Category: Miscellaneous

July 14, 2020

Sports company Adidas is taking real action to reduce plastic waste. The company is working on creating innovative sustainable materials and processes to create the circular future of sports. Adidas has created the ‘Three Loop’ Strategy. The first loop is […]

July 7, 2020

Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, cities and states were making progress on plastic waste bans. But after months of quarantine, dependency on single-use plastic has skyrocketed. According to a World Wildlife Fund report, the increase in single-use plastic […]

July 7, 2020

Hazel Technologies Inc., the developer of new USDA-funded technologies to protect quality in the produce supply chain and fight food waste, and PureFresh Sales, a grower and marketer of premium California fresh fruit, have formed a partnership. PureFresh has seen […]

July 6, 2020

A nonprofit organization in Hawaii recently collected 103 tons of trash during a voyage to a huge garbage patch in the North Pacific Ocean. The Ocean Voyages Institute’s KWAI vessel recently returned from a 48-day voyage to the Great Pacific […]

July 2, 2020

Dole grows all type of fruit including bananas, but not all of them end up as food. The company announced that over the next five years it plans to eliminate the waste. To reach its goal, Dole plans to eliminate […]

July 1, 2020

A research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology’s (KIST) Institute of Advanced Composite Materials has created a flame-retardant carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material (CFRP). CFRP is a composite material that contains carbon fiber and is widely used in the […]

June 26, 2020

A Kentucky teenager noticed trash volume building in his neighborhood as people quarantined during the COVID pandemic and decided take action and make a few bucks at the same time. Ross Millet, who will be a senior at Bowling Green […]

June 23, 2020

PepsiCo recently released its 2019 Sustainability Report, highlighting “progress toward its sustainability goals and reaffirming the company’s agenda to help build a more sustainable food system.” The company tracks its sustainability efforts and shares insights on how this impacts the […]

June 5, 2020

The Los Angeles Department of Public Works said that its staff and hundreds of volunteers collected nearly 400 tons of trash between Friday and Tuesday, after recent protests against police brutality. “As we continue to provide services and support during […]

May 21, 2020

Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on the farmers and their crops. Rather than food being thrown out as kitchen waste, an unparalleled amount of food is getting dumped even before making it into grocery stores. […]

May 20, 2020

PepsiCo, L’Oreal, and Nestle have partnered with a France-based startup company that has formulated an enzyme that could produce a significant advancement in the manner in which plastics are recycled. The French startup, Carbios, produces an enzyme that biologically depolymerizes […]

May 15, 2020

As we continue to social distance to flatten the COVID-19 curve, many of us are ordering takeout to support local businesses. New research by Just Eat and the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) shows that £1.8bn worth of takeout is thrown […]

May 13, 2020

HP Inc., a leading provider of personal systems, printers and 3D printing solutions, and a member of the NextWave Plastics consortium, has earned an industry-first ocean-bound plastics certification from UL. This certification applies to five of HP’s resins, each one […]

May 12, 2020

Dunkin Donuts announced that 100% of its restaurants globally have transitioned from polystyrene foam cups to paper cups, meeting the timetable established by the brand two years ago. In Dunkin’ US restaurants, the foam cups have been replaced by double-walled […]

May 7, 2020

Whether it’s because homebound people are desperate for guidance in an open-ended emergency or they’ve simply exhausted their Netflix queues, some government officials have found themselves surprised by the sudden popularity of virtual meetings and news conferences. San Francisco’s virtual […]

April 15, 2020

Redrock Environmental Group is helping to restore discarded bicycles from the Fairmead landfill in Chowchilla, Calif., for use by local, needy children. “Redrock and the Caglia family are happy to have partnered with Madera County law enforcement to get these […]

March 26, 2020

Beltsville, Md.-based Sun Recycling is donating 36,000 N95 respirator masks to healthcare workers in the Washington, D.C., area who are working on the frontlines during the COVID-19 crisis. The company received the unopened boxes of masks a few months ago […]

March 24, 2020

In the U.S., food waste is estimated to be between 30 to 40 percent of the supply, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Efforts have been made to reduce this waste, but timelines for freshness and consumption make it […]

February 25, 2020

Many state leaders say they want to create a government that uses technology to become more efficient and convenient for its residents, but in Connecticut, there are regulations impeding such development. Legislation introduced earlier this month by Gov. Ned Lamont […]

January 31, 2020

Various companies are partnering to reduce waste and promote sustainability ahead of Super Bowl LIV in Miami this weekend. Here’s a look at what PepsiCo, Centerplate, Ball, Bud Light and Food Rescue US are doing for this year’s big game. […]