The pollution of water and soil by waste is one of the biggest environmental problems. Indonesia is the second-biggest contributor of plastic waste in the world, producing over 5 million tons per year, with around 3 million tons disposed to the waters around the country. One of the main reasons is that many small islands have no waste collection and no municipal disposal system for household and other waste. Due to a lack of knowledge about the dangers, people dump their waste in landfills, burn … [Read more...] about SIG Way Beyond Good Foundation launches the Recycle for Good Program in Indonesia
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URC sets goals higher as it releases new sustainability report
Universal Robina Corporation is setting even more ambitious sustainability goals for its human resources, operations, products, and processes. Universal Robina Corporation (URC), one of the Philippines’ largest food and beverage companies, is setting even more ambitious goals for its human resources, operations, products, and processes, as it releases its latest Sustainability Report. The company is looking at reducing the amount of energy and water it uses to manufacture its products by … [Read more...] about URC sets goals higher as it releases new sustainability report
NEXTLOOPP wins award for Best Sustainable Packaging Innovation
NEXTLOOPP, the revolutionary recycling project by Nextek Limited has recently been awarded the Best Sustainable Packaging Innovation during Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Awards. They have released results of their tracer-based sorting trials which were done in TOMRA in September 2021. At maximum production speed, the equipment was able to sort food-grade plastic packaging waste at 99.9% sorting purity. The machine was not only able to identify food packaging from non-food types, but it … [Read more...] about NEXTLOOPP wins award for Best Sustainable Packaging Innovation