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How sustainable is Wimbledon 2022?
…are perhaps the most visible to fans. Food is now served in plastic-free, fibre-based containers which Wimbledon is working to make recyclable. In line with UK law, plastic straws and…
Absolut launches world’s first commercially available paper bottles for spirits
…with most of the remaining material being plastic. Absolut claims that the plastic barrier is recyclable via rubbish collections from homes in the region. As well as reducing plastic use,…
Solar panels that mimic leaves and next-gen EV batteries: The best green innovations of August 2023
…PET plastic, and bioplastic products, and are also completely non-toxic and FDA-compliant. Instead of absorbing water and disintegrating, or soaking up grease and becoming unrecyclable, the coatings act as barriers…
UK’s Deposit Return Scheme to launch in October 2027
…plastic drink bottles and drink cans than glass bottles. Its own figures state that 14 billion plastic drink bottles and nine billion drink cans are used each year. It believes…
Carlsberg to trial 8,000 bio-based beer bottles across Europe
…biggest plastic producers in the food and beverage space – confirmed plans to trial 2,000 paper-based bottles in 2021, to test the material’s viability as an alternative to single-use plastics….
Aldi’s AI recycling tracker and Spain’s clampdown on short-haul flights: The sustainability success stories of the week
…tonnes of flexible plastics in stores in 2023. Less than one in five UK councils offer household collections of flexible plastics, which represent almost one-quarter of consumer goods packaging placed…
TerraCycle launches new direct-to-consumer bags for hard-to-recycle plastics
…was first promised by the Government in 2018, many large retailers have rolled out soft plastic recycling points across their stores. Time will tell whether shoppers opt for TerraCycle’s ‘Zero…
Kraft Heinz to develop paper-based ketchup bottle
…up to produce a variety of plastic-free, single-mould bottles that will be used across the major FMCG companies. Diageo has already unveiled a plastic-free, paper-based spirits bottle, which debuted on…
Volvo quits diesel as Germany axes coal power plants: The sustainability success stories of the week
…immediate work for new plastic recycling tech Only 9% of the plastics ever produced have been recycled. Moreover, plastic is not infinitely recyclable, with material quality degrading through each processing…
‘Refill revolution’ needed to dramatically slash environmental impact of packaging, study finds
…refillable packaging. The Foundation has stated that scaling this proportion to 40% would be “one of the biggest opportunities to reduce plastic pollution” through to 2040, mitigating up to one-fifth…
Available to watch on-demand: edie’s Circular Economy Inspiration Sessions featuring Mars, L’Oreal, Canon and more
…plastics and harnessing innovation to switch to alternative packaging materials. Discussion points: Moving beyond packaging commitments to meaningful action Internal action to accelerate change around plastics Compostable, recyclable, re-usable: Pathways…
PepsiCo issues $1.25bn green bond
…on FMCG majors like PepsiCo to use less plastic altogether – virgin or recycled – and invest more heavily in plastic-free and refillable alternatives. The last focus theme for this…
Solar-powered fridges and portable EV powerbanks: The best green innovations of June 2022
…Heating to convert mixed plastic into graphene that can be used to reinforce new car parts. And the researchers have put the process to the test using plastic from the…
Resource revolution: The Circular Economy Inspiration Sessions
…Moving beyond packaging commitments to meaningful action Internal action to accelerate change around plastics Compostable, recyclable, re-usable: Pathways to becoming single-use-plastic-free Speakers: Sarah George, Senior Reporter, edie (chair) Sandrine Ricard,…
A funding boost for UK renewables and a high-speed retrofitted train: The sustainability success stories of the week
…see similar price trajectories for other technologies. Read edie’s full story on this announcement here. Image: Vattenfall RESOURCES: Aussie wine brand removes 10 million plastic bottles from oceans An edition…
Solar on every factory: Inside Lego’s ‘evolving’ approach to decarbonisation
…plastics for toys also comes with a climate impact. Calling edie from Lego’s headquarters in Billund, Denmark, he explains that plastics and cardboard account for around a third of the…
Large businesses ‘could generate $700bn in annual benefits by ending exploitation of nature’
…the report identifies plastic reduction as an opportunity for $35bn in value added each year, due to reduced plastics lost to nature and reduced costs in fields such as public…
Banana fibre fabric and houses made of rice: The circular innovations of May 2023
…from coffee waste to a backpack made of recycled plastic and captured carbon, these solutions give meaning to the proverb ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.’ Photo source GroundTruth…
M&S to expand popular homecare refill scheme to 25 stores
…to eliminate a billion units of single-use plastic packaging by 2027. M&S Food’s head of sustainability Lucinda Laughton said: “We know our customers care deeply about us reducing plastic packaging…
‘Sheer foolishness’: Reported delay to UK’s Deposit Return Scheme sparks anger in green economy
…incentives for recycling plastic drink bottles and aluminium cans. In the same month, a survey revealed that two-thirds of the British public support the introduction of DRS for plastic, aluminium…
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