GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scaling the Market for Post-Consumer Recycled Content. What will it take to scale the domestic market for post-consumer recycled content? The demand for recycled plastics has skyrocketed — so much so that brands and packaging producers are experiencing limited supply. Mon, 09/14/2020 - 10:39. Holly Secon.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Reusable packaging provides untapped payoffs for business. Thu, 08/13/2020 - 01:45. Until the 1980s, glass or cotton bags were the go-to packaging materials for many products, such as milk and flour. Until the 1980s, glass or cotton bags were the go-to packaging materials for many products, such as milk and flour.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 01:00. Also, we helped design clothes with natural and monofibers that are recyclable. Our recycling partnerships are local here in the U.S. Holly Secon. and help to keep our clothes out of landfills.". Infinity Goods.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Supporting Business in the Race to Create the World’s Most Sustainable Package. Only 9% of all plastic is recycled and it can take hundreds of years to degrade. Recycling is critical, but the world cannot rely on that alone. The safety and performance of plant-based packaging materials. Mon, 09/14/2020 - 13:52.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

According to data released by the Environment Agency on 22 July, a record 40,653 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in Q2 2020. This indicates that 76,933 tonnes were collected for recycling in the first half of the year – a significant increase of 52% compared to the same period in 2019 (50,744).

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 01:30. From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to the intensifying impacts of climate change, we can’t say we’ll miss 2020. READ THE FULL STORY: 8 electric truck and van companies to watch in 2020. . Holly Secon.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Walgreens Boots Alliance exec talks plastic, packaging and COVID-19. At the time of our conversation in early February, one of the most pressing items on Ellis’ priority list was releasing WBA’s 2020 CSR report and tooting the company’s horn. . Deonna Anderson. Mon, 03/01/2021 - 01:45. Walgreens is a fixture in the United States.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Engaging Middle America in recycling solutions. Wed, 08/26/2020 - 01:00. At Circularity 2020, I’m talking about how to engage people in recycling, and the two ideas are linked together. So what does this mean for engaging Americans in recycling? . Suzanne Shelton. Well, it’s a good news/bad news scenario.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

Two ways P&G is working toward its packaging goals. Tue, 05/05/2020 - 11:33. Procter & Gamble's Tide laundry detergent brand first introduced in January 2019 its "Eco-Box," which has been compared to a wine box because of its design made from paperboard with a tap for dispensing, in an effort to reduce the plastic in its packaging.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

How BASF’s reciChain aims to improve traceability of recycled plastics. The vision for BASF’s reciChain project is to take circularity into the real world by increasing traceability of recycled plastics. Toomey added that once a product is recycled, the tracker can be maintained through multiple uses. “We Deonna Anderson.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Tue, 09/22/2020 - 01:00. I hope you’ve downloaded our latest free report, "Engaging Middle America in Recycling Solutions.". We also wanted to understand what could keep them engaged once they understood that they need to do things better or differently to ensure everything they chuck in the bin actually gets recycled.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. Launched in 2017, the awards have witnessed a dramatic and inspirational rise in the circular use of plastics through increased recycling and recyclability over the last the five years, said the organisers.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Reusable Packaging: Scaling Past a Pandemic. How can companies shift to reusable packaging models while dissuading concerns for safety and contamination? Since the day of the milkman, companies have launched untold schemes to skip recycling for its less energy- and material-intensive cousin: reuse. Wed, 09/16/2020 - 00:22.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Equal Recycling Access. communities and industry partners collaborate to ensure access to recycling? While most Americans would agree that recycling is important, access to recycling bins, store drop-off options and other facilities can vary greatly depending on your location. Thu, 09/10/2020 - 19:36. How can U.S.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 01:30. By nature, cosmetics packaging is small and intricate, made up of many parts that are difficult to clean after use, resulting in the majority of this packaging going directly into landfills. The global packaging industry is set to reach over $1 trillion by 2021. Katrina Shum.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Firm behind Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price plans to launch first toy made from and packaged in green materials in early 2020.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Wed, 09/02/2020 - 00:45. 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.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Wed, 06/17/2020 - 02:00. More precautions have meant more PPE, which usually has come in contact with biological matter that causes management challenges for recycling facilities. The packaging conundrum. Heather Clancy. In the U.S.,

