The European Parliament adopted its position Wednesday (22 November) on legislation to reduce packaging waste, after a tense debate on the role of reuse, recycling and bans.
Reusable packaging and retail tech start-up no-boxx is working to reduce single-use packaging waste, drive down carbon emissions, and optimise traceability in e-commerce with its reusable pouch packaging and tracking application.
Amazon teams around the world continuously work to improve packaging using a science-based approach to have a lower environmental impact, including investing in new materials, processes, and technologies.
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If you’re trying to live a more eco-friendly life, there are plenty of things you can do. But did you know shoes are one of the most harmful items in your closet? That’s why we talked to experts to find the most sustainable — and comfortable — shoes out there.
Balena, the material science company aimed at making advanced biodegradable polymer materials for a more sustainable fashion industry, today announced an exciting partnership with acclaimed designer Kitty Shukman to create a unique 3D-printed concept slide with a natural kick: ROOTS.
Since most shoes contain non-degrading, toxic chemicals and materials, making biodegradable shoes is a step in the right direction for the environment.
Are Biodegradable Shoes the Future of Footwear? - EcoWatch
At Reebok’s Innovation Lab in Boston, engineers are working to create the sustainable footwear. The shoes will be made 100% from plants with zero plastic, and, hopefully, be fully biodegradable so you can bury them in your backyard. Currently, many shoes are made of leather and petroleum-based ma... Read more
They don’t carry guns. There’s no police academy for training them. But they can walk up your driveway and give you a $100 ticket -- for not recycling your trash properly.
Building with plastic waste helps address the ever-growing plastic crisis while also offering cheap, sustainable houses that can end homelessness. Check out this video of a company planning to build affordable housing using recycled plastics. https://worldgbc.org/why-plastic-waste-perfect-building-material
Why plastic waste is the perfect building material | World Green Building Council
Green Building Councils are independent, non-profit organisations made up of businesses and organisations working in the building and construction industry.
Plastic waste can revolutionize the construction industry. It is cheaper, readily available, durable, waterproof, and insulating, making it the perfect material for building houses.
Why plastic waste is the perfect building material | World Green Building Council
Green Building Councils are independent, non-profit organisations made up of businesses and organisations working in the building and construction industry.
This is a genius idea. Many companies find it cheaper to make new plastics instead of recycling them. Using the waste to build houses is thus an excellent solution for reducing plastic pollution.
These brands seem to think that using recycled plastic will resolve the problem of pollution. It won’t. They do greenwash just enough to make soothe their brand conscience. Read how they still direct the narrative in the UK press.
Currently, the only people to be prosecuted in the UK for breaking environmental laws are small landlords and such. Go figure. We are no longer dictated to by eu laws, it’s time we made our own, better, laws and started acting on them, even if the companies doing it are from over the Atlantic, which many of us share.
This strikes a chord. Not sure if there will be forced packaging tracking but this is definitely an opportunity to make the bad guys pay for their actions.
We already know who are the dirty dozen: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch InBev, McDonalds, Mondelez International, Heineken, Tesco, Carlsberg Group, Suntory, Haribo, Mars and Aldi.
Twelve companies responsible for 65 per cent of UK packaging pollution
Like this idea and progress is being made. From an article just published: “The ASX-listed Nanollose began 2021 with the announcement of a joint patent filing with Grasim on a method to produce a lyocell version of the nullarbor fibre, a drop-in replacement for the tree pulp-derived material and made instead out of fermented food waste.”
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The UK is lagging behind on this for sure. No mention of what we are doing to cut the waste. And it is unlikely we will now that Europe isn’t ruling us properly.
How governments around the world are encouraging food waste initiatives
Many countries have been implementing new policies aiming at reducing food waste. We’ve collected some government initiatives on the issue from around the world
Tax Payer’s Alliance is under the impression that most Govt waste is due to “foreign aid”, totally unaware that “aid” means giving weapons to strategic partners, and NOT giving it to help destroyed communities find a way to get clean water and education for the innocent kids. This is a minor cost of ruling the world, thick as shit.
Why is the government wasting money on foreign aid and HS2, but making cuts to defence spending?
Amazing idea didn’t realise they exist. There are loads of ways it could be done here in the UK, even if it’s just a case of the recycling truck picking it up and emptying the super deep cylinder as usual.
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They should just have a QR code on the till where it says the cost, that way we don’t need receipts or any of these recept scanner apps, Currently for business expenses though, I use this, when I remember to, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wb.receipts&hl=en_GB
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Can’t for the life of me work out why we still have receipts in this day and age, all the info is on your bank account anyways, unless you are a diehard cashead.
Receipts are secretly really bad–why are we still using them?
Journalist Josephine Moulds looks at the environmental impact of paper receipts and how Starling's partnership with digital receipts provider Flux can make managing money easier.
It takes approximately 15 trees to produce a single ton of paper. Receipt paper demands in the US are 640,000 tons per year. This equates to 9,600,000 millions trees cut down each year just to produce paper receipts.
