Category: Self-Regulation & Commitments
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Aldi Goes For Bioplastics Bags
Aldi has said it will ditch its plastic bags for paper and biodegradable bags from July.
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No More Plastic Straws at Over 270 Outlets in Singapore From July
A major contributor to the excessive use of disposable plastic, Singapore’s food and beverage industry has taken a significant first step to influence plastic-free consumption by removing plastic straws from their premises by next month.
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Corona Will Accept Plastic Waste as Payment to Combat Ocean Pollution
For a week, the beer company will upcycle litter.
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Tallahassee Businesses Moving to Biodegradable Straws
Tallahassee city commissioners are hoping the city will become “more conscious than ever before” in protecting the environment, starting with plastic straws.
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ASDA Testing New Type of Packaging
PRESS RELEASE – We’re trialling a new kind of packaging for fresh chicken that will save 75 tonnes of plastic waste. Anna Barr from our Poultry team explains how.
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All ALDI Packaging Reusable, Recyclable or Compostable by 2025
The supermarket chain is also taking a number of other steps to help combat the global plastics catastrophe.
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Germany’s Delivery Hero Invests In Biodegradable Packaging
German food delivery company Delivery Hero on Thursday announced an investment in biodegradable packaging manufacturer Bio-Lutions as governments and companies around the world seek to reduce plastic waste.
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Sainsbury’s Trials Pre-Cycle Scheme Among Plastic Reduction Plans
Sainsbury’s, which was recently targeted by environmental campaigners, has announced several measures to tackle plastic waste.
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Ariel and Lenor Commit to Reduce Plastic Packaging
P&G set new target to reduce plastic use in European Fabric Care brands by 30 per cent by 2025.
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Deliveroo to Trial Food Container Reuse Service in the UK
Online delivery service Deliveroo has partnered with clean technology (cleantech) company OXWASH to trial a takeaway container cleaning service for customers and restaurants in Oxford and Cambridge this summer.
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Shake Shack Moving to Biodegradable Straws
Soon, all U.S. Shake Shacks will eschew the standard straw in service of sustainability, instead importing boxes of biodegradable yet acceptable alternatives. That’s all I’ve got, no more intentional alliteration, I solemnly swear.
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Evian Unveils Refillable Device in Bid to Slash Plastic Waste
French bottled water company Evian is set to begin trials of a new refillable in-home water appliance next month, in a bid to gauge consumer appetite for lower-plastic alternatives to single-use bottles.
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Diageo to Remove Plastic from Guinness Multipacks
Drinks firm will replace holders with 100% recyclable and biodegradable cardboard packs
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Shell Walks Away From U.S. Refining Lobby
Royal Dutch Shell Plc on Tuesday became the first major oil and gas company to announce plans to leave a leading U.S. refining lobby due to disagreement on climate policies, citing its support for the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
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4000 Amazon Employees Want to End Reliance on Fossil Fuel
A group of more than 4,000 Amazon employees has signed an open letter to management calling on the company to end its reliance on fossil fuels.
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Star Group Looking at Bioplastics
The Star Group is looking for new and better ways to innovate in all products
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Mitsubishi Chemical Joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings is first Japanese chemical company to join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100
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UK Tour Operators Pledge to Move to Biodegradable Brochures
Tour operators have pledged to reduce their environmental impact by delivering brochures in biodegradable wrappers.
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SeaWorld Stops Using Polystyrene
SeaWorld is removing polystyrene foam from its dinnerware in all 12 of its parks, replacing it with 100% recycled material. John Reilly, chief operating officer at SeaWorld, discusses the change and well as park attendance and animals.
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Trader Joe’s Goes Bioplastics
On December 31, 2018, Trader Joe’s announced a plan to focus on more sustainable and environmentally-friendly packaging. The initiative has several goals outlined: “reducing and removing packaging, sourcing renewable and recycled packaging materials, choosing packaging that can be realistically recycled, avoiding the use of harmful substances in packaging, and providing recycling and disposal instructions for…
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Wendy’s Commits to More Sustainable Packaging
Packaging is a hot topic, especially with off-premises channels growing across the board. In a partnership with the NextGen Consortium, Wendy’s is looking to develop more sustainable packaging for its products.
