Plastic Pact helps spur single-use plastic revolution
A year after the UK’s biggest supermarkets and food manufacturers signed the Plastic Pact, a new report reveals the progress that has been made…
Source: www.businessgreen.com
A year after the UK’s biggest supermarkets and food manufacturers signed the Plastic Pact, a new report reveals the progress that has been made…
Source: www.businessgreen.com
In a step forward for the environment, California will make it illegal for restaurants to automatically provide customers with single-use plastic straws. For the U.S. to be a leader of sustainability, other states must do the same.
Small, fast-growing companies are often reactive rather than proactive. They have no choice: They’re running so fast to take advantage of new sales opportunities that their fulfillment operations can barely keep pace. Operations end up sprawled across multiple facilities, with labor and manual operations muscling orders out the door. They get the job done until they reach that point where it’s not feasible to just throw more labor at the problem. That was the situation at Pitman Creek Wholesale. Based in Kentucky, Pitman Creek is one of the largest players in an industry that otherwise flies under the radar—sportfishing lures and tackle, with a deep specialization in bass fishing.
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India’s plastic manufacturers have urged the government for more clear guidelines on the plans to ban single-use plastic in the country.
Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills.
TC Transcontinental (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B), owner of the Publisac, reacts today to the City of Montreal’s announcement of its intention to implement an opt-in system for the distribution of flyers beginning in May 2023, that would lead to the end of the distribution of the Publisac on its territory. As already indicated by TC Transcontinental, an opt-in model is unsustainable because of its complexity and the prohibitive costs it would generate.
“In the current inflationary context, and at a time when the population is facing an unprecedented rise in prices, the social and economic relevance of the Publisac is greater than ever,” said Patrick Brayley, Senior Vice-President of the Distribution Group of TC Transcontinental. Indeed, the Publisac, in addition to giving consumers access to discounts, distributes local newspapers at an advantageous cost, helps merchants to attract customers and compete against the giants of e-commerce, and supports thousands of direct and indirect jobs. We intend to assert our rights and those of our customers if necessary.”
Wednesday 10 October is Sustainability Day. You are most welcome to join us for one of the activities at our campus. No need to register.