Chemistry, Materials & Packaging
The latest developments in safe and sustainable chemicals, new materials, fuels, and more.
CVS, Target Working to ‘Skip the Slip’ with Digital, Non-Toxic Receipt Options
Green America’s new ‘Skip the Slip’ report tracks the progress on receipt practices of 35 major companies. The retailers’ switch reflects growing consumer demand for digital options and non-toxic, recyclable receipt paper.
The Great Indoors: Creating a Nurturing Habitat for People and Planet
Cross-Posted from Product, Service & Design Innovation. We spend 90% of our time indoors, and that was before a global pandemic forced many of us to turn our living environments into our offices, schools and gyms. So, what is the key to creating nurturing indoor habitats?
How WestRock Is Collaborating Its Way Toward a More Circular Economy
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. Here, WestRock shares insights from its Climate Week panel with the Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, GreenBlue and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.
Growing the Market with Averted Plastic
“Averted Plastic” encompasses any mismanaged plastic waste. Oceanworks has expanded its marketplace to include this material — incentivizing entrepreneurs worldwide to divert all plastic waste into economical recycling programs.
Strategies for Scaling Ocean Plastic Supply
Brand commitments are the engine driving recycled plastic’s transition to scale. Making recycled plastic content part of your brand story is hands down the most important way to move the needle.
Why Collaboration Is Crucial for Plastics Industry Disruption
To date, plastic recycling has nibbled around the edges. Just like with the climate crisis — no single nation or company can fix our plastic pollution problem on its own; success will only be realized via coordinated efforts.
In the Spirit of Sustainability: Absolut Set to Unveil Fully Recyclable Paper Bottles
While still in the testing phase, The Absolut Company hopes that its new paper bottle will be the first of many in a wider range of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers.
Is Plastics Recycling Still a Lie?
More and more plastic is finally being recovered and recycled by companies that share Oceanworks’ commitment to ensuring that this feedstock becomes — and remains — a first choice for the industry going forward.
What Is Ocean-Bound Plastic? And Does It Really Matter?
To fully address the plastic waste challenge, it is urgent to capture as much of it as possible. Diverting ocean-bound plastics is a worthy cause, but it only scratches the surface of the broader challenge of mismanaged waste.
McDonald’s, Loop Partner on Industry-First Cup Return Scheme
Beginning in 2021, McDonald's customers in select UK restaurants will be able to choose a reusable hot beverage cup, which can be returned to be sanitized and reused.
The Business Case(s) for Blending Ocean Plastics
Forging a path that recognizes both the importance of recycling and the specific needs of manufacturers will enlist far more companies into the world of recycled plastic. The key to this happy medium is blending.
Chicago Parks Fight Hand Sanitizer Shortage Through Innovative Biodiesel Partnership
An unlikely partnership has enabled the Chicago Park District to produce enough much-needed hand sanitizer to keep its employees and park visitors safe during the pandemic.
Fashion, Beauty Brands Pushing the Envelope with Sustainable Packaging Stories
Sustainable packaging is on track to becoming the norm in both industries, leaving the thing that sets brands apart as the way they communicate the message.
prAna’s Responsible Packaging Movement Aims to Foster Sea Change in Fashion
Leading by example, the sustainable fashion brand has pledging to eliminate plastic from its consumer packaging by 2021, the use of Ancient and Endangered Forest by 2022, and to eliminate virgin forest fibers by 2025.
The Future of Fashion Is in Biomaterials and Circularity
The circular economy is here to stay — and no industry is better positioned to take on this challenge than fashion. The designers, innovators and business people in this industry are starting a revolution that ensures doing good never goes out of style.
Going Green (and Blue): Three Lessons Learned from a Circular Partnership
As CHEP and Ice River Springs have worked together in pursuit of a stronger circular economy, we’ve learned a number of lessons. We want to share a few with you, in hopes that they’ll spark inspiration for your own operations.
How a Classic Brand Is Tackling the Marine Plastic Problem
Zipper giant YKK Group has used recycled PET yarns in the woven tape of its Natulon® zippers since 1994. But when it wanted to help address the challenge of ocean plastic, the company saw it as an opportunity to get creative.
BASF to Release Carbon Footprint Data for Its 45K Products
The chemical giant has been a leader in innovative approaches to quantifying the impacts of its diverse product portfolio.
6 Tips for Avoiding Recycled Materials Supply Chain Disruptions
Don’t wait until a breakdown happens to explore alternatives. Start evaluating your supply chain today and expand your recycled plastic sources to keep things humming no matter what the world throws at you.
Trending: Returnity, Venetian Resort Working to Cut Out COVID Waste
Surgical mask upcycling and antimicrobial, reusable packaging solutions are some of the latest initiatives aiming to clean up some of our COVID-fueled, plastic-covered mess.
