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Canada bans some single-use plastics; are takeout containers enough?

Corporate Knights

Now Canada’s federal government is giving businesses until the end of 2023 to stop selling six hard-to-recycle single-use plastic items, including polystyrene and black plastic takeout containers, cutlery, grocery bags and straws. The reality, he added, is that the vast majority of plastic cannot be recycled. billion straws and 15.5

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A look at the secret world where our waste ends up

Corporate Knights

Humans produce about 2 billion tons of solid waste each year, according to the World Bank, and only about one-fifth of all that waste is recycled or composted. Inundated with waste, in the 1980s, Western countries began exporting trash and recycling. He swapped out his plastic toothbrush for a bamboo one.

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Carton Ready campaign to support Simpler Recycling reforms in England

Envirotec Magazine

There are challenges to surmount when it comes to achieving circularity for cartons, but a trade group for the sector, the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK, has launched a campaign – Carton Ready – to support the implementation of the UK Government’s Simpler Recycling reforms.

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Europe’s bid to ban single-use packaging riles up the McDonald's machine

Corporate Knights

The Together for Sustainable Packaging alliance – which includes McDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Baskin Robbins – is pushing back against reuse regulations with marketing campaigns that suggest that the sweet simplicity of takeaway as we know it is at risk.

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Household plastic packaging collection drops for first time, says RECOUP

Envirotec Magazine

The plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity said there was an estimated reduction of around 70,000 tonnes in the quantity of household plastic packaging placed on the market in the UK, with quantities collected by local authorities at the kerbside also reducing by nearly 30,000 tonnes. Both have reduced by around 5%.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Billion for Sustainable Food Chain Fund Infrastructure Tech Startup Neara Raises $24 Million to Help Utilities Deploy Renewable Energy, Reduce Climate Risk InterContinental Energy Raises $115 Million to Develop Green Hydrogen Projects

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Four local authorities receive funds to boost recycling on-the-go near waterways

Envirotec Magazine

Four local authorities receive funds to boost recycling on-the-go near waterways Areas surrounding waterways in Bury, Derby, Adur & Worthing and Bristol will soon be adorned with colourful and eye-catching bins to help residents and visitors recycle when out and about. Combined, these projects saw over 2.5

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