Starbucks pledges $10M to support development of recyclable, compostable coffee cups
Starbucks is teaming up with Closed Loop Partners‘ Center for the Circular Economy to create the NextGen Cup Challenge.
Circular economy & zero waste
Dubai has the world’s most ambitious plan to turn waste into energy
It is expected to process up to two million tons of solid waste every year this is about 60 percent of the waste produced in the city.
L’Oréal, Mars, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company, Unilever, Walmart, and more pledge to recycle 100% packaging
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, 11 companies have announced that they will work towards using 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025 or earlier
China institutes unprecedented ban on the import of plastic waste
China’s “National Sword” policy banned the import of most plastics and other materials headed for that nation’s recycling processors, which had handled nearly half of the world’s recyclable waste. The move was an effort to halt a deluge of soiled and contaminated materials that was overwhelming Chinese processing facilities and causing environmental havoc. Within one year, China’s plastics imports plummeted by 99%, leading to a major global shift in where and how materials are being processed and incentivizing less wasteful behavior around the world.
Qatar is building a futuristic World Cup stadium made entirely of recycled materials
The shipping containers can be assembled in a LEGO-like fashion.
London’s first plastic-free store now open
The products are brandless, instead of hiding behind the familiar brand names and packaging we all know and recognise in the supermarkets.
Cameroon fights pollution by turning used plastic into jobs
Officials say the recycled slabs have already been used by the Yaounde city council for various projects and by the National Olympic sport committee in the construction of the national handball field.
China to refuse foreign waste in a bid for cleaner air
China has for a long time been a key importer of foreign waste- last year it accounted for 56 percent of global imports.
Target tackles “branded trash” with new recycling initiatives
By 2022, Target will source its own brand paper-based packaging from sustainably managed forests, eliminate expanded polystyrene from its brand packaging, add the How2Recycle label to its packaging, and create more demand for recycled packaging.
Apple suppliers attain 100% Zero Waste to Landfill rating
In 2016, Apple suppliers’ facilities diverted more than 200,000 metric tons of waste from landfills, compared to 74,000 metric tons in 2015, according to the report.