The move to plastic-free retailing may be in its infancy, but a growing number of store owners are proving how a willingness to embrace eco-friendly ideas can have a positive impact on both the planet and their profits.
Source: www.conveniencestore.co.uk
Everything about the Cumaru outdoor collection spells out relaxed sophistication. It’s a group of furniture that makes you seek out reasons to spend time relaxing in it, to spend time in nature. Designed by Aristeu Pires for Sossego Design, the collection is named after the Cumaru wood used to craft it. With a dense interlocked grain that all but ensures durability, it’s perfectly suited for outdoor use (and has been used in everything from home building to musical instruments!).
Woolcool is encouraging customers to send back its wool boxes and liners to be cleaned and re-used…
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Climate change is accelerating. Global warming is forecast to exceed 1.5˚C during the 2030s—an urgent challenge that demands Australia achieve net zero by 2035. Climate scientists have observed with mounting concern the continuing emissions and the rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. For decades, they have issued dire warnings about what is at stake and what is required to curb global warming. Yet global temperatures continue to rise, along with damages from extreme weather. This report “Aim High, Go Fast: Why Emissions Need to Plummet this Decade” is the Climate Council’s science-backed vision for what Australia’s best effort could look like. Australia is a nation of currently high emissions but rich renewable energy resources. The country has been ravaged by unprecedented bushfires, droughts, and floods in recent years, and decision makers should not ignore these warnings.
The movement to ban single-use plastic in the US was gaining ground but fears of spreading the virus with reusable bags have sparked second thoughts.
Packaging company StePac, Tefen, Israel, has changed its Xtend films so they’re compatible with automated bulk and retail packing lines.