QFC completes phaseout of single-use plastic bags

Every year it’s estimated we toss away more than a billion plastic bottles here in New Zealand.  This plastic ends up clogging our landfills, getting shipped offshore and incinerated in places like Malaysia, where it harms human health, or it winds up on our coast, causing harm to wildlife like the toroa (albatross) and breaking down into tiny toxic pieces which end up in our food.  We all know the time has come for visionary action on plastic – let’s ban throwaway plastic bottles* and mandate for reusable alternatives.  We’re calling on New Zealand’s government to ban single-use plastic bottles. Will you join us?

Smart Warehousing, a national warehousing and fulfillment solutions company, has launched an Innovation Hub in its original headquarters in Edgerton, Kansas. The company positions the move as enabling it to become one of the leading fulfillment players, while also supporting strategic partnerships with warehousing automation companies that will use the Kansas facility to test equipment in real-world scenarios. The Innovation Hub is attached to a 500,000-square-foot warehouse, allowing Smart Warehousing to test and optimize its technology and automation in-house before deploying it to over 34 national warehouse locations.