The Australian government unveils plan to end plastic pollution
Inhabitat - Innovation
MARCH 15, 2021
With the National Plastic Plan, Australia aims to address challenges with biodegradable, recyclable and compostable plastics.
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Biodegradable tree guards reduce environmental impact
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
A new range of biodegradable guards will help to reduce the environmental impact of planting new whips while improving landscape management, says the firm behind them. WhiptecBio tree and hedge guards are made from recycled material and are said to be 100% sustainable, biodegradable and compostable.
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5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021
GreenBiz
JANUARY 4, 2021
That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. But COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in those plans, with single-use packaging skyrocketing, low fossil fuel prices and disrupted recycling systems, already weakened by China’s 2018 plastics waste ban. .
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Report reveals hypocrisy of world’s biggest plastic polluters
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
A new report from advocacy group The Changing Markets Foundation appears to reveal how, behind a veil of nice-sounding initiatives and commitments to address the plastics crisis – the plastics industry, consumer brands and retailers have obstructed and undermined proven legislative solutions to the crisis for decades.
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Firms target hard to recycle plastic packaging reduction with biodegradable alternative
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 5, 2020
Packaging firm DS Smithand and Aquapak, a developer of biodegradable polymer, are teaming up to develop sustainable fibre based packaging solutions that they say will replace hard to recycle packaging made from combined materials such as cardboard and plastic.
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Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics
GreenBiz
AUGUST 26, 2020
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics. Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight. Only five years ago, few corporate leaders had plastic pollution on their official radar.
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Tooth: the eco-friendly toothbrush made from recycled and biodegradable materials
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
We know you’re conscientious about water consumption by turning off the faucet while you brush, but there’s that seldom discussed issue of toothbrush waste, mostly plastic, that equates to around 1,000,000,000 toothbrushes heading to the landfill annually, and that’s just in the United States.
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How RFID technology is playing a role in reducing waste and increasing recycling
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. A 2015 study by the UK waste and recycling advisory body Wrap estimated that of the 7.3 tonnes was actually edible.
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Sustainable Packaging: Biodegradable and Eco-Friendly Options For Your Business
Green Business Bureau
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. From post-consumer recycled paper products to unique biodegradable materials, here’s a great overview of the latest options for your business shipping needs.
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146 There are no 'silver bullet' solutions to plastics
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2020
There are no 'silver bullet' solutions to plastics. The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months. The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months. In the Loop.
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SEPA household waste statistics 2019 highlight positive trends on recycling, carbon emissions and reduced landfill use
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Plastic and glass recycling increase, paper and cardboard continues downward trend. Total household recycling rate 44.9%. tonnes recycled, 0.14 This is the eighth consecutive decrease in household waste landfilled since 2011 – and for the third consecutive year there was more Scottish waste recycled (1.1
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Biodegradable vs Compostable: Understanding The Difference
Green Business Bureau
JANUARY 17, 2023
Biodegradable vs compostable: Addressing the confusion. Biodegradable vs compostable: Which material would you choose ? As the bio-based industry grows, we’re witnessing an increasing number of biodegradable and compostable claims. As such, this Green Business Bureau article defines biodegradable and compostable.
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5 companies that are using nature to redefine good design
GreenBiz
MAY 24, 2021
A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. The London-based startup also manufactures a biodegradable alternative to wood-based sheet materials using byproducts from food production. . New Iridium. Interested in more on the Circular Economy?
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5 Types of Bioplastics: Starch, Cellulose, Protein, Organic, Aliphatic Polyesters
Green Business Bureau
JULY 28, 2021
Bioplastics As An Alternative to Petroleum-Based Plastics. The development of bioplastics – plastics that are biodegradable and made of natural materials – provides businesses with eco-friendly alternatives for packaging and products, especially single-use items that contribute a lot of waste.
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Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
An explosive new report finds that the plastics industry has misled the public for decades about the viability of recycling plastic, promoting reuse despite the fact that mechanical recycling was not feasible – perpetuating the plastic waste crisis the world faces today.
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The Cup Hero separates coffee pods for recycling and composting
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 31, 2021
We’ve written about the problems with single-use coffee pods before — a majority of these little capsules end up in landfills and contribute to the world’s growing plastic pollution issues.
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Molson Coors joins Science-Based Targets with 1.5C goal and new plastics strategy
GreenBiz
AUGUST 23, 2019
The beer giant is promising to cut emissions by 50 percent and ensure all packaging is reusable, recyclable, compostable or biodegradeable by 2025.
