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How Dow Is Helping Global Communities Tackle Plastic Waste
By helping to incentivize, develop and scale circular and environmentally beneficial projects, we can maximize the value of waste, empower communities and create a more sustainable future. ... View More
A Designer Fix to Our Current State of 'Broken'
From alternative materials to circular production methods, sustainable design continues on a viable path forward; it is an approach that I hope other manufacturers embrace as the ultimate design challenge. ... View More
The Ocean Cleanup: Into the Twilight Zone
As the Great Pacific Garbage Patch continues to fragment into microplastics, it is key that we reach proven technology status as soon as possible; we are closer than ever to having a tool capable of cleaning up the oceans for good. ... View More
Trending: Waste-Free Personal Care Products Set to Revolutionize Industry
Blueland debuts another plastic-free offering, Lush develops carbon-positive packaging, and Maiiro calls out the beauty industry’s ‘Pack of Lies’ in a new plastic-awareness campaign. ... View More
Beverage Giants Up the Ante on Efforts to Reverse Plastic Pollution
Molson Coors, Dasani and Poland Spring all unveil ambitious plans to eliminate problematic single-use plastic from their packaging — and help keep consumers up to speed on what’s #NotTrash. ... View More
Solving the Problem of Plastic Waste Is About Value Creation
Plastic in and of itself is not the problem — creating value for it is key to ensuring it doesn’t just get thrown “away.” Here are just a few of the innovations eliminating the idea of [plastic] waste. ... View More
Partnerships, Education Helping Braskem Pave Way Toward a Circular Future
With dedication to research, investment in technology and partnerships, Braskem has been transforming the plastics value chain. ... View More
Trending: Fashion Edges Ever Closer to Circularity
Prada's new Nat Geo series highlights its Re-Nylon line; while the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Jeans Redesign Guidelines aim to ensure jeans are made better for the environment and the health of garment workers. ... View More
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Leave Pro-Plastics Lobbying Association
As more and more companies are transitioning away from single-use plastics and actively seeking more sustainable alternatives, The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo have announced their exit from the Plastics Industry Association. ... View More
New Film Highlights South Africa’s Unsung Plastic Waste Heroes
The new short documentary, Street Surfers, explores the lives and livelihoods of the young men indirectly serving the environment through recycling as a means of income. ... View More
Reuse & Repurpose: Innovation will Unlock the Solution to Plastic Waste
Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste come in all shapes and sizes — but how do we combat the issue without taking plastic products away from those who need them most for everyday living? ... View More
6 Ways to Shift Business for Real, Positive Impact
To answer the call of this climate emergency, we need business to shift from being ‘less negative’ to being ‘for good,’ and to redefine ‘profit’ to include social and environmental benefit. ... View More
Nestlé Creates Industry-First, Recyclable Paper Snack Packaging
Nestlé SA has launched a world first for confectionery packaging: a bar packaged in paper using a high-speed, flow-wrap technology — unlocking the potential for paper packaging to be widely used in the snack industry. ... View More
VEOCEL™ Launches New Certification Criteria to Elevate Sustainability and Biodegradability in Personal Care and Beauty Products
With the new certification scheme for its VEOCEL™ branded fibers, Lenzing establishes its fiber brand as a label of trust for eco-conscious consumers. Only personal care and beauty products made from 100% cellulosic and biodegradable fiber materia... View More
US Consumers More Concerned About Ocean Plastic Than Climate Change
New study finds bans of single-use plastic and awareness of circular alternatives are breaking through to consumers. The impacts of climate change remain much more intangible. ... View More
PepsiCo’s Multi-Pronged ‘Recycling with Purpose’ Initiative Launches in Peru
The PepsiCo Foundation’s US$2M grant to Ciudad Saludable will support recyclers and their organizations to become part of the recycling system within the country. ... View More
Can Green PE, Better Collection and Recycling Redeem Plastic? Braskem Thinks So
As ocean plastic in particular has captured the world’s attention, plastic producers such as Braskem have quickly ramped up efforts to use plastic responsibly and create better alternatives. ... View More
L’Oréal, TerraCycle Illustrate How Products Should Be Made, Packaged
The innovators behind Seed Phytonutrients and the Loop reusable packaging platform shared lessons learned, and the potential impacts these disruptive new approaches to product and packaging development could hold for their respective industries. ... View More
#BrandsForGood, #Strawless Laying Groundwork for Sustainable Behavior Change
On Wednesday, day three of SB’19 Detroit, the focus was on collective brand efforts to create the significant shifts in consumer behavior necessary for The Good Life to become a reality. ... View More
Rethinking Vinyl Today to Optimize for Tomorrow
We hear a lot about the use and alternatives of single-use plastic these days. But another type of plastic is embracing a new ambitious business model: Vinyl. ... View More
