1:34 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Cut
Kaufland Germany: 20 percent less plastic use
As part of the plastic strategy of the Schwarz Group REset Plastic, Kaufland set specific goals for less plastic and more recycling in 2018. After three years, the company draws a first interim balance: By optimizing and reducing packaging, Kaufland was able to reduce the use of ...
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1:40 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Circular economy
SIBUR updates its ESG goals under 2025 strategy
SIBUR’s Board of Directors has approved amendments to the 2025 Sustainable Development Strategy. The Company maintains focus on mitigating the climate impact and developing circular economy, while also taking on more ambitious green commitments and expanding the range of diversity ...
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3:59 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Report
NAS: U.S. should create national strategy by end of 2022 to reduce its increasing contribution to global ocean plastic waste
The United States should create a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce its contribution to plastic waste in the ocean, including substantially reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the U.S., says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, ...
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2:20 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Recycling
Axion: Plastic recycling does work
Recycling end-of-life plastic is still the best route for recovering this versatile and long-life material. Processing the material is the best way to preserve valuable resources and reduce negative environmental impact.
“Plastic recycling does work. Littering plastics has a ...
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2:20 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
DRS
Tetra Pak: Consumers ‘rewire’ priorities and take action on environment, waste and health
Consumer confusion risks undermining the UK Government’s flagship recycling policy, the Deposit Return Scheme, new research (1) from Tetra Pak has revealed.
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2:44 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Report
UK Plastics Pact cuts plastic packaging by 10% and doubles recycled content
UK Plastics Pact members have reduced problematic single-use plastic items by 46% and reduced the amount of packaging on supermarket shelves by 10% in the period 2018-2020. Recycled content has doubled in two years through Pact action, saving 140,000 tonnes of CO2e. Although in ...
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