0:56 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Single-use removal

Aldi UK removes all plastic from its multipack baked beans

Aldi is removing plastic shrink wrap from its multipacks of its Corale baked beans in a bid to further reduce plastic waste.
2:17 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Fund

Alliance to End Plastic Waste & Lombard Odier: New fund will target plastic waste as an investible opportunity

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (“Alliance”) and Lombard Odier Investment Managers (“LOIM”) today announce their intention to launch a new circular plastic fund. The fund will aim to raise US$500 million from institutional and other accredited investors for scalable solutions to ...
2:28 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Single-use cups

New £1 million ‘Bring It Back Fund’ launched by Hubbub and Starbucks to boost reusable packaging

A new £1 million ‘Bring It Back Fund’, launched by Hubbub in partnership with ...
3:70 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Study

Oceana: New research finds leading beverage giants’ recycled content goals won’t address 93% of aquatic plastic bottle pollution

A new study commissioned by Oceana has exposed the weakness of plastic recycled content pledges by giants like The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo. The analysis, conducted by Eunomia Research & Consulting, found that if the top five beverage companies meet their pledges – and ...
1:29 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Bill

Colorado legislature passes bill to reduce plastic packaging, boost recycling

Building on successful programs in dozens of countries and recent action taken by Maine and Oregon, the Colorado Senate passed on Wednesday a bipartisan producer responsibility bill. The bill, which passed the Senate with a 21-14 vote, will head to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk. If ...
1:52 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Partnership

Borealis and Reclay Group form new joint entity, Recelerate, to make plastic circularity a reality

Formed of the waste management expertise of Reclay and the high quality recycling ...
1:53 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Bottle development and design
Alternative packaging solution

Kraft Heinz teams up with Pulpex to develop the paper-based ketchup bottle of tomorrow

HEINZ, maker of the world’s favorite ketchup and beloved condiments, is teaming up ...
1:16 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
Digital portal

TOMRA Collection launches developer portal to support its suite of APIs

TOMRA Collection has announced the launch of its new developer portal. The portal is ...
1:14 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
Validation

PACCOR achieves top scores in semi-industrial testing of digital watermarks initiative HolyGrail 2.0

PACCOR is fully committed to the HolyGrail 2.0 Digital Watermarks initiative and is ...
4:39 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Bottle-To-Bottle recycling

Efficient waste collection schemes, closed-loop recycling and access to recycled content are crucial to accelerating the transition to a circular economy in Europe

Europe’s non-alcoholic beverage industry, represented by the European Fruit Juice Association (AIJN), Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE) and UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, together with leading NGOs, including Changing Markets Foundation and Zero Waste Europe, call on EU ...