Sustainability & Social Responsibility

Metal Packaging

Ardagh Metal Packaging highlights partnership with Cargo Service Europe for transporting its aluminum can bodies produced in the Netherlands; CSE has created a zero-emissions distribution lane by deploying Commercial Battery Vehicles supplied by Volvo
Ardagh Metal Packaging SA (08/08)

Glass Packaging

TikTok trends show glass packaging is gaining popularity among Gen Z because of the effects of single-use plastics on the environment, the aesthetic appeal for organizing pantries, and reduced risk of microplastics, according to trade body British Glass
MarketLine (08/09)

Paper Packaging

Liquor Control Board of Ontario is phasing out use of single-use paper bags at its retail stores, effective from Sept. 5; entity is encouraging customers to bring their own reusable bags when shopping in-store
MarketLine (08/10)

Carton Council of North America announces launch of new podcast series, ‘Road to Recycling,’ showcasing the journey to grow food and beverage carton recycling and the partnerships made along the way
3BL Media (08/10)

KeelClip for Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages wins AmeriStar Sustainable Packaging Award from IoPP; produced by Graphic Packaging, KeelClip is a clip-style multipack solution for beverage cans that eliminates need for plastic rings and shrink film
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (08/09)

Plastic Packaging

ALPLA supports the collection of plastic in Mexico by paying for receipt of used PET bottles, enabling individuals, families and neighborhood associations a means for earning an income; company works with local recycling companies IMER and PLANETA
Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG (08/10)

L’Occitane en Provence launches a sustainable 12 month pop-up store in Sydney, Australia; store features Refill Fountain, eliminates single-use plastic
L’Occitane International (08/10)

Researchers develop bioplastic films from seaweed for sustainable food packaging uses; ulva rigida green seaweed extract is plasticized with glycerol, which decreases oxygen permeability but increases water vapor permeability: Kasetsart University
MDPI Journal: Polymers (08/10)

Illinois bill titled Degradable Plastic Act, SB 58, gets signed into law; the legislation prioritizes sustainability by banning the purchase or use of single-use PS foodware by state agencies and universities by Jan. 1, 2025
Targeted News Service (08/09)

CEO of South Africa-based Fortis X, producer of plant-based bottles made from sugar cane, says distribution is receiving support from the packaging industry both locally and internationally, with sales having hit over 10 million bottles in past two years
The Star (08/09)

Sustainable / Responsible Sourcing

Chilean startup Bioelements develops biodegradable packaging made of renewables that takes between three and 20 months to degrade; company works with five Latin American countries, the US and Mexico, and is certified by FDA and DICTUC for food safety
CE Noticias Financieras (Latin America) (08/10)

Choice Pet Products to add Snappy Tom's premium wet cat food to portfolio offered to independent retailers; Snappy Tom collects its fish using dolphin-safe practices and does not use tuna collected using aggregating devices
Pet Age (08/09)

AstraZeneca sign agreement with Statkraft for wind power deliveries in Sweden; AstraZeneca commits to purchase 200 gigawatt-hours annually for a decade from new wind farms, covering 80% of its electricity needs for its Swedish facilities
Contify Energy News (08/09)

Georgia Tech and Hyundai announce multi-decade partnership to research applications in sustainable mobility, hydrogen economy, and workforce development; Hyundai investing US$5.54B in Georgia for an EV and battery plant, creating over 8,100 jobs
Targeted News Service (08/09)

Recykal introduces Circularity Marketplace for packaging materials such as PCR plastic resins, compounded recycled resins, rPET, rHDPE, rPP, recycled paper, recycled metal; marketplace facilitates digitally traceable transactions between brands, suppliers
Indian Manufacturing News (08/08)

Reuse / Next Use / Upcycling

Coty, Gucci's Where My Heart Beats Eau de Parfum marks first global distribution of a fragrance with LanzaTech's 100% carbon-captured alcohol; alcohol is recycled, naturally fermented from captured waste carbon emissions, set to revolutionize formulation
CosmeticsDesign.com (US) (08/10)

Houston-based Ecogensus unveils new structurally reinforced, waste-derived composite material; it says product is 'a significant development' towards using waste-derived substances to produce sustainable building materials
Canada Newswire (08/10)

