2:38 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Recycling
Scotland: Deposit return scheme will go live in 2023
The UK’s first deposit return scheme will go live across Scotland on 16 August 2023, helping to recycle billions of bottles and cans every year.
The announcement follows an independent review, which considered the impact of COVID-19 on the scheme.
2:13 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Investment
PepsiCo Beverages North America announces $15 million investment in Closed Loop Partners' Leadership Fund
PepsiCo Beverages North America announced a $15 million investment in Closed Loop Partners' Leadership Fund, a private equity fund that acquires and grows companies, including in the packaging value chain, to strengthen recycling infrastructure and build circular supply ...
1:21 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Award
Highest trust in the ILLIG brand
"Highest trust" in the ILLIG brand is certified by the latest survey conducted by the Institute for Management and Economic Research (IMWF), Hamburg, on behalf of Focus Money. For the fifth time the IMWF examined and evaluated public opinion. 21,000 companies from around 200 ...
3:43 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Fund
Closed Loop Partners’ Venture Capital Group raises $50+ million fund II to scale breakthrough circular economy solutions
Closed Loop Partners’ venture capital group––the Closed Loop Ventures Group––announced the successful close of its second fund, surpassing its $50 million target to scale breakthrough circular economy solutions across plastics & packaging, fashion, food & agriculture, and ...
1:20 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Partnership
Veolia and L'Oréal join forces to manufacture cosmetic packaging made from recycled plastic
To reduce the carbon footprint of cosmetic packaging, Veolia and L'Oréal are joining forces to build a circular economy for plastics: Veolia will supply L'Oréal worldwide with high-quality recycled plastic that will avoid between 50% and 70% of CO2 emissions compared to a standard ...
1:10 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Plastic seperation
Coalition Food2Food 2.0 includes more than 30 chain partners committed to the circular use of plastic food packaging
On Friday, December 3rd, the kick-off meeting of the "Coalition Food2Food 2.0" took place. The focus is on an industrial test of CurvCode, a Dutch innovation for separating plastics from waste streams. Efficient sorting is important for transition to a circular plastic chain.