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Plastic-Neutral FMCG: Hindustan Unilever To Achieve 100% Plastic Waste Collection In 2021
In a recent announcement, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) plans to achieve 100% plastic waste collection this calendar year meaning that it will collect and process more plastic packaging waste than the company's own plastic usage.
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Hong Kong’s Maskology Partners With A Plastic Ocean Foundation On Biodegradable Face Masks
Hong Kong-based independent face mask brand Maskology has announced a new partnership with environmental nonprofit A Plastic Ocean Foundation to begin developing biodegradable disposable face masks. While anti-plastic campaigners have long!-->…
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Coca-Cola To Take First-Ever 100% Recyclable Paper Bottles For Test Drive In Hungary
Coca-Cola has announced an upcoming trial of its new paper-based bottles in Hungary, marking the first time the beverage giant has launched bottles of its kind on the market. No doubt a bid to shed away the criticism the corporation has!-->…
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China Single-Use Plastic Bag & Straw Ban Now In Effect Across Major Cities
In keeping with the 2020 policy that was unveiled by the National Development and Reform Commission, in 2021, China has banned single-use plastic straws and shopping bags in major cities in an effort to reduce the increasing plastic waste!-->…
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Mango Materials: This Startup Turns Methane Into Bioplastic To Fight Both Climate & Waste
Founded by three female scientists, this biotech believes that we can take a problem that environmentalists see as a problem into an opportunity, and potentially, even a solution. Based in California, Mango Materials has come up with a way!-->…
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Singapore: 300,000 Bags Saved Every Month Thanks To Plastic Bag Charging Scheme
According to World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Singapore, since the plastic bag fee came into effect in the country, each month, retailers are saving over 300,000 bags thus contributing to lesser waste and taking the citizens further!-->…
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‘Slowood: One Zero Waste Step At A Time’ – Exclusive Extract From New GAIA Book
In an excerpt from a new book 'BUSINESS UNUSUAL: Enterprises paving the way to Zero Waste,' Margaux Ortiz Fabreag tells the story about how an eco-minded couple in Hong Kong embraced a zero waste way of life and created the Slowood!-->…
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L’Occitane Hong Kong Opens First Sustainability Concept Store Featuring Refill & Reusable Packaging
L’Occitane en Provence, the French beauty and skincare brand, has recently opened its first eco-friendly themed storefront in Hong Kong. Located in Pacific Place mall, the store caters to the city’s rising group of conscious consumers,!-->…
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Dutch Supermarket Pieter Pot Promotes Zero Waste Grocery Shopping Through Refillable Pot System
Dutch startup Pieter Pot, a circular supermarket in the Netherlands, is pioneering a new way to shop for groceries by allowing its consumers to purchase groceries without producing any waste through its deposits and delivery system by!-->…
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Plastic Pollution: Bali’s Iconic Beaches Are Buried In Plastic With 60 Tonnes Garbage Collected Each Day
According to experts, Bali’s famous beaches like Kuta and Legian beaches are being buried by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish each day. Worse, this is becoming an annual reality owing to weather patterns like monsoons and inefficient!-->…
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Baby Shark Says ‘No Single-Use Plastic’ In New EcoDrive Collab With Pinkfong
Hong Kong-based environmental nonprofit EcoDrive has teamed up with Pinkfong, the South Korean children’s entertainment brand most famous for its song “Baby Shark”, to release a new video featuring the iconic shark cartoon to raise!-->…
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Scientists Detect Microplastics In The Placentas Of Unborn Babies For The First Time
For the first time, researchers have discovered microplastic particles in the placentas of unborn babies that could cause long-term damage to the foetuses.
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Top 10 Sustainability Trends: Our 2021 Eco Wellness Predictions
It's that time of the year again, a new dawn, or in 2021's case, a better dawn, because hey, what can be worse than 2020? New year = new set of Green Queen trend predictions (proud to share that we still haven't been wrong yet). This year,!-->…
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Thailand: Suez’ First Asia Plastic Recycling Plant Could Save 35K Tonnes In Emissions Per Year
Suez, the French waste and water management multinational company, has opened its first plastic recycling plant in Asia. Located in Thailand, the plant will be able to convert 30,000 tonnes of plastic packaging waste into post-consumer!-->…
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Coca-Cola, Pepsi & Nestlé Worst Plastic Polluters For Third Year Despite Public Promises To Improve
Beverage giants Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé have again topped the list for being the world’s biggest polluters for the third year in a row, showing no progress despite a slew of sustainability claims and pledges the firms have made in!-->…
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Hong Kong Sustainable Activewear Brand Transforms Plastic Waste Into Leggings
Launched in October, Good Days is a new activewear brand recycling post-consumer plastic waste into leggings, tops and sports bras. Based in Hong Kong and partnering with sustainable suppliers in Taiwan and ethical manufacturers in!-->…
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Bacardi Swaps Petroleum Plastics For Danimer’s 100% Biodegradable PHA Plant Bottles
Bacardi, the world’s biggest family-owned spirits brand famous for its white rum, has announced that it will be replacing its existing plastic packaging for a new 100% biodegradable bottle. Partnering with Danimer Scientific, the developer!-->…
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U.S. Top Contributor To Global Coastal Plastic Pollution, New Study Finds
In a new study, the United States has been named one of the top sources of plastic pollution in coastal and ocean environments globally. For many years, the practice of exporting plastic waste has hidden the country’s major contribution to!-->…
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No Evil Foods Becomes World’s First Plastic-Negative Plant-Based Meat Brand
Announcing their partnership with New York-based plastic credit platform rePurpose Global, vegan meat maker No Evil Foods has just become the first plant-based meat company to take a plastic-negative stance. The Asheville, North Carolina!-->…
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Bottle-Fed Babies Ingesting ‘Millions’ Of Microplastics Every Day, New Study Finds
Bottle-fed babies could be consuming millions of microplastic particles per day, according to new research unveiling the level of human exposure to plastic. The high-temperature process for sterilising plastic bottles and preparing milk!-->…
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New Plastic-Eating Enzyme ‘Cocktail’ Can Digest Plastic Waste Six Times Faster
Scientists have created a new enzyme “cocktail” that can break down plastic up to six times faster, bringing hope in the fight against the global pollution crisis. This discovery promises to enable full recycling and could mean a drastic!-->…
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