Circularity

Filling the Gap: Unique Industry Council Aligns on First Milestone for Unlocking the Pathway to Circularity for Packaging

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Thursday, May 13, 2021
Labels, Product management, Circularity, Packaging and labeling, Recycling, MRF, Articles

Many companies are committed to delivering 100% recyclable packaging.

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  • Many companies are committed to delivering 100% recyclable packaging.
  • The Recycling Partnership set out to deliver clarity by collaborating with industry leaders to create an action-oriented and solutions-based framework positioned to resolve the industry\xe2\x80\x99s unanswered questions through the Pathway to Circularity initiative.
  • The Pathway to Circularity defines five building blocks \xe2\x80\x93 packaging fate, capture journey, design for circularity, package prevalence, and MRF and community adoption\xe2\x80\x94 to help brands successfully navigate current and future packaging and recycling system challenges, making circularity tangible.
  • We are eager to engage even more stakeholders throughout the value chain to collaborate on and scale these solutions.\xe2\x80\x9d\nRecently, the Circularity Council aligned upon the first of several much-needed thresholds for determining a package\xe2\x80\x99s recyclability.

Smartwool Pledges 100% Circularity by 2030

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Other Consumer, Environment, Textiles, Manufacturing, Fashion, Consumer, Retail, Agriculture, Natural Resources, VF Corporation, Clothing, SmartWool, Socks, Wool, Circularity

b'Smartwool, makers of Merino wool apparel for active living, today announced a strategic goal of making all products circular by 2030.

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  • b'Smartwool, makers of Merino wool apparel for active living, today announced a strategic goal of making all products circular by 2030.
  • This contributes to the larger circularity problem with textiles as a whole, which contributes about 11.3 tons of waste to landfills each year2.
  • Starting on April 21st, Smartwool will collect used socks from any brand at specialty retailers nationwide and online.
  • Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, LLC, is a brand of VF Corporation.\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210414005151/en/\n'

Styrenics Circular Solutions seeks EFSA opinion on mechanically recycled polystyrene as food contact material

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Chemistry, Physical sciences, Articles, Water conservation, Insulators, Polystyrene, Thermoplastics, Recycling, Circularity, Polymer

BRUSSELS, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, announced today that it has filed its first application for EU authorisation of mechanically recycled polystyrene (rPS) as food contact material.

Key Points: 
  • BRUSSELS, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, announced today that it has filed its first application for EU authorisation of mechanically recycled polystyrene (rPS) as food contact material.
  • The SCS challenge tests confirmed polystyrene as highly recyclable to food grade standards via mechanical recycling, which is one of the different recycling options available to PS.
  • We converters, along with our brand-owner and retailer clients, will be eagerly awaiting the EFSA opinion on this game-changing development."
  • Styrenics Circular Solutions is the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenics.

Styrenics Circular Solutions seeks EFSA opinion on mechanically recycled polystyrene as food contact material

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Chemistry, Physical sciences, Articles, Water conservation, Insulators, Polystyrene, Thermoplastics, Recycling, Circularity, Polymer

BRUSSELS, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, announced today that it has filed its first application for EU authorisation of mechanically recycled polystyrene (rPS) as food contact material.

Key Points: 
  • BRUSSELS, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, announced today that it has filed its first application for EU authorisation of mechanically recycled polystyrene (rPS) as food contact material.
  • The SCS challenge tests confirmed polystyrene as highly recyclable to food grade standards via mechanical recycling, which is one of the different recycling options available to PS.
  • We converters, along with our brand-owner and retailer clients, will be eagerly awaiting the EFSA opinion on this game-changing development."
  • Styrenics Circular Solutions is the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenics.

Cyient and eolos Partner to Launch "Design for Circularity" Consulting and Engineering Practice

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Thursday, February 11, 2021
Articles, Cyient, Outsourcing, Economy, Circular economy, Sustainability, Consultant, Circularity

Cyient and eolos will co-develop an engineering practice to support industries in transitioning toward greater sustainability.

Key Points: 
  • Cyient and eolos will co-develop an engineering practice to support industries in transitioning toward greater sustainability.
  • We are delighted to partner with eolos and look forward to building solutions that will contribute to the global transition toward a circular economy."
  • "Our consulting practice supports companies in the designing of their journey to shift toward circularity by applying a systemic approach and mobilizing multi-disciplinary expertise.
  • Cyient (Estd: 1991, NSE: CYIENT) is a global engineering and digital technology solutions company.

