PepsiCo to introduce alternatives to plastic packaging for three brands
PepsiCo will offer LIFEWTR brand in 100% rPET bottles, remove plastic packaging from bubly sparkling. Credit: PepsiCo, Inc. PepsiCo is to...
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Nestlé launches YES! snack bars in recyclable paper wrapper, in a breakthrough industry innovation
Nestlé has announced today the launch of its YES! snack bars in a new recyclable paper wrapper. In a breakthrough innovation, for the...
New York's state-wide ban on single-use plastic bags goes into effect on March 1, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York legislature have approved a new fiscal budget that includes a state-wide ban on single-use...
Mexico City passes a ban on plastic bags, utensils & other disposable plastic items for late 2020
Mexico City bans disposable plastics Mexico City lawmakers have passed a ban on plastic bags, utensils and other disposable plastic items...
France to completely banish the production of single-use plastics by 2020
How one European country is taking the plastic bull by the horns and innovating its way to a greener future. It is estimated that 300...
Plastic Free July, 120m+ people in 177 countries - Take the challenge
Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste. Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the...
New Zealand bans single-use plastic bags from today 1st July
New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags Monday, introducing hefty fines for businesses that continue to provide...
Vermont adopts single-use plastics ban, most comprehensive in U.S. for 2020
Vermont has joined the growing list of states swearing off single-use plasticsby adopting the nation’s broadest restrictions yet on...
Kenya announces ban on single-use plastics in beaches, national parks and conservation areas
Ban to take effect on June 5, 2020 President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a ban on single-use plastics in beaches, national parks,...
Undetectable black plastic packaging to be cut 66% by 2020
The amount of undetectable black packaging coming to market is expected to be cut by 66 per cent by the end of 2019 due to efforts to...
Henkel integrates Social Plastic® in packaging for Beauty Care and Laundry & Home Care products
Henkel is taking the next step in its collaboration with social enterprise Plastic Bank: The consumer business units Laundry & Home Care...
Johnson & Johnson, 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025
As a signatory to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, Johnson & Johnson Consumer is committing to use more recycled materials in...
Diageo target 100% recycled content in their plastic bottles by 2030
Diageo global plastics targets for 2025 Ensure 100% of our plastic use is designed to be widely recyclable (or reusable/compostable),...
Evian targets making all of its plastic bottles from 100% recycled plastic by 2025
Evian to be a 100% circular brand by 2025 making all of its plastic bottles from 100% recycled plastic. Evian will make all of its...
Canada set to announce ban on single-use plastics by 2021
The Canadian government plans to announce it is moving to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, a senior government official said...
1.5 Billion Cotton Swabs Are Produced Every Day - The Last Swab Is A Reusable Cotton Swab
1.5 billion cotton swabs are produced every single day and the average American uses 415 cotton swabs every year. In the UK damage is...
Co-op is ditching single use plastic carrier bags
Customers will be offered a 10p biodegradable bag for life or compostable bags. To mark World Environment Day (5 June), Central England...
Sainsbury’s first UK supermarket to remove plastic bags for loose fruit, vegetables and bakery items
Supermarket is offering paper and re-usable bags made from recycled materials in efforts to cut plastic with removal of a further 1,284...
Study shows we consume at least 50,000 plastic particles a year
Microplastics are ubiquitous across ecosystems, yet the exposure risk to humans is unresolved. The new research is published in the...
P&G launches refillable Olay moisturiser packs in sustainable skincare trials
Olay Regenerist Whip moisturiser will be available in refillable pod, as P&G launches three month trial Consumer goods giant Procter &...
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