When you toss a plastic bottle into your recycling bin, there’s no guarantee it actually gets recycled. In fact, odds are, it doesn’t. According to the World Economic Forum, just 14% of plastic ...

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The global packaging industry, worth over $1 trillion, is grappling with a growing crisis: single-use waste. From food delivery containers to e-commerce shipping materials, the world’s dependence on ...

Coca-Cola Co., already a target of frequent criticism regarding the company's use of plastic, is facing fresh criticism because of the firm's reported discontinuation of reusable packaging goals. The ...

For several months last year, patrons of a Seattle coffee shop called Tailwind Cafe had the option of ordering their Americanos and lattes in returnable metal to-go cups. Customers could simply borrow ...

Refilling a bottle instead of throwing it away has become a popular way for people to reduce waste — a small, tangible action in response to larger environmental problems. But whether refilling ...

A new project will help implement reusable plastic packaging in multiple countries across Europe. As explained by Packaging Europe, the plastics technology center AIMPLAS announced the launch of the ...

ORBIS is a Business Reporter client. There can be few hotter topics in the world of business right now than that of sustainability, and the need for organisations to demonstrably reduce the damage ...