Eco Packaging

The Body Shop is installing refill stations in almost half of its U.S. stores (the chain currently operates 85 stores in the country). By the end of 2022, 49 percent of locations will play host to a refill facility, designed to help…
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Techstyle and agrifood innovation platform The Mills Fabrica has released a new report detailing the role and impact of single-use plastic packaging in the fashion and food sectors. Rethink Packaging is designed to act as a guide for…
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Sheila Morovati, founder and president of non-profit Habits of Waste is on a mission. She wants to prevent the continued use of single-use plastic in the media and take representation of the material out of the limelight. By denormalising…
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Now in effect across Chile, a single-use plastic ban on cutlery and straws is the beginning of the country's shift to a full environmental mandate aimed at removing plastic from its waste stream. The sixth most populous country in…
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We zone in on six packaging startups from all over the world who are at the forefront of fighting plastic waste with their solutions.
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As consumer dissatisfaction with traditional plastic packaging grows stronger and as the global plastic waste crisis continues to worsen daily, a slew of new material science startups are looking to algae for solutions, and investors are…
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Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt and/or vegan foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments…
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Brazil-based alt-meat startup Future Farm has closed a $58 million round of Series C funding to make its plant-based meat analogues more widely available and also add new products to its roster. BTG and Rage Capital co-led the round, which…
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As our food system continues to battle challenges brought on by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, innovation in the food tech startup world has been racing to come up with disruptive solutions. From gut-health to upcycled…
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Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, is going circular. In a new global campaign, the company will be serving handcrafted beverages in reusable cups, offering increased discounts for customers who bring in their own cup for a…
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By: Alejandro Gallego Schmid, Adisa Azapagic & Joan Manuel F. Mendoza We are facing a waste crisis, with landfills across the world at full capacity and mountains of “recycled” waste dumped in developing…
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Jybe is a new review app to helping users find out which restaurants use sustainable packaging for food takeout and online deliveries.
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SourceGreenPackaging.com, the world’s first global B2B marketplace dedicated to sourcing forevers plastics free packaging products, has just launched with an oversubscribed pre-seed round. The company, based in Hong Kong and addressing an…
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Vegware, a British biobased industrially compostable food packaging company, has been acquired by American packaging firm Novolex. While it will be joining Novelex's sustainable packaging subsidiary Eco-Products, Vegware’s label will…
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Apeel, the startup whose tech enables longer-lasting fresh produce, has just bagged $250 million in a fresh funding round. The round, led by Singapore’s Temasek, will go towards Apeel’s continued expansion across Europe, the U.S. and U.K.…
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A new ShipNaked campaign wants to fight packaging waste by asking online shopping giants like Amazon to deliver without boxes or bags.
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Foodpanda's parent company Delivery Hero will provide local restaurants with plant-based and PFAS-free eco-packaging alternatives.
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The healthy fast-casual restaurant chain Just Salad will use new capital to scale its reusable bowl program and double its restaurants.
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McDonald’s collaborates with zero-waste delivery platform Loop to unveil a pilot returnable coffee cup scheme across six UK outlets.
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Zero-waste online supermarket Lyfa secured funding to create reusable packaging in its bid to reduce waste from groceries.
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Next time you go to the supermarket, you might find "traffic light" style eco-scores on food products to indicate its environmental footprint.
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