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Samsung Goes Bioplastics
Your next Samsung phone could come in recycled and bio-based paper and plastic wrapping.
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Airline Companies Ban Plastic Packaging
Portuguese airline company Hi Fly implements a ban on single-use plastic items, following the examples of Heathrow Airport, Thomas Cook and Virgin Australia.
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Irish School Distributes Biodegradable Bottles To Pupils
Biodegradable Bottles are replacing single-use plastic bottles at a Dublin girls’ school, Mount Sackville Secondary School.
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Lego Goes For Bio-Based Plastics Instead of Biodegradable and Recycling
Lego will focus on bio-based bioplastics rather than on biodegradable plastics and recycling.
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BBC Sustainability Strategy Includes Bioplastics
BBC’s new sustainability strategy aims to take responsibility for its broadcasting and operations and help audiences understand the contribution they can make.
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Apple Goes for More Bioplastics and Stops PVC
Here’s a look at Apple’s plastic Strategy for the MacBook Air and Mac Mini
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Sealed Air Makes Sustainability and Plastic Pledge
PRESS RELEASE – Sealed Air Corporation announced a bold sustainability and plastics pledge to design and advance their innovative packaging solutions to be 100% recyclable or reusable by 2025.
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Albea Joins New Plastics Economy Global Commitment
Albéa joins the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment launched by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to create a circular economy for plastics.
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Jamaica Food and Drink Festival Goes Bioplastics
Jamaica Food and Drink Festival (JFDF) will focus on reducing its environmental footprint and will use bioplastics foodware.
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TUI Cruises Goes Bioplastics
Germany based operator TUI Cruises launches initiative “Wasteless” and will use bioplastics instead of plastics.
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Lidl to Stop Using Black Plastic Packaging
Lidl UK plans to remove black plastic from its fruit and vegetable range by the end of this month and from its fresh meat, fish and poultry range by August next year.
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Co-op Supermarkets Will Use Bioplastics Bags
Co-op supermarkets will replace all single-use plastic bags with biodegradable alternatives.
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Waitrose Will Use Bioplastics Bags
Waitrose & Partners will start using bioplastics bags by next spring
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How Starbucks Will Profit on Sustainability
Starbucks will impose a 5p “latte levy” on every single use paper cup across their 950 UK stores starting on July 26th.
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Supermac’s Goes Bioplastics
Irish Supermac’s will introduce recyclable cups, paper straws and biodegradable burger wraps in all their restaurants.
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UK Retailer Morrisons Disrupts Plastic Food Packaging
UK Retailer Morrisons will replace plastic bags with brown paper bags for the loose fruit and vegetables and claims the change will save 150 million plastic bags every year.
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McDonalds India Kicks Out Plastics
Master Franchisee Hardcastle Restaurants has already moved away from plastic in Maharashtra and Karnataka. A market-wide change will follow over the coming months.
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Carrefour Announce New Plastic and Packaging Policy
Carrefour aims for 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging for its company owned brands by 2025.
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Belgian Plastic Waste Plan is Weak
The Flemish Government (Flemish dutch speaking region) asked the packaging industry to come up with a plan to reduce the use of plastics and litter. The plan the industry came up with lacks ambition. Some consider the plan to be a bit of a joke in fact.
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New Zealand Plastic Packaging Declaration … Greenpeace: It’s Rubbish
Local and international businesses commit to using 100 % reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging in their New Zealand operations by 2025 or earlier. Greenpeace believes it’s rubbish.
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UK Plastics Pact will Eradicate Single-Use Plastics
The UK Plastics Pact plans to eradicate single-use plastic and was signed by more than 40 major players in the food and non-food industry amongst which leading UK retailers, such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Waitrose.
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UK Retailer Iceland Plans to Eliminate Plastic Packaging
Retail development in the UK will have a substantial impact on the EU and US food and beverage packaging industry. The disruption of the plastic food packaging industry has started. The first bullet was shot.
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Lego Goes Bioplastics by 2025
Toymaker Lego wants to replace single-use disposable plastics by recycled or bio-based materials for all plastic packaging.
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