Day: 22 July 2021

BBC announces Cerrie Burnell as new Disability Ambassador

Stuart Mitchell

Cerrie Burnell is the BBC’s first Disability Ambassador and is joined by Creative Diversity Disability Lead, Kay Ashton MBE and Project Manager of Elevate, Nichola Garde. This specialist disability team, reporting to Miranda Wayland, Head of Creative Diversity, will develop, deliver and champion the BBC’s disability agenda as part of the broadcaster’s wider diversity strategy. The BBC supports the progression of disabled talent through a number of initiatives such as BBC Elevate and The Writers Access Group, but disability continues to be the most underrepresented area of diversity across the industry. Miranda Wayland,…

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Global Consumer Brands Unveil World’s First Enzymatically Recycled Bottles

Stuart Mitchell

The promise of endlessly recycled PET plastic is one step closer, as the Consortium – Carbios, L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe – announces the successful production of the world’s first food-grade PET plastic bottles produced entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic. Each Consortium company has successfully manufactured sample bottles – based on Carbios’ enzymatic PET recycling technology – for some of their leading products including: Biotherm®, Perrier®, Pepsi Max®** and Orangina®. This announcement is the culmination of nearly 10 years’ research and development by Carbios to…

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Coca‑Cola continues sustainability journey as it ends use of non-recycled plastic in all on-the-go bottles sold in Great Britain

Stuart Mitchell

Coca‑Cola Great Britain (GB), in partnership with Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners, has today announced that it is set to reach a significant milestone by using 100% recycled plastic in all on-the-go bottles across its entire range, as it continues its progress towards fully sustainable packaging. The move means that all plastic bottles of 500ml or less in GB are to be made with 100% recycled plastic and will continue to be fully recyclable. The rollout commences in September, when the first 100% recycled 500ml bottles will start appearing on shelves.  This milestone…

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Recycling and waste management sector to invest £10bn to drive net zero by 2040 in huge opportunity to accelerate decarbonisation for the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The UK recycling and waste management sector has committed to delivering a stretching net zero emissions target, a decade ahead of the Government’s deadline, in a boost to the UK’s decarbonisation agenda as the climate emergency becomes more severe. The recycling and waste management sector has reduced its GHG emissions by 46% since 1990. To go further and faster and deliver its 2040 target, the ESA’s members will: Invest £10bn of new money in recycling infrastructure to drive up recycling rates and cut down waste; and increasing capture of methane…

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Fashion industry addicted to greenwashing and fossil-fuel based synthetics

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s biggest fashion brands are fuelling the plastic pollution and climate crises through continued reliance on synthetic fibres made from fossil fuels, finds a new report by Changing Markets. The report, entitled Synthetics Anonymous: Fashion brands’ addiction to fossil fuels, analysed almost 50 major fashion brands; out of these it assessed 46 of the world’s supposedly  most  transparent  brands,  from  high  street  to  luxury,  including  Zara, Primark, H&M and Burberry on the amount of fossil fuel-based materials in their collections and commitments to move away from them. A further…

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