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Berry’s New, World-Class Recycling Facility Named ‘Plastics Recycling Business of the Year’

Stuart Mitchell

Berry Global Group, Inc.‘s new, world-class ‘Berry Circular Polymers’ recycling facility in Leamington Spa, UK has been named the Plastics Recycling Business of the Year by letsrecycle.com at the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management. Recognising innovation, dedication, and success among the recycling and waste industry, local authorities, and the wider sector, this award underscores Berry’s commitment to advancing a circular, net-zero economy using its proprietary, closed-loop CleanStream technology. “As one of the global sustainable packaging leaders, we’re invested in lowering our carbon footprint and increasing the…

MrBeast and Mark Rober’s #TeamSeas Campaign Wraps, with Ocean Conservancy and Partners Removing 34+ Million Pounds of Trash Worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

Ocean Conservancy has announced that it has removed 34,080,191 pounds of trash from the ocean, beaches and rivers, in partnership with fellow environmental NGO The Ocean Cleanup, as part of YouTubers MrBeast and Mark Rober’s #TeamSeas campaign. Launched in October 2021, the campaign raised $30M in just 65 days from over 400,000 individual donors to support three years of cleanup efforts around the world. More than 40,000 channels across every social platform shared #TeamSeas content, including several hundred of the internet’s top creators, like Marques Brownlee, AzzyLand, Sofia Nygaard, Dhar…

Tripling Renewables by 2030 Requires a Minimum of 16.4% Annual Growth Rate

Stuart Mitchell

The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows that despite renewables becoming the fastest growing source of power, the world risks missing the tripling renewables target pledged at COP28. To stay the course, the world will now have to grow renewables capacity at a minimum 16.4% rate annually through 2030. The unprecedented 14% increase of renewables capacity during 2023 established a 10% compound annual growth rate (2017-2023). Combined with the constant decreasing additions of non-renewable capacity over the years, the trend sees renewable energy…

Major European awards recognise conservation work of the National Trust

Stuart Mitchell

The conservation of a set of tapestries which took 24 years and cost £1.7 million to complete has won recognition from a major international heritage award. The National Trust received the Europa Nostra Award for its work to conserve the Gideon Tapestries at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. The task, carried out by hand with traditional sewing and stitching techniques, was praised for “exemplifying the National Trust’s commitment to preservation”. The 2024 winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European…

Celebrated Mount Stewart garden wins European Garden Award for ‘exemplary’ climate mitigation measures

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust’s Mount Stewart in County Down has received a first prize for Climate Mitigation Measures in Parks or Gardens in the European Garden Award. The prestigious award is given by the European Garden Heritage Network, which represents some 210 parks and gardens across 21 countries, and the Germany-based Schloss Dyck Foundation, a centre for Garden Design and Landscape Culture. It is seen as a ‘seal of quality’ for outstanding achievement in contemporary garden design, the management and development of historic gardens and climate adaptation measures. The celebrated garden…