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Welcome to Table Scraps, a monthly series on the growing problem of food-related waste and what some eateries, officials, farms, institutes, and everyday people are doing right. This isn’t a guilt trip, just a way to unpack initiatives attempting to reduce kitchen waste and food loss. We’re exploring backyard composting to city programs, restaurant tips to technology, and anything related to this global issue. Heat up those leftovers, and settle in. In my memory, it was around 2018 that pe...

LOccitane opens its first sustainability concept store in Hong Kong You need to bring your own bag (BYOB) when you shop at the store By Advertising If youre a fan of French skincare brand LOccitane, then youll be happy to know that the retailer has just launched their first eco-friendly shop in the city, as part of their efforts to embrace sustainability and reduce local plastic waste. Located in Pacific Place Mall, the new store is designed to appeal to the growing eco-conscious consumer mark...

Key Budget Items (click HERE for full Summary): Supports FY2022 total General Fund appropriations of $1.99 billion. Supports base spending with base funding. Fully funds state retirement and debt obligations. Maintains all statutory reserve levels. As part of the Governor’s ongoing pandemic response, he proposes using $210 million in one-time funding for economic recovery through investments in housing, infrastructure, broadband buildout, environmental stewardship, carbon reducing initiatives...

Mainetti Joins The Ellen MacArthur Foundations Global Network Mainetti signs The Global Commitment and joins the Foundations Network to accelerate the transition of a circular economy LONDON, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Mainetti, the global retail solutions provider, joins the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to accelerate the global transition to a circular economy. As part of the membership, Mainetti has signed The Global Commitment setting ambitious targets to commit to change how we produce, us...

2. A disconnect exists between post-consumer packaging and recycled content demand. The challenge will be made greater by the fact that commitments to use recycled content in packaging exceed currently available supply, and what supply is available is largely used for non-packaging applications like fiber, pipe, and other durable goods. Meanwhile, even as we have insufficient recycled materials to meet goals, materials like polypropylene and PET thermoforms are at risk of being dropped from mu...

Commitments have been made to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy. But to achieve net-zero by 2050, we need to address the way we make and use products, materials, and food. We need a circular economy.

Amcor has become the first global diversified packaging company to report to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) packaging...

Photo supplied by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition To advance circularity, we need to support recycling and optimize the use of recycled materials in packaging. Here’s how we can make this more manageable. Companies are setting aggressive goals around the use of recycled materials in their packaging, but they have a long way to go and a short time to meet them. Recycled material certification can help by offering assurance of the authenticity of materials, new way...