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Nestlé has new refill stations to ditch single-use packaging

Nestlé has new refill stations to ditch single-use packaging | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
At some stores in Switzerland, it’s now possible to buy Purina cat food and Nescafé coffee from new refill stations instead of in single-use packaging. Nestlé, which owns both brands, is testing new technology as part of its broader goal to cut packaging waste.


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Sensors in Industrial Packaging

Sensors in Industrial Packaging
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Sensors offer a great opportunity to prevent spoilage or some other waste, but these should be incorporated in a way such that these energy- and material-intensive constructs can be reused rather than discarded after one or a few uses.
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Christmas Lights Make Slippers In Global 'Junkyard' Economy

Christmas Lights Make Slippers In Global 'Junkyard' Economy | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
In a new book, Adam Minter explores the business of recycling what developed nations throw away.
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Our disposable, wasteful product cycle.

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Nestlé joins Europe initiative on plastics

Although “this will not be easy,” multinational food and beverage firm Nestlé said it has joined the list of other big companies committing to eliminate use of virgin plastics by one third by 2025 as part of Europe’s first regional initiative toward a circular plastics economy.

A statement showed that Nestlé has signed the European Plastics Pact, initiated by France and the Netherlands, targeting to stop the region’s sole dependence on virgin plastics, which are made from non-renewable fossil fuel.

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Recycling Ruse-SoCal Connected

Recycling Ruse-SoCal Connected | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
KCET's weekly news documentary series investigates and reports on the issues that affect Southern California, from the economy to the environment.
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