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Compostable Plastics: a solution or just another problem?
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1 April 2009 — started by Will Bakx, Sonoma Compost Co.
Compostable plastic products are being used in packaging more and more. Compostable plastic bags, utensils, cups, plates are readily available to the general public. …
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Achieving Zero Waste Places
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26 March 2010 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
If you missed the webinar 'Achieving Zero Waste Places: Lessons learnt from Peterborough City Centre & Brent’s Green Zones,' it is available as a recording here. How can we …
Waste: A product's path from design to disposal
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4 Oct. 2011 — started by Philippa Hoy, 2degrees
At our Food for Thought event on October 12th, the waste roundtable discussion will focus how waste issues can be addressed across a product's life cycle, from design to …
Is it true that recycled cardboard packaging poses a health risk?
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8 March 2011 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
A report by the BBC has claimed:Food sold in recycled cardboard packaging 'poses risk’ The report refers to research conducted by the government-run food safety laboratory of …
Zero Waste: What are your challenges?
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14 Oct. 2009 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
The path to Britain becoming a zero waste nation was announced last Tuesday by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn at the 'World Without Waste' summit with Local Authorities …
CO2 in waste ????
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2 Sept. 2009 — started by James Kokiet, Royal Mail
Hi All Has anyone else tried to use the DEFRA emission factors for embedded CO2 in waste? I have entered some imaginary data showing 30k of waste to Landfill, which emits …
Reply: So what is zero waste
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27 Oct. 2008 — started by Ian Baxter, MITIE Waste and Environmental
In response to the earlier article, I would like to support this sentiment. However, I think that within the UK, to achieve this objective we really do need to apply …
How do retailers deal with brand protection when they dispose of their waste?
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7 April 2010 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
This question was raised at the Garment Waste Roundtable at our Sustainable Business Quarterly event on 30th March: How can retailers protect the brand and simultaneously …
Webcast - Reducing Packaging Waste: Lessons Learnt from M&S Plan A
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27 May 2010 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
Helene Roberts, Head of Packaging - Food Division, Marks & Spencer provides an overview of the retailer's waste and packaging commitments as part of Plan A and showcases an …
Food Waste: Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly