2:53 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Plastic use and disposal
New study presents novel behavioral barrier-based framework for sustainable plastic management
Addressing, identifying, and applying an overall framework for a sustainable solution to plastic use and disposal is a pressing issue. Researchers from Ritsumeikan University have developed a new behavioral barrier-based framework, which can serve as a guide to policymakers, ...
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1:43 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Partnership
Ellen MacArthur Foundation will collaborate with WRAP and WEF to tackle plastic pollution
The Foundation’s Plastics Initiative is joining forces with the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) and international climate action NGO WRAP, to ensure more efficient knowledge sharing across their combined network.
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1:13 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Circular solutions
TotalEnergies joins NEXTLOOPP to accelerate the development of food-grade recycled polymers
TotalEnergies has joined NEXTLOOPP, an initiative bringing together 48 companies from the plastics value chain that aims to create food-grade recycled polymer from advanced mechanical recycling.
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3:49 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Annual report
The Consumer Goods Forum’s report shows challenges of 2022 didn’t slow action on global issues
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF’s) 2022 annual report demonstrates tangible progress in addressing some of the global challenges facing the industry such as food waste, plastic pollution, deforestation and human rights challenges Contributions in the report come from Member CEOs ...
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1:35 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Zero-waste economy
AIMPLAS participates in the EU REPurpose project on safe and sustainable design of elastomeric plastics from recycling of post-consumer waste
Finding a sustainable way to shape a zero-waste economy is essential to keep the world’s consumption within its planetary boundaries, especially for versatile and widespread materials like plastics. The global consumption of materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and ...
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1:80 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Recognition
SIPA earns a Silver Medal for sustainability from EcoVadis
EcoVadis has awarded PET rigid packaging production technology specialist SIPA a silver medal for the first time. An overall score of 64/100 puts SIPA in the 87th percentile in its sector, special purpose machinery. This is a notable improvement on the score that SIPA obtained just ...
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