Month: March 2020

Pilot Company Raises $1.6 million for American Heart Association

Stuart Mitchell

In support of the American Heart Association, Pilot Company thanks guests and team members for raising a record-breaking $1,680,237 during this February’s ‘Life is Why We Give’ campaign with a check presentation at a Pilot Travel Center on March 11, 2020. To learn more about Pilot Company and its longstanding commitment to giving back, visit pilotcompany.com/about. Pilot Company is a growth company focused on innovative solutions across its retail, energy and logistics operations. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Pilot Company supplies more than 11 billion gallons of fuel per year. Its…

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Just Eat and Notpla develop world’s first seaweed-lined box for takeaway sector

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its mission to tackle plastic pollution across the takeaway sector, Just Eat has teamed up with Notpla to launch the world’s first seaweed-lined box for the takeaway sector. The box is fully recyclable and can decompose in four weeks in a home compost. It is estimated that 500 million plastic takeaway boxes are used across the UK takeaway industry each year, and even if these plastic boxes get reused multiple times, they often end up in landfill. Just Eat is now testing Notpla’s new seaweed-lined box with…

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Andrex Washlets join the fight against fatbergs as they get official ‘Fine to Flush’ approval

Stuart Mitchell

One of the UK’s largest household names has successfully achieved Water UK’s official ‘Fine to Flush’ standard on their range of wipes. Andrex Washlets have passed the strict water industry tests which prove they will break up in the sewer system and won’t cause blockages and fatbergs. With the addition of the Andrex Washlets, there are now five ‘Fine to Flush’ products on the market. The ‘Fine to Flush’ standard was created by Water UK on behalf of the water and sewerage industry in January 2019 as part of the…

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Firmenich achieves 100% renewable electricity worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned perfume and taste company, today announced that all its operations worldwide1 are now powered by 100% renewable electricity. An industry first, this significant milestone builds on Firmenich’s second consecutive CDP Triple A ranking for Climate Change, Water and Forests, which it received at the CDP Awards Ceremony today in Paris. The Group’s transition to green power is supported by RE100, a global initiative of the most influential companies committed to 100% renewable power led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP. “I am proud…

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Heathrow targets zero carbon airport by mid-2030s as infrastructure already lands carbon neutral status

Stuart Mitchell

Heathrow has announced it’s become one of the world’s first major aviation hubs to become carbon neutral, for its infrastructure, and the first to target zero carbon by the mid-2030s. Following investment of over £100 million in improving Heathrow’s energy efficiency and generating and purchasing renewable energy, Heathrow has reduced carbon emissions from airport buildings and infrastructure by 93% compared to 1990. The remaining 7% of airport infrastructure emissions – including those from heating – will now be offset through tree planting projects in Indonesia and Mexico certified through the…

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