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Busting waste and recycling myths
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
Whether you’re a happy-go-lucky ‘wish-cycler’ – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters of plastic wrapping, there’s no harm in picking up a clearer understanding of the whole process. If it’s going to be sorted anyway, it doesn’t hurt.
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WRAP’s circular economy competition awards grants in different regions of the world
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 2, 2022
WRAP’s first International Grants competition, The International Circular Plastics Flagship Competition – developed and delivered in partnership with UKRI – has awarded funding of £1.2 million to six UK based innovators to work with international partners to tackle plastic related issues in India, Chile, South Africa and Kenya.
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Industry first claimed for “fully recyclable crisp packet”
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 10, 2024
It’s described as the first fully recyclable paper crisp packet by The British Crisp Co., Consumers can dispose of the new crisp packet in their normal kerbside recycling collection along with their other paper recyclable items. It uses an innovative polymer, Hydropol, instead of conventional plastic.
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Millions of household products to become biodegradable within seven years: New roadmap
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 27, 2023
The group believes that it will be possible to develop and scale the first biodegradable PLFs and advance circular economy infrastructure for these chemicals by 2030. Despite their ubiquity and usefulness, most PLFs are not currently recyclable and are made using fossil-based petrochemical sources.
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Unilever unveils climate and nature fund worth more than $1 billion
GreenBiz
JUNE 16, 2020
Unilever also has committed to step up its efforts to preserve water, with plans to make all its "product formulations" biodegradable in order to minimize their impact on aquatic ecosystems. Jope concluded that the suite of new initiatives would complement the company's ongoing mission to curb its reliance on virgin plastic.
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411 GBB Member, Chlorophyll Water, Launches Landfill Biodegradable Bottles
Green Business Bureau
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Delivering on their corporate mission and promise to create a deliver environmentally friendly bottles and packaging, Chlorophyll Water has announced that they have achieved a major step in their commitment to limit and ultimately cease their contribution to the world’s plastic epidemic.
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Tarform’s electric motorcycle is built from recyclable and biodegradable materials
Charged
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
A Brooklyn-based startup is building electric motorcycles that are made from recyclable and natural biodegradable materials. The side panels are made from flax seed rather than plastic, and the pigments that color the bodywork are derived from natural algae. Electric, but also with the least harm to our environment.”.
Hotel Sustainability & Waste Management: Reducing Food, Water and Plastic Waste
Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 16, 2021
This article exposes the flawed system of waste management within hotels and provides practical solutions for reducing three prominent hotel wastes: food, water and plastic waste. Implement the 4-R’s for Plastic Waste Reduction. Replace plastic straws with reusable alternatives like steel and glass. Minimize Food Waste.
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EcoLuxe Products: Sustainable Bamboo Products to Help Reduce Plastic Waste and Encourage Sustainable Living
Green Business Bureau
APRIL 7, 2022
is aiding the world in the fight against single-use plastic waste by offering a variety of biodegradable organic bamboo products for personal use, homes and businesses. From disposable utensils to dental and hair care, EcoLuxe has an array of eco-friendly alternatives to help you reduce your plastic footprint.
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Which plastics tax? Policymakers face fresh pressure over plastics tax and compostable packaging
Business Green
AUGUST 24, 2020
Environmental arguments are continuing to be made both for and against the inclusion of compostable plastics in the government's planned plastics tax.
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'Infinitely recyclable': Viridor unveils plans for circular economy plastics hub
Business Green
MAY 18, 2020
Company inks memorandum of understanding with Plastic Energy to explore feasibility of new facility capable of processing previously unrecyclable plastic film. The plan would see a new Plastic Energy chemical recycling plant co-located with one of Viridor's waste-to-energy plants.
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All Eyes on Marine Plastic From Orbit
Planet Pulse
OCTOBER 27, 2020
New research combining Planet’s high cadence satellite imagery and other innovative technologies has successfully found the sources and pathways of plastic pollution in the Caribbean Sea. A boom is filled with plastic, and yet was only able to collect small amounts of it due to much of the debris passing it by. km2 to 0.77km2.
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124 Sustainability Guide for Retail: Plastic Bag Alternatives
Green Business Bureau
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Retailers need to make the switch from plastic shopping bags to eco-friendly alternatives. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. Plastic bags are so lightweight that they can travel long distances through the wind and water. Customers demand non-plastic alternatives.
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Great ways to reduce plastic use in your home: Part 1 – what and why
Low Impact
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Are you struggling to reduce plastic use in your home? In this first instalment from Ethical.net, we learn why we should be aiming to reduce our plastic use, why recycling isn’t enough and how to get stated reducing food-related plastic waste. Plastic is absolutely everywhere.
