Environment
’Home compostable’ plastic packaging is largely greenwashing, study says
In the fight against plastic pollution, more and more brands are promising "biodegradable" and "home compostable" packaging. But what...
Blue whales eat 10 million pieces of microplastic a day: study
Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated Tuesday, suggesting that the omnipresent...
UK takes aim at company ’greenwashing’
Britain’s financial watchdog on Tuesday proposed rules against "greenwashing", or deceptive claims by businesses about the environmental...
Plastic recycling remains a ’myth’ in the USA, finds Greenpeace study
Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report out Monday that blasted...
Waterless, refillable, upcycled: Circular cosmetic products are mushrooming
Circularity is taking off in the cosmetics industry, with many new launches involving sustainable products, ingredients, and packaging....
Despite very low collection rates, Nigeria tries to recycle wastes
While Nigerian lawmakers are being discussing the adoption of an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to make manufacturers or...
L’Oréal North Asia Zone achieves carbon neutrality across all sites
L’Oréal Group’s North Asia Zone is the first of the company’s zones worldwide to achieve carbon neutrality across all operated sites,...
How to make perfumes enter the Symbiocene age? A study
In light of the major eco-design challenge faced by the perfume industry, trends and packaging experts Pascale Brousse and Gérald...
Polystyrene-munching superworms could hold key to plastic upcycling
Packing material, disposable cutlery, CD cases: Polystyrene is among the most common forms of plastic, but recycling it isn’t easy and...
Global plastic waste on track to triple by 2060, but recycling could help
The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to almost triple by 2060, with around half ending up in landfill and less...
