the announcement, the Recycling Association chief executive Paul Sanderson suggested this time should be used to consider whether DRS is required at all. Moore said he believed “including glass in any UK DRS will create undue complexity for the drinks industry and it increases storage and handling costs for retailers”.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Team Portables, a consortium for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) recycling incentivization, has received Phase II funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize. Using their smartphone, registered users will be able to find out more about recycling and actively earn rewards for doing so.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste. The largest source of textiles in municipal solid waste is discarded clothing. Close Authorship. Lizee customer environmental performance dashboard.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2023

At Dunelm we believe in the joy of being at home and by building this into our commitment to product circularity, we hope to help create more homely environments for people that may be struggling to afford essential items, while also reducing unnecessary waste and landfill."

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Help keep toxic materials out of the landfill by recycling your old computers and e-waste at upcoming free electronic recycling events. Midwest Recycling Center will accept almost all electronics including computers and networking equipment, cell phones and chargers, and medical, home audio, recording and retail equipment.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2021

An apparent industry-first initiative aims to help beauty influencers and media recycle empty packaging and containers produced every month from beauty samples and cosmetic tester pots. SEEN AGAIN is the work of returns management platform ReBOUND Returns , working with beauty specalist agency SEEN Group and HANDLE Recycling.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

If IKEA can't resell an item, the company plans to recycle it or donate it to community organizations. . Here are a few of IKEA’s other recent waste reduction and circular economy efforts: The retailer plans to remove all non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its global home furnishing offerings by October 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The new packaging labels introduced by the On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) organisation. Easier to understand recycling labelling has been welcomed by The Recycling Association. When combined with the OPRL labelling, this will lead to much higher quality recycling.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

The early-stage company, based in New York, focuses on the $16 billion children’s clothing market, which, like the entire apparel space, suffers from a significant amount of waste. Also, we helped design clothes with natural and monofibers that are recyclable. Our recycling partnerships are local here in the U.S. Infinity Goods.

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