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Cisco’s Green Team Network: How to Be More Sustainable During the Holidays

3BL Media

Sometimes it feels like my actions alone can’t really change the amount of consumption, waste, and emissions the holiday season produces. Reducing Waste Cut down on food waste : Hosting dinner parties, baking cookies, and sharing meals are all delicious ways to enjoy the gift of food, but they can also lead to unexpected waste.

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Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry

GreenBiz

The beauty industry has a plastic waste problem. Ulta, like Sephora, is planning a Made Without list that will tag products free of parabens, phthalates and 25 other chemical categories. Since the 1960s, the amount of plastic packaging on everything, not just cosmetics, has increased 120 times. Zero Waste.

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This tracking company wants to sell sustainability

Stacey Higginbotham

Once the item arrives, the tag can be thrown out or partially recycled. Each tracker contains less than two grams of lithium and can be recycled with plastic waste, according to Moeco’s press materials. Today Moeco’s clients are big companies tracking their own products such as Colgate and DuPont.

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How RFID technology is playing a role in reducing waste and increasing recycling

Envirotec Magazine

PragmatIC says its technology could allow a low-cost inlay (tag) to be incorporated in packaging, allowing consumers to access information about product usage, food storage, cooking instructions and local recycling. But, if we focus solely on packaging waste, we ignore the fact that it’s only part of the story.

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EU Digital Product Passports aim to track items through the product life-cycle

Envirotec Magazine

For example, digital links accessible through a unique product identifier will need to be added to the products themselves rather than outer packaging or tags. Interested parties should be able to access information relating to raw materials, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and recycling options.

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Ferguson encourages action towards a greener tomorrow??

Green Technology

Newly designed high-efficiency fixtures and systems provide the same comforts as their wasteful counterparts. The reasons to avoid disposable plastic are endless. Let’s not forget plastic tableware. However, contractors can resolve to find ways to repurpose, donate and reprocess the waste generated from worksites.

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How Consumer Goods Companies Can Turn the Tide on Plastic Waste

3BL Media

Originally published by TriplePundit For the companies developing consumer products, making the needed progress can seem unattainable in an age when plastic has become a reliable and affordable go-to for packaging. So, how can consumer goods companies contribute to global goals around reducing plastic waste and pollution?

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