Fastenal to collect used PE film from its operations, ship it to Trex to recycle for manufacture of composite decking; partnership is expected to divert 600,000 pounds of plastic from landfills in first year, supports Fastenal's ESG objectives
Business Wire (08/09)

University of Virginia research reveals US residents prefer recycling over waste reduction, re-use despite recycling often not being the most sustainable option; study calls this preference 'recycling bias and reduction neglect'
US Official News (08/08)

Sumitomo Riko, Sumitomo Rubber, Sumitomo Electric to collaborate with US carbon recycling firm LanzaTech to develop recycling technology; technology to gasify waste materials such as tires, rubber, resin, urethane, metal into valuable resources, isoprene
Contify Automotive News (08/08)

Recyclable / Recycled Materials

Xeikon to release ECO toners for its CHEETAH printing technology at Labelexpo Europe in September; development of ECO toners is key component of Xeikon's sustainability goals that aim to reduce its carbon footprint by 40% in coming years
Xeikon NV (08/10)

Pact Group accelerates Sulo household wheelie bin production with new automated equipment, incorporates up to 80% recycled plastic content; injection molding equipment funded by AU$76M upgrade from Australian Government's Modern Manufacturing Strategy
Pact Group Pty Ltd. (08/10)

Honda is recycling worn uniforms from its US manufacturing and R&D facilities into sound-absorbing insulation for its cars; the program diverts about 45,000 pounds of fabric from landfills each month
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (08/10)

Indorama Ventures completes expansion of its recycling facility in Brazil; company is increasing production capacity from 9,000 tons to 25,000 tons per year of PET made from PCR PET material
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (08/09)

French-American startup Dioxycle secures US$17M in funding for its novel method to produce ethylene on a large scale by utilizing recycled carbon emissions; Dioxycle’s proprietary electrolyzer employs water, CO2, electricity as inputs
Chemical Industry Digest (India) (08/09)

Waste Collection / Disposal / Pickup

One Stop partners with Veolia to recycle its own-label milk bottles; Veolia takes bottles to its plastic facility in Dagenham, UK, where they are washed, shredded, turned into pellets that can then be blown back into milk bottles and ready to use again
Convenience Store (08/08)

Maine's sludge crisis is temporarily resolved with compromise allowing Casella to accept some out-of-state waste for bulking up sludge for safe landfill disposal; long-term solutions, including a regional sludge treatment facility, are under exploration
The Times Record (08/08)

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Only 17% of enterprises registered with the Philippines Dept. of Trade and Industry have so far submitted their programs for the proper management of plastic packaging waste, according to Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources data
Philippine Daily Inquirer (08/08)

Recycling Centers / Materials Recovery (MRF)

Jacobs to provide management, engineering, funding advisory services for Inland Empire Utilities Agency’s regional water management program; deal includes advanced water purification facility for 100,000 Southern California residents
PR Newswire (08/10)

UK's Anglian Water to install settlement tank, upgrade technology at its water recycling center in Wells-next-the-Sea, England, on £3.5M investment; project to complete by early 2024, increase capacity, build resilience against extreme weather
ENP Newswire (08/10)

LRS opens The Exchange, a state-of-the-art US$50M material recovery facility in Chicago, with Closed Loop Partners support; facility to divert 224 million lbs./year of recyclables, house over 140 trucks, create 50 permanent jobs, 95 construction jobs
PR Newswire (08/09)

Waste management company Enva Northern Ireland selects Andritz to provide automated refrigerator recycling facility for new site in Toomebridge, with 2024 start-up; plant to process 70 fridges/hour, will feature ADuro QZ shredder
Andritz AG (08/09)

Cirba Solutions holds celebratory event around US$200M expansion of its Li-ion processing operations in Lancaster, Ohio, aided in party by US$82M DOE grant; event includes US Secretary of Energy as attendee
Cirba Solutions (08/08)

Recycling

Consumer Brands Assn. teams up with The Recycling Partnership to provide consumers with up-to-date, localized recycling instructions directly on product packaging through SmartLabel, Consumer Brands' digital QR code labeling platform
Consumer Brands Association (08/09)

