Online food ordering firm Just Eat is expanding a trial of replacing single-use plastic sauce sachets with a seaweed-based alternative to 10 London restaurants for the next eight weeks.- edie news centre…
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The Sustainable Inclusive Business (SIB) Kenya is calling on government and businesses to embrace circular economy noting that Kenya’s economy cannot thrive in the long run without a deliberate shift to a system that restores and regenerates natural resources. A circular economy is an economic system that eliminates waste by promoting better designs, reuse, take-back schemes and recycling. “Circular economy won’t just happen; it will wait till everyone takes individual and corporate responsibility and it requires intention and design,” said Ms. Karin Boomsma, the Centre’s Project Director.
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Laws would be introduced to bring the ban into effect next year if a consultation phase is successful. Coffee cups, plastic cups, and heavyweight plastic bags could also be on the chopping block down the track the Palaszczuk Government says.
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A state law that went into effect Jan. 1 requires businesses and organizations that generate food waste to donate food and recycle the scraps. Companies and institutions generating an annual average of two tons of wasted food per week must donate any edible food waste and to recycle the remaining scraps if the facility is within 25 miles of an organics recycler. Representatives from Tops Friendly Markets and the University at Buffalo, two organizations that will need to comply with the law, were joined by attorneys from Hodgson Russ LLP, during a Jan. 20 virtual Thought Leaders discussion to talk about how the law will affect businesses across the region. The event was sponsored by Hodgson Russ.
Taxes or deposit return schemes – how can we use economics to incentivise more recycling?Richard McKinlay, Head of Circular Economy at resource recovery specialist Axion, discusses the options…