The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN) has welcomed the objectives of the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive by the European Parliament last week, with some reservations.
Source: www.packagingnews.co.uk
Coca-Cola’s head of sustainability told the World Economic Forum this week her company has no intention of reducing the number of single use plastic bottles it churns out every year. Instead, it will increase recycling efforts worldwide.
The Samsung ‘Galaxy for the Planet’ initiative is a new commitment being launched by the tech brand to help eliminate the use of single-use plastics from all its product packaging in the near future. The commitment will see the brand shifting to recycled materials across all its new mobile products by the year 2025. The brand will also push to minimize the amount of waste generates at mobile worksites to divert all waste from going to the landfill by 2025. President and Head of Samsung Electronics’ Mobile Communications Business TM Roh explained the new Samsung ‘Galaxy for the Planet’ initiative further saying, “We believe that everyone has a role to play in providing innovative solutions that protect the planet for generations to come. Samsung understands our efforts need to match our scale, our influence, and the magnitude of the entire Galaxy ecosystem around the world. Galaxy for the Planet is an important step in our journey toward creating a more sustainable world, and we will do so with the openness, transparency, and collaboration that drives everything we do.”
With their ever increasing populations cities must look to the circular economy to fight global warming.
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Two European retailers have introduced new services that allow customers to resell items, showing the growing interest in circular economy initiatives.
Jun.10 — Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna discusses the Canadian government’s plan to ban single-use plastics like straws …