News and Press — May 15, 2019Terracyle CEO Tom Szaky Receives Gold Medal Honor from 2019 Independent Publisher Book AwardsThe Future of Packaging: From Linear to Circular, written by Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of waste solutions company TerraCycle, is an Outstanding Book of the Year gold medalist and “Most Likely to Save the Planet.” of the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Designed to be a primer on packaging design for the circular economy, […] News and Press — May 15, 2019
Newsletter Headline — May 15, 2019Rolling Coffee Cups Into the Circular EconomyAmericans generate more waste than people in any other country in the world. Containers and packaging make up the largest portion, or about 30 percent, of the municipal solid waste we generate. That’s the equivalent of 4.5 pounds per person per day, and only slightly more than a third of it is recycled or composted. […] Newsletter Headline — May 15, 2019
Newsletter Headline — May 15, 2019WestRock Acquires UBS Printing Group, Inc. and Extends Company’s Presence on U.S. West CoastWestRock Company, partnering with customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace, is expanding its capabilities to support the beauty & personal care, nutraceutical and media industries with the acquisition of UBS Printing Group, Inc. (UBS). The acquisition further extends the company’s geographical footprint on the U.S. West […] Newsletter Headline — May 15, 2019
Newsletter Headline — May 13, 2019Innovations In Waste Management Will Enhance Our WaterwaysJackie Thompson The impact of waste being dumped into the world’s oceans and waterways has become increasingly highlighted in recent years. While many media sources focus on the oceans, the impact on urban waste systems is just as severe; a recently updated study, published by the Journal of Environmental Pollution, found 13 billion microplastic particles were being […] Newsletter Headline — May 13, 2019
Landfills — May 9, 2019Qantas Makes History with First Flight to Produce Zero Landfill WasteAustralian airline Qantas has launched the first commercial flight to produce no landfill waste, marking a “significant day” for aviation. The flight marks the start of Qantas’ plans to eliminate 75 per cent of waste by 2021 and cut 100 million single-use plastics by the end of 2020. Around 1,000 single-use plastic items were substituted with […] Landfills — May 9, 2019
Government and Regulations — May 3, 2019Los Angeles, CA Launches Its Own Green New DealLos Angeles’ Green New Deal is an aggressive expansion of the Sustainable City pLAn the mayor created in 2015 to reflect more recent environmental studies that have shown the need for rapid and more radical solutions to combat climate change. Mayor Eric Garcetti was among the handful of mayors and governors to stick with the […] Government and Regulations — May 3, 2019
Newsletter Headline — May 3, 2019Waste Not: Company Takes Environmental Approach to Deconstruction in West HawaiiOne company on Hawaii Island has assumed a more macro view of recycling and in only a year has filled an entire baseyard with salvaged material from demolished structures. Re-use Hawaii is a nonprofit deconstruction business, and the only one of its kind, focused on reducing the single largest landfill waste stream in the state. “In […] Newsletter Headline — May 3, 2019
Newsletter Headline — April 28, 2019Sustainability Within the Fashion IndustrySustainability within retail refers to the sourcing of eco-friendly materials that make up the fabrics used in clothing. Other factors include the working conditions of the people producing the materials, the materials total carbon footprint as well as what happens to it once it’s discarded by its owner. Other means of late come in the […] Newsletter Headline — April 28, 2019
Newsletter Headline — April 26, 20193 Reasons Why Recycling is Good Business in America and a Key Driver of the Circular EconomyLast year, Closed Loop Partners, and firms that co-invested including Goldman Sachs, Citi, Google and Engie, invested over $210 million dollars in companies that are building a circular economy. The world’s largest consumer goods companies are on board too, many making public commitments to use recycled content ratios of up to 50% in their products. […] Newsletter Headline — April 26, 2019
Newsletter Headline — April 25, 2019Tupperware Brands Reinforces Sustainability Commitment with Introduction of New Circular Material Made from Mixed Plastic WasteTupperware Brands Corporation announces its collaboration with SABIC, a global leader in the petrochemical industry and long-term supplier of Tupperware Brands, for the introduction of certified circular polymers into its product offerings. This collaboration with SABIC highlights the shared commitment by both companies to advance a more circular economy, where plastic waste and materials are […] Newsletter Headline — April 25, 2019
Collection/Transfer — April 25, 2019The Plastics Recycling Conundrum: Technology, Economics And Human BehaviorSince the mid-1950s, when commercial plastics production began in earnest, over 8 billion metric tons of primary plastics have been produced, principally from hydrocarbon feedstock. Almost one-third of these plastics remain in use, mostly in infrastructure, buildings, transportation vehicles and industrial machinery. Only 500 million tons or about 6% of the produced plastics have been […] Collection/Transfer — April 25, 2019
Newsletter Headline — April 25, 2019Biodegradable Packaging Market Remains Highly Fragmented, with Tier 3 Players Collectively Foreseen to Account for Over 60 Percent Revenue ShareBiodegradable packaging market witnessed moderate growth from 2013 to 2027, and the status quo is envisaged to prevail over the period of forecast 2018 to 2028, according to a new report. Volume sales of biodegradable packaging are foreseen to record a modest 4.2% CAGR through 2028, which is anticipated to equal a market value in […] Newsletter Headline — April 25, 2019