Luxembourg to Start Real Life Testing of an International Standard for a Digital Circularity Fingerprint for Products

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Friday, November 27, 2020
Data management, Supply chain management, Technology, Manufacturing, Professional services, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Other Manufacturing, Retail, Environment, Finance, Countries, Geography of Europe, Circularity, LUXEMBOURG, Audit, Europe

The Ministry of the Economy of Luxembourg just launched phase two of the development of an international standard.

Key Points: 
  • The Ministry of the Economy of Luxembourg just launched phase two of the development of an international standard.
  • It provides information on the circularity of products to all stakeholders involved along their value chains.
  • A first viable version of the standard is being tested in real life, allowing to identify the most suitable governance model, the audit scheme and reliable IT systems for its management.
  • Luxembourg started the Circularity Dataset Initiative in 2018 to address the difficulty for industry and consumers to access reliable data on the circular properties of a product.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation and Greentown Labs Launch the KAITEKI Challenge, Reimagining Proteins, Plastics, and Packaging

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Articles, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Circular economy, Circularity, Plastic, Natural environment

This challenge will prioritize innovations that enable circularity across proteins, plastics, and packaging value chains.

Key Points: 
  • This challenge will prioritize innovations that enable circularity across proteins, plastics, and packaging value chains.
  • We believe that reimagining proteins, plastics, and packaging will move us toward a circular economy and a brighter future for our planet.
  • Selected participants are expected to participate in all challenge events, either virtually or in-person at Greentown Labs' headquarters in Somerville, Mass., USA.
  • Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation conducts its corporate activities and businesses worldwide in the domains of Performance Products, Industrial Materials, and Health Care based on the core values of "Sustainability," "Health," and "Comfort."

Self-Adhesive Label Industry Announces Consortium to Promote Global Recycling: “CELAB: Toward a Circular Economy for Labels”

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Monday, October 26, 2020
Manufacturing, Other Manufacturing, Environment, Packaging, Chemicals, Plastics, Stationery, Packaging materials, Articles, Label, Circular economy, Release liner, Adhesive label, Adhesive, Circularity, Materials, Manufacturing, Other Manufacturing, Environment, Packaging, Chemicals, Plastics, Stationery, Packaging materials, Articles, Label, Circular economy, Release liner, Adhesive label, Adhesive, Circularity, Materials

With a shared goal of creating a sustainable self-adhesive labeling industry, more than 30 companies from around the world today announced the creation of a new Consortium, CELAB: Toward a Circular Economy for Labels.

Key Points: 
  • With a shared goal of creating a sustainable self-adhesive labeling industry, more than 30 companies from around the world today announced the creation of a new Consortium, CELAB: Toward a Circular Economy for Labels.
  • CELAB (Circular Economy for Labels) is an industry initiative, founded by companies in the self-adhesive label industry to create greater circularity for its products by enhancing and promoting matrix and release liner recycling around the world.
  • Comprising many of the self-adhesive label industrys largest companies, CELAB will operate as a coalition, empowered to reach across the entire value chain to promote a circular economy for self-adhesive label materials.
  • CELAB is designed to facilitate collaboration at a global level and encourage the universal adoption of best practices while fostering regionally appropriate initiatives and cooperation.

Sims Lifecycle Services to Deliver Insights on Circularity in the ITAD Industry at Accelerating the Circular Economy

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Environmental economics, Bright green environmentalism, Circular economy, Circularity

Sean Magann, global vice president of sales and marketing for SLS, will share insights on how the company works with clients to advance and improve their IT circularity.

Key Points: 
  • Sean Magann, global vice president of sales and marketing for SLS, will share insights on how the company works with clients to advance and improve their IT circularity.
  • "More companies are working hard to evolve and incorporate circular economy principles into their business," stated Magann.
  • Visit the SLS website for more information on how the company helps drive " circular economy " initiatives with its clients.
  • IT asset disposition (ITAD) and electronics recycling services offered at SLS support the evolution of the electronics industry movement toward circularity.

BASF sponsors Emerging Leaders Program at GreenBiz’s Circularity 20 online event

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Articles, Environmental economics, Circularity, Circular economy, Sustainability, Natural environment

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Aug. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twelve recipients of the Circularity 20 Emerging Leaders Program were announced today at the GreenBizs Circularity 20 online event.

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  • FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Aug. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twelve recipients of the Circularity 20 Emerging Leaders Program were announced today at the GreenBizs Circularity 20 online event.
  • Sponsored by BASF, the program is designed to empower a group of up-and-coming circular economy leaders to solve the worlds most complex problems.
  • The GreenBiz team hand-selected and welcomed the Circularity 20 Emerging Leaders from across the region from diverse backgrounds in the field of sustainability and STEM.
  • The Emerging Leaders will participate in the three-day, solutions-focused event at the forefront of the circular economy.