Waste Management

Consumers are ignoring the role of packaging in preventing food waste. Can business help fix this education gap?
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23 May — started by Vanessa Delgado, 2degrees
A little while back a report revealed that despite recent packaging innovations, consumers are still ignoring the role of packaging in keeping food fresh. Most consumers …
Can you suggest alternatives to polystyrene food packaging?
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5 March — started by siobhian robinson, GlaxoSmithKline
The Mayor of New York recently set out plans to ban the use of polystyrene foam food packagingfrom stores and restaurants in the city. I am also interested in championing a …
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On-site waste and environmental footprint
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29 April — started by Shehani Gomes, MAS Holdings
Hi all, I work with a large a textile and apparel manufacturer based in Sri Lanka and we are currently going through a compelte environmental footprint assessment. We are …
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Packaging reduction: New paper seeks reviewers
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25 April — started by Greg Lavery, Lavery Pennell
Manufacturing, NGO and government perspectives are sought for a ground-breaking paper on the future of packaging. Leading manufacturers have reduced their use of packaging by …
How Do You Deal With Waste Plastics Contaminated with Maggots?
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11 June 2012 — started by wayne priestley, Cranberry Foods
After a great start to the Hollybank sites waste recycling project, and reaching our target of 0% landfill, we have hit our first problem. Just as you start to think that …
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What initiatives and resources are there to help educate people about recycling?
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1 Feb. — started by Toby Pickard, IGD
Hi, Does anyone know of any recycling information hubs/resources/website/apps that are specifically designed to help people understand what can be recycled and where? I am …
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What can Cafédirect do with 69 km of printed laminate?
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23 Oct. 2012 — started by Robyn Kimber, Vancouver
At Cafédirect we sell roast and ground coffee in laminate bags. We have just changed our branding and have a lot of the old printed packaging that we cannot use. We are …
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What to do with EPS boxes
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23 May 2012 — started by Toby Pickard, IGD
Hi all, I have just been asked by a contact what: 'food retailers are doing to turn back the expanded polystyrene (EPS) boxes to their distribution centre? Problem the …
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How can you reduce PET film waste in the transport of dry pasta?
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15 Aug. 2012 — started by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Dry pasta is traditionally packaged for transport in PET film, however this is not easily recycled in the UK as it is not currently collected. Has anyone made progress in …
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Collaborative consumption and getting maximum value out of surplus resources
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20 May 2011 — started by Daniel O'Connor, WasteAction
I am a member of a city Bike Share scheme in Newcastle. The biggest positive for me about the scheme is that it shows that people's attitude to ownership is changing. You …
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