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Sustainable Food and Eco-Friendly Food Packaging
Green Business Bureau
MARCH 16, 2021
Use less plastic, in all forms. Petroleum-based plastic packaging is derived from our finite supply of fossil fuels and much of it does not break down completely for hundreds to thousands of years. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging. Keep it simple.
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Packaging developer Choose toasts 'world's first' biodegradable paper bottle
Business Green
OCTOBER 29, 2020
The fully biodegradable and compostable packaging innovation has been developed in Edinburgh with support from Innovate UK and Sky Ocean Ventures. As a result, it claims the container is fully biodegradeable and compostable, and can break down in the natural environmental without causing any harmful impact within 12 months.
Mastercard takes aim at non-recyclable credit cards with sustainable materials database
Business Green
JULY 22, 2020
Initiative aims to encourage banks to adopt credit and debit cards made from recycled, chlorine-free, biodegradable and ocean plastics. MAstercard launches drive to replace plastic credit cars with sustainable alternatives. MAstercard launches drive to replace plastic credit cars with sustainable alternatives.
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Scotland reaches 12-year low for household waste while recycling plateaus
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2023
percentage point increase in recycling levels on the previous year. tonnes recycled, 0.11 was recycled, a 0.3 The recycling figure includes recycling and reuse (657,000 tonnes) and composting (355,000 tonnes). Waste recycled and diverted from landfill The 2022 recycling rate was 43.3%, up 0.3
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‘We can’t recycle our way out’
Grist
OCTOBER 1, 2022
When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.
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Landfill and recycling both down, and incineration on the up: Scotland waste summary 2020 published
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 7, 2021
percentage point reduction in household recycling rates from 2019 to 42%. Household waste recycled and landfilled decreases. Scotland’s overall household waste recycling rate reduced from 44.9% The total amount of Scottish household waste recycled was 1.02 Household waste generated increased 0.3% million tonnes.
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Morrisons revives glass milk bottles, as Aldi cracks down on plastic in its tea range
Business Green
JUNE 21, 2021
Traditional pint-sized glass milk bottles set to be sold for 90p at 11 trial stores in bid to curb plastic waste, Morrisons confirms. We want to help our customers live their lives with less plastic," said Natasha Cook, packaging manager at Morrisons. The supermarket estimates the move would remove approximately 1.4
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Sustainable Food and Eco-Friendly Food Packaging
Green Business Bureau
MARCH 16, 2021
Use less plastic, in all forms. Petroleum-based plastic packaging is derived from our finite supply of fossil fuels and much of it does not break down completely for hundreds to thousands of years. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging. Keep it simple.
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Watson Gloves: Durable, Safe and Sustainable Hand Protection For All Purposes
Green Business Bureau
JULY 16, 2021
In 2019 Watson Gloves introduced Green Monkey biodegradable gloves made with a Reclaim additive that accelerates biodegradation in modern landfill conditions and enables these gloves to effectively degrade into organic matter and renewable biogas. biodegradation in 233 days). biodegradation in 233 days). in 390 days.
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First Mile and Delphis Eco launch reuse service to plug Covid-19 plastic bottle top shortage
Business Green
APRIL 8, 2020
Two firms offer free household collection service for plastic bottle lids to combat global shortage of hand sanitiser dispensers. The company manufactures biodegradable, plant-based cleaning products from recycled milk bottles and claims to be the first UK product company to make its bottles entirely from recycled plastic.
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Great ways to reduce plastic use in your home: Part 3 – around the home
Low Impact
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Explore how to reduce plastic use in the kitchen, living area, bedroom, bathroom and even the garden, with the help of our friends at Ethical.net. Plastic packaging is, of course, not the end of the story; most of us also have a huge array of plastic items in our homes. Reduce plastic use in your kitchen.
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Interpreting the environmental legislation changes to the classification of Persistent Organic Pollutants
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 21, 2021
Mark Priestman, Managing Director of Non-Ferrous at EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) writes. As the recycling industry innovates to embrace its role as a key player in the UK’s journey towards a more sustainable society, new challenges continue to emerge. The impact on EMR’s operations is – in some ways – profound.
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Biofuels, Plastic and the Environment: Interview with Molly Morse, CEO, Mango Materials
CleanTech Group
APRIL 20, 2020
Mango Materials is at the forefront of developing innovations in how plastic is made and, eventually, released back into the environment. The key.
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