With a business model that is inherently sustainable, CHEP helps its customers become part of the circular economy through the company’s principles of share and reuse, while also striving to minimise its own impact on the environment and contributing positively to the communities in which it operates in.
A report, produced by Eunomia Research and Consulting for Ditto Sustainability, assessed progress on the circular economy across a range of industries and markets, and found that adopting a circular economy model makes businesses more resilient.
Dow announced its intention to further invest and develop new global initiatives and solutions that work to prevent and remediate plastic waste in the environment.
Recycling company Close the Loop has unveiled an upgraded manufacturing facility that could divert two-thirds of Australia’s 300,000 tonnes of waste soft plastics sent to local landfill annually.
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were on the agenda at Covestro’s inaugural paint industry sustainability breakfast in Mulgrave, Victoria.
In another step toward promoting sustainability and the bio-economy, DuPont Biomaterials has elevated its partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation by joining the organisation’s Circular Economy 100 (CE100) initiative.
New Zealand’s multinational dairy cooperative Fonterra has reportedly joined forces with start-up Future Post to recycle milk bottles and other soft plastics into fence posts for farms.
The local government sector has welcomed a funding announcement that will see $115,000 invested to help divert disposable coffee cups from landfill by recycling them into bench seats and kerbing.
A new collection of dog collars and leads made from recycled plastic has been launched after a year of extensive research by Australian veterinarian Dr Steph Stubbe.
Pyranees Shire Council was awarded top honours at the inaugural Bioenergy Innovation Awards dinner in Brisbane for its large-scale collaborative project, which focused on converting straw and straw pellets to energy.