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Fri, 05/22/2020 - 00:05. But Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle, thinks when the crisis is over there will be even more opportunity for reusable packaging and containers to become more commonplace, if done right. Recycling centers have closed temporarily or indefinitely, across California and in parts of Ohio, Oregon and Alabama.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Tue, 10/27/2020 - 02:17. To achieve that designation at its World Shaving Headquarters in Boston, Gillette worked with local recycler Rand Whitney Recycling to do an in-depth assessment on all of its waste streams, with a goal of ensuring all would be either reused, recycled or incinerated for energy recovery.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Here's how Tetra Pak plans to improve circularity of its packaging. If you’ve ever drank juice from a carton package, it may have been supplied by Tetra Pak, a multinational food processing and packaging company. Our packages offer a lower carbon footprint when compared to other alternatives.”. Thu, 09/17/2020 - 18:59.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

· New HydroPRS process creates raw ingredients for “infinitely recyclable new products” · World-first commercial-scale plant starts construction in Teesside, UK, backed by global partners and UK Government. tonnes of plastic packaging – the second highest per capita in the world. iii] The UK alone produces 2.4m

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with the bulk of it ending up in landfill, incinerated or leaking into the environment, and only 9% successfully recycled, according to a new OECD report. Landfill and incineration taxes that incentivise recycling only exist in a minority of countries.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

How should diverse corporate stakeholders —such as brands and packaging producers — help shape the U.S. policy landscape around plastics, recycling and solid waste management? The steady growth of public attention around plastics and packaging has led to a revitalized policy focus in the U.S. packaging policy landscape.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

How should diverse corporate stakeholders — such as brands and packaging producers — help shape the U.S. policy landscape around plastics, recycling and solid waste management? The steady growth of public attention around plastics and packaging has led to a revitalized policy focus in the U.S. packaging policy landscape.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Fri, 11/06/2020 - 01:15. In 2017, containers and packaging made up a significant portion of municipal solid waste (MSW), about 80.1 Reuse can reduce the amount of waste that will need to be recycled or sent to landfills and incinerators. . Deonna Anderson. million tons (29.9 Reuse] is needed. It is possible.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Tue, 08/18/2020 - 02:00. which recently announced its 10-year Vision 2030 sustainability plan, is prioritizing initiatives including habitat protection and reimagining its packaging. million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100 million in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00. 7 tips for companies developing reusable packaging. Safety and performance in recycled plastics. The State of Green Business 2020. Heather Clancy. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:08).

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:45. And when crude oil prices fell into negative territory in April, the recycled plastic industry experienced a reckoning. Our strategy hasn’t changed," Yolanda Malone, vice president of global foods packaging at PepsiCo, told a digital crowd at GreenBiz’s Circularity 20 event this week. "We Jesse Klein.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

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.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Wed, 05/27/2020 - 02:00. A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. The company rebuilt blue jeans for recyclability, also slashing the use of water and being mindful of workers' well-being.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Wed, 12/23/2020 - 01:15. But the company also owns a lot of other brands that offer other consumer packaged goods such as deodorant (Speed Stick), body soap (Irish Spring) and other household cleaning products (Fabuloso). And what are those items packaged in? 3 takeaways from Colgate-Palmolive's 2025 strategy. Deonna Anderson.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 8, 2021

5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021. 2020 was a breakthrough year for climate tech, and there’s more to come in 2021. Sustainability professionals considered this question: What’s the most significant way that the events of 2020 changed your job or perspective as a sustainability professional? Water Recycling.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

If you’ve ever drank juice from a carton package, it may have been supplied by Tetra Pak, a multinational food processing and packaging company. One of its ambitions is to deliver “packages made entirely from renewable and/or recycled materials that are fully recyclable,” according to the company site.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Elsa Wenzel. and globally by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Aluminium packaging recycling organisation Alupro has thrown its full support behind Recycle Week (21-27 September). Organised by Recycle Now, this year’s campaign will run under the banner ‘Together We Recycle’ and aims to celebrate household recycling through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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