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Berry Investment Will Help Make Front of Store Soft Plastic Recycling a Reality

Stuart Mitchell

Berry Global’s recycling business in the UK has recently invested in upgrading its advanced used plastic packaging recycling complex in Heanor, Derbyshire. The facility is able to recycle a wide variety of flexible – or ‘soft’ – plastic waste, including retail packaging such as carrier bags, bread bags, film wrapping, and plastic pouches. This type of plastic is currently being collected via front of store bins at leading supermarkets, but capacity is expected to rise substantially in March 2027, when kerbside collection of flexible plastic packaging for recycling will become…

More Companies Are Mastering Sustainability Fundamentals to Reduce Risk, Build Resilience and Prepare for Due Diligence

Stuart Mitchell

Companies of all sizes across the EcoVadis Network, particularly those with multiple ratings, are making measurable progress on a broad spectrum of sustainability challenges. These insights and more are found in the eighth edition of the Business Sustainability Index, published today by business sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis.   This edition of the Index explores the trends behind the 125,000+ supplier sustainability ratings (~38,000 in 2023 alone) EcoVadis has delivered to 1,200 leading procurement teams from 2019 through 2023. It looks at how these suppliers, spanning all global regions and major…

Charities Aid Foundation marks 100 years with record distributions to support local and global causes

Stuart Mitchell

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) distributed £1.132 billion on behalf of individuals and businesses in its last financial year, increasing by £108 million compared to the previous year. The Trustees Report for 2023/24 highlights how these funds helped hundreds of thousands of charities in every part of the UK and around the world. The Charities Aid Foundation marks its centenary this year after being created in 1924 as part of the National Council of Social Service, now the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), to encourage giving to charities, before…

Cory partners with Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies to advance carbon capture project

Stuart Mitchell

Cory has announced a strategic partnership with Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies on its planned carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. Cory is aiming to be net zero by 2030, and capturing the carbon dioxide from the non-recyclable waste it processes is central to achieving this. Its proposed CCS project will use Shell’s cutting-edge CANSOLV* CO2 Capture System to capture the CO2 emitted at its Riverside 1 and Riverside 2 energy-from-waste (EfW) plants in Southeast London. Once complete, the project will capture approximately 1.4 million tonnes of CO2…

KLM and ZeroAvia Plan Zero-Emission Demonstration Flight Using Liquid Hydrogen

Stuart Mitchell

Hydrogen-electric engines use hydrogen in fuel cells to generate electricity, which is then used to power electric motors to turn the aircraft’s propellers. The only emission is low-temperature water vapor, with studies therefore estimating an up to90% reduction in climate impact when compared with typical kerosene-fueled flights.[1]  As a first major target milestone, the companies aim to conduct an initial A-to-B flight demonstration between two airport locations in 2026. As well as identifying the optimal airport pair, immediate workstreams will be working towards regulatory permits to fly and ensuring supply…