Public Utilities, Waste Management
September 7, 2021
Via: Waste360The fight against plastic pollution wages on as various industry efforts work to reduce packaging, hold manufacturers accountable and educate consumers about the consequences of plastic waste. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s new white paper, A New UN Treaty to Address […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
August 3, 2021
Via: Waste360The pandemic has made the planet more aware of how precious clean water and sanitation are for health, safety, and a better quality of life. Unfortunately, the United States is lagging behind other civilized nations in a very basic area […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 26, 2021
Via: Waste360IRVING, Texas -ExxonMobil has completed the initial phase of a plant trial of a proprietary advanced recycling process for converting plastic waste into raw materials for production of high-value polymers. The trial, at the company’s existing facilities in Baytown, Texas, […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
January 22, 2021
Via: Waste360About 84 public and private sector stakeholders across the plastics value chain have joined a pact, led by The Recycling Partnership (TRP) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to set national strategies to create a circular economy for plastic packaging. And […]
Public Institutions, Public Utilities, Public Works, Waste Management
January 19, 2021
Via: Waste360The University of California will begin to phase out single-use plastics, which includes plastic bags in retail and dining locations and single-use plastic food service items and plastic bottles, with the goal of eliminating all unnecessary plastics by 2030. Worldwide, […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
December 15, 2020
Via: Waste360IBM (NYSE: IBM) and The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (“Alliance”) today announced IBM will join the Alliance as a Supporting Member. The Alliance is a non-profit organization that brings together a community of members from across the plastics value […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
December 1, 2020
Via: Waste360Oceana, an international organization focused solely on oceans—and achieving positive, measurable change—has put out a new report that illustrates how plastic waste affects sea turtles and marine mammals in U.S. waters. Using data from government agencies and marine life organizations […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
November 10, 2020
Via: Waste360SC Johnson, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of household cleaning and other consumer and professional products, is making significant progress toward its 2025 targets to tackle plastic pollution. The company’s work to create a more sustainable world is highlighted […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 20, 2020
Via: Waste360It’s not the plastic water bottle that causes the most harm to sea birds, but the cap which is mistaken for food. A non-profit in Hawaii ensured that over 1.2 million plastic caps and lids will never get into the […]
Miscellaneous, Public Utilities, Public Works, Waste Management
October 14, 2020
Via: Waste360Rehrig Pacific, an LA-based manufacturing and solutions company, has achieved what was previously considered impossible by partnering with innovators around the globe to engineer a way to incorporate ocean-recovered and ocean-bound plastics into new products without compromising strength or appearance. […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
September 9, 2020
Via: Waste360Eight million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year. This equates to one garbage truck’s worth of plastic being dumped into our oceans every minute. The total weight is the equivalent of 90 aircraft carriers. On top […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
August 12, 2020
Via: Waste360California – Supporters of an initiative to reduce plastic waste today submitted more than 870,000 voter signatures to qualify the Plastics Free California initiative for the ballot – significantly more than the 623,212 signatures required. The initiative was originally on […]
July 14, 2020
Via: Waste360Sports 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
Via: Waste360Before 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 […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 26, 2020
Via: Waste360Over the last few years, municipalities and companies have set goals or taken action to reduce single-use plastics. But, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, those efforts are being slowed, as the demand for bottled water, face masks, hand sanitizer and cleaning […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 9, 2020
Via: Waste360Reynolds Consumer Products announced a “monumental milestone” for its Hefty EnergyBag program. The program, stemming from the brand’s commitment to helping create end-of-life solutions for plastic waste across the United States, has officially diverted more than 1 million pounds of […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
January 29, 2020
Via: Waste360A recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times calls out the United States for allowing China to win the war against plastic waste. On January 19, China announced a five-year plan to ban single-use plastics across the nation. The initiative […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
January 22, 2020
Via: Waste360In a new five-year plan, China is taking major steps to rid the nation of single-use plastic waste. On January 19, China announced its plan to ban single-use plastics across the country. The joint proposal from China’s National Development and […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
January 21, 2020
Via: Waste360Malaysia announced it has returned 150 containers of plastic waste to the countries from which they were illegally imported. On January 20, the country’s Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said she ordered 3,737 metric tons of trash to be returned […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
December 12, 2019
Via: Waste360Suntory Group announced it has joined the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), a global platform that works to effectively and sustainably reduce plastic waste and pollution around the world. This partnership will help Suntory be part of a more sustainable […]