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Circular Economy
What It Really Takes to Design for Circularity
What It Really Takes to Design for Circularity
Published on September 15, 2025
About a 7 minute read

We hope that by sharing our approach, we’ll continue to inspire other companies to take similar action — driving more climate progress across their organization and the world. ... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationMaterials & Packaging
Sustainable Packaging’s Biggest Challenge? Human Nature
Sustainable Packaging’s Biggest Challenge? Human Nature
Published on September 11, 2025
About a 5 minute read

As EPR laws take hold and consumer expectations rise, the window for proactive collaboration is closing. Brands can put aside their fears around collaboration or risk falling behind. ... View More

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Materials & PackagingRegulation & Public Policy
EPR Helping Push Sustainable Packaging to a New Level
EPR Helping Push Sustainable Packaging to a New Level
Published on August 29, 2025
About a 4 minute read

EPR has already shown the potential to help us enter an era where sustainable packaging plans apply a new set of three Rs: refine, redesign and reimagine. ... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationRegulation & Public Policy
Latest Attempt at Global Plastics Treaty Ends in Stalemate
Latest Attempt at Global Plastics Treaty Ends in Stalemate
Published on August 15, 2025
About a 4 minute read

Despite momentum and optimism earlier in the process, the treaty negotiations were increasingly stymied by disagreement around potential approaches. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging
RePak Helping Retailers Ratchet Up Bottle-Recycling Efforts
RePak Helping Retailers Ratchet Up Bottle-Recycling Efforts
Published on July 18, 2025
About a 5 minute read

HydraPak has expanded a successful pilot that redirects harder-to-recycle plastics toward potential reuse, but reaching viable scale remains a work in progress. ... View More

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Circular Economy
Luxury Carmakers Expand Circular Solutions for Auto Industry
Luxury Carmakers Expand Circular Solutions for Auto Industry
Published on July 8, 2025
About a 7 minute read

JLR, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo are the latest companies embracing circularity to boost resilience and stability of their operations and supply chains. ... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsRegulation & Public Policy
With New Packaging Laws, Constraints Become Your Creative Brief
With New Packaging Laws, Constraints Become Your Creative Brief
Published on April 16, 2025
About a 6 minute read

Instead of approaching these new laws as obstacles, let’s think of them as the roadmap — the 'brief' — behind compliant and truly creative sustainable branding. ... View More

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Circular EconomyMaterials & Packaging
5 Best Practices to Discover EPR Cost Savings in Your Packaging Data
5 Best Practices to Discover EPR Cost Savings in Your Packaging Data
Published on April 4, 2025
About a 3 minute read

Businesses are required in certain states to collect and report packaging data — so if your company must gather packaging data anyway, why not use it to reduce packaging waste (and EPR fees!)? ... View More

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Circular Economy
New Study Challenges Circular Fashion’s Sustainability Potential
New Study Challenges Circular Fashion’s Sustainability Potential
Published on April 1, 2025
About a 5 minute read

The devil’s in the details: Researchers assert circular fashion’s economic and environmental benefits have been grossly overstated, and more clarity and due diligence are critical. ... View More

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Marketing & Communications
Meet ‘Zuzu,’ on a Hero’s Journey to Improve Plastics Recycling
Meet ‘Zuzu,’ on a Hero’s Journey to Improve Plastics Recycling
Published on March 4, 2025
About a 4 minute read

New advocacy campaign from SC Johnson features an intrepid hermit crab, calls for collective action and urges greater business responsibility in reining in plastic pollution. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCollaboration & Co-CreationMaterials & Packaging
First Citywide Reusable Cup Project Shows Viability of Reuse at Scale
First Citywide Reusable Cup Project Shows Viability of Reuse at Scale
Published on February 26, 2025
About a 3 minute read

In three months, the first citywide program in the US to offer a free reuse-and-return system for to-go cups produced environmental benefits when compared with a single-use alternative. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCollaboration & Co-Creation
New Cross-Industry Consortium Takes Aim at Small-Format Plastic Waste
New Cross-Industry Consortium Takes Aim at Small-Format Plastic Waste
Published on February 19, 2025
About a 5 minute read

Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy calls on brands to join critical work to increase recovery of valuable small-format plastic packaging typically lost to landfills. ... View More

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Circular EconomySupply Chain
BMW Group Expands Circular Supply Chain for EV Batteries
BMW Group Expands Circular Supply Chain for EV Batteries
Published on January 14, 2025
About a 3 minute read

After establishing a system for harvesting cobalt, lithium and nickel from its high-voltage batteries in China, a new partnership extends the effort to its EU supply chain — with the US, Mexico and Canada to follow. ... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsSupply Chain
Black Friday Clothing Zombie ‘Speaks Volumes’ About Overproduction in Fashion
Black Friday Clothing Zombie ‘Speaks Volumes’ About Overproduction in Fashion
Published on December 2, 2024
About a 3 minute read

The demonstration is part of the Or Foundation’s Speak Volumes campaign, a global initiative calling on fashion brands to declare their production volumes to help clean up the industry's waste crisis. ... View More

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Circular Economy
Unwrapping the Holiday Returns Crisis: The Hidden Costs of Convenience
Unwrapping the Holiday Returns Crisis: The Hidden Costs of Convenience
Published on November 25, 2024
About a 5 minute read

Product returns should no longer be viewed as an inevitable cost of doing business but as an opportunity to innovate. It’s time to broaden consumer awareness of the fate of most returned goods and change that story by closing the loop. ... View More

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Collaboration & Co-Creation
Startups, Consumers Helping Brands Make Business ‘Future Positive’
Startups, Consumers Helping Brands Make Business ‘Future Positive’
Published on October 22, 2024
About a 5 minute read

In keynotes on day 3 of SB’24 San Diego, major players in electronics, beauty, retail and recycling extolled the virtues of partnering with stakeholders to drive sustainability and circularity initiatives both inside and outside their companies. ... View More

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Marketing & Communications
Industry Players Continue Multi-Pronged Effort to Reduce Fashion’s Impacts
Industry Players Continue Multi-Pronged Effort to Reduce Fashion’s Impacts
Published on September 23, 2024
About a 8 minute read

Latest initiatives include circularity advocates and resellers working to end double taxation on secondhand fashion, a sustainable detergent brand’s continued efforts to reduce the impacts of laundry, and a recycled edition of a beloved clog. ... View More

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Finance & Investment
Report: Investors Must Shift Priorities to Effectively Tackle Plastic Pollution
Report: Investors Must Shift Priorities to Effectively Tackle Plastic Pollution
Published on July 31, 2024
About a 4 minute read

The Circulate Initiative’s latest Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker reveals investment amounts not only fall short of financing needs across the plastic lifecycle, too many are focused on reactive — vs proactive — solutions. ... View More

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Circular Economy
Reuse and Circularity Pilots Taking Off Inside Major Sports, Entertainment Venues
Reuse and Circularity Pilots Taking Off Inside Major Sports, Entertainment Venues
Published on July 24, 2024
About a 4 minute read

Beverage giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among companies working with partners to swap out single-use cups and trays for reusable serveware systems at big events. ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyCircular Economy
Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Lead Brands Launching First City-Wide Reuse System
Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Lead Brands Launching First City-Wide Reuse System
Published on July 9, 2024
About a 6 minute read

The collaboration, led by the NextGen Consortium, makes reusable cups the default option in over 30 national and local restaurants across the City of Petaluma, California. ... View More

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