What is the environmental impact of paper receipts? - Quora
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Why are governments walking back on efforts to end packaging waste? Someone tell EU we need tougher regulations!
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/parliament-votes-to-water-down-eus-packaging-waste-law/
Single-use packaging has no place in our envrionment!
Check out this shipping package that can be re-used for up to 20 times!
https://packagingeurope.com/news/reusable-e-commerce-pouch-and-tracking-application-developed-by-no-boxx/9929.article
Brands should be the leading in innovation for reusable packaging.
Reusable packaging can be more effective than recycling in protecting the environment from plastic waste.
Reusable packaging is a huge hit with eco-conscious consumers.
Biodegradable shoes might not yet be mainstream, but you can find many eco-friendly alternatives.
How about these 3D-printed biodegradable shoes?
https://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=61636
This is unbelievable: you can now wear compostable vegan shoes!
https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/fashion/biodegradable-vegan-shoes-blueview/
Biodegradable plastic is the ultimate sustainable material for making green shoes!
This is an amazing concept. You can now throw away your old shoes without fear of polluting the environment.
Since most shoes contain non-degrading, toxic chemicals and materials, making biodegradable shoes is a step in the right direction for the environment.
You can also find plenty of trash police in the U.S
Don’t go around littering in Swiss cities; they have garbage police on patrol.
Several areas in the U.K. have their own version of #trashpolice
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/10/rubbish-police-check-bin-bags-drive-up-recycling-rates-swansea-fines
The world needs environmental police units to undo the damage caused by pollution.
Building with plastic waste helps address the ever-growing plastic crisis while also offering cheap, sustainable houses that can end homelessness. Check out this video of a company planning to build affordable housing using recycled plastics. https://worldgbc.org/why-plastic-waste-perfect-building-material
Plastic waste can revolutionize the construction industry. It is cheaper, readily available, durable, waterproof, and insulating, making it the perfect material for building houses.
This is a genius idea. Many companies find it cheaper to make new plastics instead of recycling them. Using the waste to build houses is thus an excellent solution for reducing plastic pollution.
These brands seem to think that using recycled plastic will resolve the problem of pollution. It won’t. They do greenwash just enough to make soothe their brand conscience. Read how they still direct the narrative in the UK press.
Currently, the only people to be prosecuted in the UK for breaking environmental laws are small landlords and such. Go figure. We are no longer dictated to by eu laws, it’s time we made our own, better, laws and started acting on them, even if the companies doing it are from over the Atlantic, which many of us share.
This strikes a chord. Not sure if there will be forced packaging tracking but this is definitely an opportunity to make the bad guys pay for their actions.
We already know who are the dirty dozen: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch InBev, McDonalds, Mondelez International, Heineken, Tesco, Carlsberg Group, Suntory, Haribo, Mars and Aldi.
I read about Bananatex a while ago – a clever idea as loads for fruit farming leaves vast amounts of strong fibres unused.
This alredy?
Like this idea and progress is being made. From an article just published: “The ASX-listed Nanollose began 2021 with the announcement of a joint patent filing with Grasim on a method to produce a lyocell version of the nullarbor fibre, a drop-in replacement for the tree pulp-derived material and made instead out of fermented food waste.”
France is leading the way on this for sure. Come on UK we could do loads better.
The UK is lagging behind on this for sure. No mention of what we are doing to cut the waste. And it is unlikely we will now that Europe isn’t ruling us properly.
Tax Payer’s Alliance is under the impression that most Govt waste is due to “foreign aid”, totally unaware that “aid” means giving weapons to strategic partners, and NOT giving it to help destroyed communities find a way to get clean water and education for the innocent kids. This is a minor cost of ruling the world, thick as shit.
I like what Canadians are doing here. Handing out awards for our money wasters.
You think you could get accurate figures for this? Nice idea but not gonna happen.
Chuckle…
How things have changed since health and safety nazis took over.
Amazing idea didn’t realise they exist. There are loads of ways it could be done here in the UK, even if it’s just a case of the recycling truck picking it up and emptying the super deep cylinder as usual.
Maybe not new but new to Cambridge though.
Not a new idea but one that needs to be considered when making new estates. These guys make them already, as did the Romans.
They should just have a QR code on the till where it says the cost, that way we don’t need receipts or any of these recept scanner apps, Currently for business expenses though, I use this, when I remember to, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wb.receipts&hl=en_GB
Can’t for the life of me work out why we still have receipts in this day and age, all the info is on your bank account anyways, unless you are a diehard cashead.
Would help these guys who make money from scanning receipts too.
It takes approximately 15 trees to produce a single ton of paper. Receipt paper demands in the US are 640,000 tons per year. This equates to 9,600,000 millions trees cut down each year just to produce paper receipts.
Great idea, they are the new 3 Rs, kids won’t belive we didn’t think of it 50 years ago. Shameful really
My mantra – and the kids learned it from this song
EU countries have halved the amount of waste that goes in landfills over the last 20 years. America? Not so much progress. Hmm
I like this – the FT covered it, it’s being tested already…