Spotlight Reaches 100% Recyclable Packaging
Oral care company Spotlight has met its goal of providing 100% recyclable packaging for its line of toothpaste, using biopolymer tubes made from sugarcane-based polyethylene.Based in Ireland and launched in…
Lahti Sets Example as Sustainable City
With 180,000 lakes and 76% forest, and a small population of 5.5 million, Finland was voted the happiest country in 2021. But it is also home to the European Green…
Agrimax: Making A Positive Impact Towards Europe’s Food Waste Problem
After five years, Agrimax, the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking project, which has built two ground-breaking pilot plant facilities in Spain and Italy has come to an end. The project has…
Stena Bulk Signs Global Maritime Forum’s Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization Shead of COP26
Stena Bulk, one of the world’s leading tanker shipping companies has signed the Global Maritime Forum’s Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization. The initiative has set a series of milestones…
Study Suggests Rapid Transition To Greener Cars Might Elevate CO2 Emissions
Although countries hurry to make the switch to green vehicles and alternative fuels, such as electricity and hydrogen, a new study of car use in Japan shows that, even with…
Tufton And Goodfuels Successfully Complete Biofuel Voyage
Leading shipping company Tufton completed a successful voyage with the use of 100% sustainable marine biofuel in partnership with leading marine biofuels supplier GoodFuels, together with Stolt Tankers and the…
Commentary: ‘Wasteland’ Applies to the United Nations to Become A Member State
Social impact business Oddbox applied to the United Nations to attain membership status for a ‘newly founded country’ called Wasteland. If food waste were a country, Wasteland would be nearly…
Commentary: Pret Partners With Too Good To Go to Continue Fight Against Food Waste
International sandwich shop Pret A Manger and surplus food app, Too Good To Go have partnered up to ensure that unsold hot food doesn’t go to waste. Source: https://www.circularonline.co.uk/news/pret-partners-with-too-good-to-go-to-continue-fight-against-food-waste/
Democrats Push for Virgin Plastic Tax in the US
On Tuesday this week (28 September), congressional Democrats Tom Suozzi and Sheldon Whitehouse proposed a new bill that would put a 10c per pound tax on ‘virgin’ plastics in 2022,…
Costa Coffee launches BURT – a Blockchain-Based Reusable Cup Program
UK cafe chain Costa Coffee yesterday (29 September) announced the launch of a new blockchain-enabled reusable cup lending scheme. The project is to be trialled across 14 of its stores…
Jones Food Company Breaks Ground on ‘World’s Largest’ Vertical Farm
UK developer Jones Food Company has announced construction has started on a 148,000sq ft vertical farm in Gloucestershire - a multi-million pound venture that the group says will be the…
Biomass Innovations under Investigation Part 2: Miscanthus and Hemp
We’re taking a closer look at the projects that have received funding under the UK government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to see what materials will be making up the feedstocks…