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TOGO – The Greater Lomé Autonomous District (DAGL) is running a one-year awareness campaign on waste management in Togo. Launched on August 23, the project ends next year, in July. It is connected to phase 3 of the Lomé Urban Environment Project (PEUL III). The project has been backed by the French Development Agency, AFD with CFA100 million (US$165k The…
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USA – PATH announced the launch of two limited-edition Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem bottles in partnership with Paramount Consumer Products. The 16.9-ounce aluminum bottles are BPA free and contain ultra-purified still water with added electrolytes and a balanced 7.5 pH. Individual bottles will be sold for US$1.99 and are 100% recyclable and refillable. The launch comes just in…
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USA – Mexican Coca-Cola bottler Femsa is in talks to sell a US packaging and food services business, Envoy Solution to private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Kelso and Co for about US$5 billion. Envoy Solutions, based in Glenview, US, is a specialized distributor and solution provider serving the US market through distributors and specialty marketing solutions. Its focus is…
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AUSTRALIA – Can-do manufacturer, Orora Beverage has invested US$80 million (A$110m) to establish a new aluminium can manufacturing line at its Dandenong facility in Australia’s southeast state of Victoria. The new canning line was flagged off, sighting the emerging demand for the company’s 200ml boutique-sized aluminium cans for soft drinks, kombucha and alcohol. Orora Beverage President, Simon Bromell, asserted: “The…
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UK – Tesco, a United Kingdom supermarket chain, has started using clear caps on its own-brand milk bottles to help improve recyclability. As part of the company’s efforts to enhance recycling efforts and promote sustainability, Tesco is replacing colored plastic caps with clear ones on more than 425 million bottles of milk each year. According to Tesco, this change both…
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SOUTH AFRICA – Interwaste, a leading local waste management business, has announced that its Tops to Tags initiative, which has run since 2011, is now called Give2Green. The initiative will focus on encouraging corporates, schools and community programs to bring in bottle tops, aluminium cans and white office paper for sanitary pads or wheelchairs, which can then be distributed to…
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