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Giant Food Stores Creeps Closer to Waste Reduction Goals with One Store’s Success

September 11, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

Giant Food Stores, a Carlisle, Pa.-based grocer with more than 170 neighborhood locations, announced that one of its stores has achieved zero-waste status; its Cleona store has taken the company’s waste reduction goals seriously and is the chain’s first to achieve 90% or more of waste diverted to landfill. The ... Read more »

Kroger Vows to Oust Plastic Bags by 2025, Starting with Seattle-based QFC

August 24, 2018October 11, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

The Kroger Co. will phase out single-use plastic bags across all of its stores by 2025, beginning with Seattle-based QFC stores; those will transition away from single-use plastic bags is expected to be completed in 2019. The company says it will eventually move to reusable totes, which the company sells, ... Read more »

Invest in Municipal Recycling Programs for Economic Benefits

August 9, 2018December 17, 2018 by Guest Author

Americans currently recycle over 90 million tons of metal, paper, plastics, electronics, textiles and glass annually. What would happen if Americans didn’t recycle that amount? Our communities would have to pay over

PepsiCo Reports Waste Diversion and Packaging Progress

July 11, 2018May 7, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

PepsiCo’s 2017 sustainability report published today shows that the American multinational corporation reduced the overall amount of waste sent to landfill over the previous year, and also made progress toward their 2025 packaging design goal. Here is an in-depth look at those initiatives.

E-Commerce Giant Lazada Joins Movement to Tackle Plastic Pollution

June 7, 2018June 15, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

Lazada, an e-commerce giant in Southeast Asia is yet another entity that adopted World Environment Day’s Beat Plastic Pollution theme. The website offered all visitors a list of suggestions that could substitute for single-use plastic items like plastic bags, cups, straws and even diapers. Lazada’s presence spreads across Singapore, Malaysia, ... Read more »

European Commission Proposes Ban on Single-Use Plastic Items

June 1, 2018June 15, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

The European Commission is proposing a ban on single-use plastic items like straws and utensils according to draft rules released this week.

UK Plastic Recycling Infrastructure Requires $120M Investment

April 30, 2018May 1, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Most flexible plastic packaging in the UK can be recycled, but the collection, sorting, and recycling infrastructure to make that happen requires an investment of around $120 million, says British resource recovery company Axion Group. Approximately 414,000 metric tons of plastic-based flexible packaging is placed on the UK market each ... Read more »

Taiwan Outlaws Straws, Other Single-Use Plastics, in Strictest Policy Ever

March 8, 2018August 2, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

By 2030, a ban on single-use plastics such as straws, bags, cups and utensils could be fully rolled out in Taiwan, if the nation’s Environmental Protection Administration has its way.

GM Now Boasts 142 Landfill-Free Sites – More than Other Automakers, Company Claims

February 28, 2018November 28, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

General Motors has expanded is landfill-free program to 27 newly certified facilities, with all manufacturing plants in Canada, Mexico and South America reusing, recycling, or converting to energy all waste from their daily operations. “To us, waste is simply a

Recycling Contamination: What It Is, Why It Matters, and Pitfalls to Avoid

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 by Guest Author

What exactly is recycling contamination? Why does it matter? How does it impact recycling efforts? And how can my business keep it from happening?

Method Cleaning Products To Display How2Recycle Labels

August 16, 2017September 26, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

People Against Dirty, the San Francisco-based company that makes Method cleaning products, just joined the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s How2Recycle program, which aims to reduce confusion about recycling through clear standardized consumer labels. A new line of Method dishwasher detergent packs sold in stand-up plastic pouches will soon have the How2Recycle ... Read more »

Consumer Demand, Business Benefits Will Grow Sustainable Packaging Market to $440 Billion by 2025

March 10, 2017April 4, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Sustainable packaging is gaining traction across industries, and providing business benefits in addition to satisfying customer demand and reducing your company's carbon footprint.

Giant Food Stores Creeps Closer to Waste Reduction Goals with One Store’s Success

Kroger Vows to Oust Plastic Bags by 2025, Starting with Seattle-based QFC

Invest in Municipal Recycling Programs for Economic Benefits

PepsiCo Reports Waste Diversion and Packaging Progress

E-Commerce Giant Lazada Joins Movement to Tackle Plastic Pollution

European Commission Proposes Ban on Single-Use Plastic Items

UK Plastic Recycling Infrastructure Requires $120M Investment

Taiwan Outlaws Straws, Other Single-Use Plastics, in Strictest Policy Ever

GM Now Boasts 142 Landfill-Free Sites – More than Other Automakers, Company Claims

Recycling Contamination: What It Is, Why It Matters, and Pitfalls to Avoid

Method Cleaning Products To Display How2Recycle Labels

Consumer Demand, Business Benefits Will Grow Sustainable Packaging Market to $440 Billion by 2025

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