AF&PA CEO says US paper recycling is 'success story,' and industry is working to use even more recycled paper in manufacturing; AF&PA has goal to increase use of secondary materials like recycled paper in new paper products to 50% by 2030
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) (08/08)

US paper and cardboard recycling rates hold strong in 2022, with paper recycling rate at nearly 68%--approximately stable from 2021--while recycling rate for old corrugated containers rose to over 93%, approaching 2018 peak of 96%: AF&PA
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) (08/08)

Apollo funds acquire Accent Family of Companies, manufacturer/distributor of baling wires and wire-tier machines used in recycling and waste industries; Accent Building Materials is a wholesale distributor of building materials serving US Sun Belt region
GlobeNewswire (08/08)

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Rio Tinto builds Canada's largest solar power plant with 6,600+ solar panels to support its Diavik Diamond mine; plant will supply up to 25% of mine’s electricity, reduce annual diesel consumption by one million liters, cut CO2 emissions by 2,900 tonnes
Rio Tinto PLC (08/10)

Science Based Targets Initiative validates Tesco’s net zero targets on greenhouse gas emissions; 2032 targets include 55% reduction for energy and industrial Scope 3 emissions, 39% for Scope 3 emissions from forests, land and agriculture
Tesco PLC (08/10)

Denso sets scope 3 as a new target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and acquires SBT certification from the Science Based Targets initiative; DENSO aims to reduce CO2 emissions throughout the supply chain by 25% by FY 2030 from a FY 2020 base year
DENSO Corporation (08/10)

Germany's H1 GHG emissions fall 9% to 340 million tonnes of CO2eq amid energy crisis, says Agora Energiewende; industrial production rose by 1%, while energy-intensive industrial production even declined 13% YoY as favorable supply contracts had run out
Xinhua News Agency (08/10)

Schneider National adds two battery electric tractors to existing electric fleet of 94 units; tractors to replace diesel units at Schneider’s Rancho Cucamonga, California, cross dock, lower emissions by saving approximately 35 tons of CO2/truck/year
Business Wire (08/10)

Climate Change

Kornit Digital's Impact Report for 2022, highlights progress related to climate action, waste management, green chemistry, workplace diversity goals, reinforces company's commitment to make fashion, textile industry more sustainable, ethical
WhatTheyThink (08/10)

Twelve rainforest countries form pact, call on rich nations to meet commitment to provide US$200B/year for biodiversity protection; they say wealthy nations have also not delivered on promise of US$100B/year in climate financing to developing countries
Reuters (08/10)

UK Space Agency to fund development of new Earth observation mission to help Singapore manage climate change; University of Surrey-led project to focus on monitoring air pollution, atmospheric weather forecasting with Space South Central
University of Surrey (08/09)

Climate change is expected to lead to an increase in foodborne infections and presents a growing public health risk in Germany, according to scientists
Food Safety News (08/09)

American Forests updates Tree Equity Score tool, now covering 200,000 neighborhoods, more than 260 million people; tool aims to address uneven distribution of tree cover in US communities that might face more health, economic impacts from climate change
PR Web (08/08)

Forest Fire / Wildfire

Global travel insurance marketplace VisitorsCoverage extends partnership with One Tree Planted to help reforest Quebec after wildfires
Canada Newswire (08/10)

New York DEC dispatches forest rangers and wildland firefighters to help battle wildfires in Idaho, Montana; Niarada Fire in northwestern Montana is 10,400 acres and zero percent contained
Targeted News Service (Press Releases) (08/08)

Environmental / Ecological / Carbon Footprint

Canada is accepting applications for three forest sector innovation programs: Investments in Forest Industry Transformation, Green Construction through Wood, and Canadian Wood Fibre Centre's Forest Innovation Program
Canada Newswire (08/10)

Fundacion Banco de Plasticos, an Argentine plastics recycler, becomes first South American company to offer Plastic Bonds in international market; bonds to finance recycling efforts, offset companies' plastic footprints
CE Noticias Financieras (08/10)

American Farmland Trust and Sierra View Solutions Release Report on Carbon Market Programs: Outlining Actions Necessary to Increase Farmer Participation
American Farmland Trust (08/10)

