Sainsbury’s to pluck 12 million plastic bottles from shorelines to reel in ocean pollution

Sainsbury’s continues to send plastic packing by packaging fresh fish and strawberries using Prevented Ocean Plastic – high-quality certified recycled plastic that has been collected from coastal areas at risk of ocean plastic pollution. The packaging, which marks the latest step by the retailer to remove, reduce, recycle and reuse plastic from its operations, enables customers to make sustainable choices in-store and online while also preventing nearly 12 million plastic bottles (297 tonnes) from entering the ocean each year. Working closely with packaging supplier Sharpak, over a third (34%) of…

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Henkel Beauty Care: Plastic Bank collects one billion plastic bottles to protect the oceans

In pursuit of its goal of significantly reducing plastic waste, Henkel Beauty Care collaborates closely with the social enterprise Plastic Bank. The aim of this successful group-wide partnership is to stop plastic refuse getting into the world’s oceans and at the same time provide new opportunities for impoverished people. Now, thanks to a concept that is both highly sustainable and hugely innovative, Plastic Bank has reached an important milestone: 17,000 collectors worldwide have collected a total of one billion plastic bottles, which will be returned to the reusable material cycle…

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Passengers take on plastic pollution at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations

Passengers have helped save the equivalent of three million plastic bottles from landfill with the introduction of free drinking water fountains at Network Rail’s biggest and busiest stations. Since launching in 2018, the water fountain initiative has proven increasingly popular with passengers. During last year’s National Refill Day – an initiative led by City to Sea – Network Rail celebrated saving the equivalent of one million plastic bottles and set a target of reaching two million by the end of 2020. Passengers have already surpassed that goal by one million…

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Marston’s Pledges to Remove ½ Million Plastic Bottles from Business

Following a successful 18 months of sustainability firsts for the business including; Zero Waste to Landfill, increased recycling rate and the commitment to introduce 200 electric car charging points across pubs, Marston’s is now committing to remove its annual use of nearly ½ million plastic bottles from its 60 inns by the end of 2019. The removal of single-use plastic from rooms will also include saving on average 1,865 plastic cups per week with glasses being made available in rooms from the end of October 2019, whilst customers still wishing…

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Sweden to become the first country worldwide where all Coca-Cola plastic bottles will be made from 100% recycled material

Coca-Cola Sweden announced today that, from 2020, it will make all of its plastic bottles from 100% recycled material1, becoming the first country worldwide to do so.  The transition will begin in the first quarter of 2020 and includes all plastic (PET) packaging made at Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in Jordbro. By switching to 100% recycled material in its bottles1, Coca-Cola will eliminate the use of 3,500 tons of virgin plastic each year in Sweden. This will also result in an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 25 per cent over…

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