These past few months have been a flurry of packaging and sustainability conferences. From Minneapolis to Paris, it has been rewarding to participate in the global discussion on making packaging systems more sustainable.
Source: www.packagingdigest.com
Many of today’s consumers favor companies that enact humanitarian and eco-friendly efforts.
The town of Surfside in Miami-Dade voted to ban most single-use plastics, including shopping bags and flatware.
Stabilisers and emulsifiers supplier Palsgaard has reached its goal of becoming carbon neutral two years ahead of target.
Policymakers worldwide have woken up to the costs that climate change will inflict and are trying to smoothen the transition to a green economy. Environmental scientists believe 2020 to 2030 is the decisive decade for climate change action. But there is another factor that could push businesses into changing their ways even more urgently – consumers and investors may shun them if they do not.
Croft Architecture have successfully gained planning approval for a barn conversion providing a family with the space they need to grow, whilst carefully considering the barn’s original historic character and impact on the environment.
Discarded phones and televisions are a rich source of metals, and e-waste miners see money-making potential.