Sustainable Practices

Big Oil Mines Carbon Capture Technology to Mitigate CO2 Contribution

May 11, 2021

Almost every major oil company, from ExxonMobil to Aramco, is working on some form of carbon capture.

Plastic IQ Targets Plastic Packaging Waste Reduction

May 05, 2021

Brands adopting the no-cost Plastic IQ digital planning tool from The Recycling Partnership and SystemIQ include Colgate-Palmolive, Kellogg’s, Mondelēz, Nestlé USA, Unilever, and Walmart.

Scholle IPN Engineers First APR-Recognized 100% Recyclable BIB

Apr 28, 2021

Bag-in-box film for water uses a two-layer PE material with an inner layer containing proprietary scavenging technology.

Avantium Makes Big Bioplastics Promises, but Will It Ever Deliver?

Apr 27, 2021

Avantium issued two new press releases this month touting advances in biomaterials that will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. But the company, founded in 2000, has yet to achieve commercial-scale success.

Beiersdorf Launches First Certified Renewable Plastic Packaging

Apr 26, 2021

SABIC-assisted move from fossil fuel sources is a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions for Nivea’s Naturally Good personal face-care products.

Recycling Taco Bell’s Hot Sauce Packets: 7 Takeaways

Apr 22, 2021

Taco Bell is working with upcycler TerraCycle to collect and recycle 8-million-plus hot sauce packets in the US starting with a pilot this year.

Solvay and Origin Materials Partner to Produce Carbon-Negative Materials for Automotive Industry

Apr 21, 2021

The objective of the partnership is to rapidly develop and industrialize new products based on Origin Materials’ technology platform, which will be in high demand as OEMs seek to decarbonize their supply chains, said the companies.

Advil Reducing Plastic in 80+ Million HDPE Bottles by 20%

Apr 21, 2021

GSK Consumer Healthcare’s first-of-its-kind plastic resin technology will cut the amount of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) by nearly 500,000 pounds.

Plastics: Environmentally Friendly Before There Was Earth Day

Apr 20, 2021

Materials touted today as alternatives to plastic often were actually replaced by plastic decades ago because, in part, it was better for the environment.

Carbon-Negative Foodware Now Available at Target

Apr 19, 2021

Plastic-free Restore foodware is dishwasher safe, requires no food crops for production, and reportedly is home compostable.

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