Green Builder Media names Trex as a 2023 Eco-Leader; Trex, which also won the accolade in 2019, is the only decking brand ever to be awarded Eco Leader status
GlobeNewswire (08/10)

Felix Schoeller achieves Gold status by Ecovadis for fourth time, with greatest progress in the area of the environment; German specialty paper manufacturer's overall score has improved every year since 2019
Felix Schoeller Group (08/10)

Carbon Capture, Storage & Utilization (CCSU)

Biomass and BECCS are essential to UK meeting 2050 Net Zero target, says Drax CEO; but to realize scale of ambition in UK's strategy, government must provide a clear business model that supports BECCS
Drax Group PLC (08/10)

Drax welcomes UK strategy to prioritize bioenergy with carbon capture and storage and biomass for power, heating and transport; company plans to invest billions of pounds in BECCS project at its North Yorkshire power station
Drax Group PLC (08/10)

Supercritical CO2 injection into Danish North Sea chalk rocks for carbon capture, storage can lead to blockages due to accumulation of heavy hydrocarbons, impacting efficiency: Aarhus University
Phys.org (08/09)

INEOS Grangemouth welcomes UK government support for Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage Project, says project is ‘fundamental’ to its investment plans in low-carbon hydrogen production and the industrial decarbonization of Scotland
Ineos Group Ltd. (08/08)

Carbon Sequestration

Verra launches first step of digital platform for climate, sustainability projects; Project Tracker displays status of each project in a bar chart, giving a visual view as project progresses from initial listing to registration, validation, verification
Verra (08/08)

Base Carbon and Value Network Ventures to plant 6.5 million trees on degraded farmlands and arid deserted lands in India; project is expected to generate more than 1.6 million high-quality nature-based removal carbon credits over 20 years, starting 2025
GlobeNewswire (08/08)

Regenerative Agriculture

Cargill is increasingly focused on fishery improvement programs and is 'pioneering' the use of regenerative agriculture practices in raw materials for global aquaculture, according to its latest Aqua Nutrition Sustainability Report
FeedNavigator.com (08/10)

CARGILL JOINS CORNELL-LED PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT REGENERATIVE AG IN NY
States News Service (08/09)

Air Pollution / Air Quality

Climate change-driven droughts could increase fossil fuel dependence, disrupting hydroelectric systems, study says; droughts could lead to significant social costs from emissions, and even rapid renewable energy expansion may not curb impacts
Industry Intelligence Inc. (08/08)

Water Pollution / Water Quality

EPA's pollution control programs--including those for reducing hazardous waste, preventing waterway trash--are falling short, says agency report; report calls for improved strategies, more frequent inspections, better collaboration with municipalities
Waste Dive (08/08)

Industrial Waste / Recycling

UK's LiqTech partners with China's Nanjing Wondux Environmental Protection Technology to expand into Chinese market; collaboration to introduce LiqTech's silicon carbide membrane-based ultrafiltration technology for Chinese industrial water treatment
Industry Intelligence Inc. (08/10)

MUDIPEL--a renewable material made from paper sludge and its ash--is viable for construction engineering products as a retaining or reinforcement material; it works as well as conventional materials, but is more eco-friendly
India Engineering News (08/08)

Waste Management

Heritage-Crystal Clean Q2 income down to US$8.6M from year ago's US$21.1M, on revenue up 22.7% year-on-year to US$192.2M; Industrial & Field Services revenue soars 243% to US$47.1M, Environmental Services up 22.8% to US$96.0M, Oil down 24.1% to US$49.1M
Waste360 (08/10)

Freepoint Eco-Systems opposes EPA's proposed regulation of pyrolysis as incineration, requests different regulations for pyrolysis process; company notes pyrolysis is a different thermal process compared to incineration or combustion, minimizes emissions
Targeted News Service (08/09)

Rubicon Q2 gross profit soars 116.1% year-on-year to US$11.8M, on revenue up 6.0% to US$174.6M amid RUBICONSmartCity deployment in more than 100 cities, including eight of top 20 most populated US cities; notable customer renewals include Gap, Goodyear
Rubicon Technologies LLC (08/09)

Commentary: Law firm offers overview of European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste
Mondaq Business Briefing (08/09)

