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GLOBAL – Beverage company Coca-Cola has increased its plastic packaging by 8.8% or over 579 million pounds (263 thousand metric tons) in one year, reveals a study by Oceana, a non-profit ocean conservation organization. The finding follows after Oceana analyzed data from the Global Commitment 2022 Progress Report released by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation earlier this week. The plastic packaging…
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GLOBAL – US environmental organizations Just Zero and Beyond Plastics are calling on the UN to drop Coca-Cola as a sponsor for its upcoming COP27 climate talks over plastics concerns, arguing the material has become “the new coal” and warrants a major response. Critics have raised over 235,000 signatures in an online petition to prevent “corporate infiltration” of the event,…
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GLOBAL – The Eurofins Assurance network has launched a new Zero Waste to Landfill Certification Service in an effort to provide companies with a ‘fact-based’ system to display their efforts to redirect waste away from landfill. The Eurofins certification assesses and verifies the effort taken to minimize waste disposal to landfills by businesses. After completion of the audit process, the…
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GLOBAL – High-quality flexible packaging provider, Epac has announced plans to accelerate its growth and transition to a global enterprise over the next 18 months. The packaging firm will establish eleven new sales and manufacturing locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East/North Africa, and North America bringing ePac’s global footprint to 36 locations. In Europe, a second plant will…
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GLOBAL – Future market insight (FMI) report reveals that thermoforming machine market size to reach a valuation of US$961.0 million in 2022, and further expand at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2022 to 2032. According to the report, the market is likely to reach US$1.5billion by 2032 with top 3 companies anticipated to hold 30-35% of the global market share…
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