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Global Media Release: Landmark global report: The world is awash with drinks container wastage but the data shows the solution.
…systems can reduce the number of glass bottles, PET plastic bottles and metal cans wasted, i.e. littered in towns, cities and wild spaces, lost into rivers and oceans, landfilled, or…
Meet the woman behind Reloop, and get her take on the nuances of circularity
…bottle and say, OK this is a 30 gram plastic PET bottle, we can say it’s a 30 gram plastic PET bottle that required this much energy to produce it….
UK-wide support for deposit return scheme as Republic of Ireland recycles nearly one billion items in just one year
…plastic drinks bottles and 13 billion drinks cans. Under the upcoming UK scheme, consumers would be able to bring these used plastic bottles and cans back to retailers and receive…
Are we ready for reusable packaging?
…could exceed 2 million per year. ORBC’s ultimate goal is to build a dedicated refillable bottle processing facility so that it can handle a higher volume of bottles and attract…
In My Opinion: A Business Case for Deposit Return
…50 percent by 2030. And most recently, on May 15, members of the European Federation of Bottled Waters (EFBW) pledged to collect 90 percent of all PET bottles and include…
US Media Release: 140 Billion drink containers wasted nationally every year
…PET plastic bottles and metal cans – were wasted [3] across the United States in 2019. over 74 billion were PET bottles, the plastic commonly used for water and soft…
Joint NGO-industry letter to MEPs on the EU Textiles Strategy and closed-loop recycling
…MEP Delara Burkhardt, stating that the production of clothing from recycled bottles is not consistent with the circular model for PET bottles. The letter urges the members of the European…
A Bigger, Better Bottle Bill for New York
…system (known as the Bottle Bill), which was enacted in 1982. As the state faces mounting waste and landfill challenges, advocates are calling for a “Bigger, Better Bottle Bill” that…
Reloop North America
…that deposit systems lead to sales declines are unfounded. Reimagining the Bottle Bill Providing stakeholders with data analysis on high-performing deposit system design principles which deliver environmental and cost benefits…