Interest in engineering qualifications for jobs advertised within the packaging and paper industry has exploded over past four years, GlobalData research shows; driving factor behind interest is need to reduce use of plastic packaging, cut down on waste
MarketLine (08/08)

Food Waste

Scientists create smart bilayer alginate/agar film with cellulose nanospheres from corncob, catechin-lysozyme; film shows 'exceptional' antimicrobial, antioxidant activities, changes color from blue to green in response to shrimp spoilage: study
MDPI Journal: Polymers (08/10)

Biodegradable / Compostable Materials

Law firm Dentons advises Cornerstone Investment on financing Ecowipes acquisition; Ecowipes has three of the most technologically advanced biodegradable nonwovens factories in Europe--two in Poland, one in France--for wet wipes, cotton buds, pads
Contify Investment News (08/10)

Scientists develop biodegradable, multilayer active packaging films to extend shelf-life of oily foods; PLA films are formed using cold plasma treatment, ascorbic acid to maintain food quality during storage: University of Turin, University of Bologna
Industry Intelligence Inc. (08/09)

Argentina-based Ledesma looking to diversify its sugarcane-related business into bioplastic; company is partnering with Bioceres to create a startup to generate a powder with sugarcane waste that is sold to companies to produce biodegradable containers
CE Noticias Financieras (Latin America) (08/08)

Lidl GB reveals that all its own-brand tea bags are set to become fully compostable by transitioning to plant-based PLA plastic; transition expected to divert up to 800 million tea bags/year from traditional waste bins, and subsequently, landfill
Contify Retail News (08/08)

Scientists create biodegradable food packaging material, coating from modified starch, succinic acid, phosphonated chitosan; film shows low water vapor permeability, faster biodegradability than traditional starch films: Nicolaus Copernicus University
Industry Intelligence Inc. (08/08)

Biobased Chemicals & Materials

Washington's water treatment company Tidal Vision acquires long-time customer Clear Water Services; deal to leverage Clear Water's mobile, modular water treatment systems for wider deployment of Tidal Clear's chitosan-based technologies
PR Newswire (08/10)

Biochemicals snapshot: Cost of UPM's Leuna biorefinery in Germany rises by €400M to estimated €1.18B, and completion pushed to end of 2024 due to construction material prices, supplier issues; despite challenges, 'business is looking very good': CEO
Industry Intelligence Inc. (08/09)

Scientists create gelatin-based intelligent food packaging films, using modified resazurin dye; films change color from yellow to pink in response to shrimp spoilage, show increased tensile strength with resazurin: Kyung Hee University, Urmia University
Industry Intelligence Inc. (08/09)

Sustainea Bioglycols, a JV between Braskem and Sojitz, signs two multi-year capacity reservation agreements to purchase biobased PTA and biobased FDCA from Origin Materials for the production of 100% biobased PET and polyesters
Business Wire (08/08)

Danimer Scientific subsidiary Meredian Bioplastics invited by US Dept. of Energy’s Loan Programs Office into due diligence, term sheet negotiation phase for a federal loan, as part of a planned bioplastics facility in Bainbridge, Georgia
Business Wire (08/08)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)

CVS Health Foundation awards US$6.6M in grants to Massachusetts General Hospital, American Heart Assn. and March of Dimes to improve maternal health for historically marginalized communities
CVS Health Corp. (08/10)

Nordstrom celebrates Black Business Month Aug. 7 to Sept. 4 with mix of in-store, digital activations amplifying Black-owned or founded brands; company also expands its #BuyBlack pop-up markets to 13 stores, offering selections from local Black businesses
Contify Retail News (08/08)

Community Betterment / Philanthropy

Merck releases its 2022/2023 Impact Report; highlights include reaching over 500 million people with its innovations across commercial channels, clinical trials, access strategies, voluntary licensing and its donations in 2022
U.S. Regulated Equity Markets (Alternative Disclosure) via PUBT (08/10)

Anthem Blue Cross Foundation provides Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino with US$250,000 grant for a 3-year 'Food as Medicine' initiative; program aims to screen up to 80k patients for food security and improve health outcomes
Contify Insurance News (08/10)