Author: Kirsi Seppänen

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Pernod Ricard moves single-use plastics phase-out forward to 2021

Pernod Ricard had pledged to remove all single-use POS plastics by 2025 under a global sustainability strategy launched in April 2019. However, the beverage company,…

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Portugal suspends foreign trash imports to cope with own increased waste

Portugal, which usually attracts huge mounds of rubbish from other European states because of its low waste management fees, has suspended imports of trash until…

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Turning waste to wealth: the circular economy of data centres

Google alone has more than a dozen of these facilities across the world. With increasing and improving services of Google, the demand for data centres…

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The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year

Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably grown crops into plastic in partnership with major…

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How water scarcity adds to women’s burden in northern Ghana

Water supply is not equitably distributed across the globe. In sub-Saharan Africa, about 40% of the population lacks safe drinking water. Another dimension of water…

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Poland prepares a new blow to Russian gas supplies to Europe

Following the failure of the Nord Stream 2 project, which came under U.S. sanctions and did not receive regulatory benefits from the German Federal Network…

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Recyclers turn to wine sector for higher recycling performance

With over 76% of glass packaging being collected for recycling across Europe it counts as the continent’s most recycled food and beverage packaging material. Now,…

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Intel aims to reach 100 percent renewable energy use, zero waste by 2030

Intel unveiled its environmental goals for 2030 today, committing to cut down its greenhouse gas emissions and waste. By the end of the decade, the…

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Waitrose Cuts Tons of Materials with Redesigned Packaging

British supermarket chain Waitrose is redesigning the packaging for its own Essential product range, which is relaunching this month. The company says that these changes…

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TOMRA continues its drive to create a plastics circular economy

An increase in consumer demand, pledges from high-profile companies and new legislation around the use of recycled materials highlight how steps are being made in…

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