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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents encouraged to recycle their metal packaging

Envirotec Magazine

(Left to right) Francesca Hawes (MRF Operations Manager, Thalia); Alex Snelling-Day (Waste Policy, Climate and Environment Team Manager, GCSWS); Bryony Rothwell (RECAP Waste Partnership Manager) A new campaign promoting metal packaging recycling has been introduced by RECAP, the waste partnership between Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

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Packaging materials usage snapshot profiles mixed progress

Envirotec Magazine

Domestic recycling of aluminium packaging has remained static over the 2015-2022 period, while waste exports grew rapidly. Product manufacturers’ use of packaging materials has decreased since 2019, says a new report from environmental compliance scheme Valpak. Paper and card packaging recycling targets have flat-lined.

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Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life

GreenBiz

This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute Infinity Goods has partnerships with local Colorado producers, which have agreed to reuse their packaging through the platform, fostering a local, waste-free circular economy. minute pitch of their technology to the audience.

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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

Apeel, which got its start in 2012 with a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has attracted funding from many high-profile funds, such as Andreessen Horowitz, as well as several firms that have championed a focus on climate tech including S2G Ventures, DBL Partners and Powerplant Ventures.

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Who are net-zero leaders and laggards in food?

GreenBiz

Post Holdings sources less than 2% of its energy from renewables, has not responded to any CDP surveys sent since 2012 and has not announced an emissions target. Post is an umbrella company for these and other products, including eggs and potato ingredients for the foodservice sector and packaged meals sold under several brands.

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Progress made but too many still falling short, says EA on environmental performance of water and sewerage firms

Envirotec Magazine

These included the reduction of total pollution incidents by at least one-third compared with 2012 and for incident self-reporting to be at least 75%. Whilst there were improvements in 2020, no single company achieved all the expectations for the period 2015 to 2020.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

She came to the co-op from International Flavors & Fragrances in 2012 as supply chain and operations executive vice president and became COO several years later. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market.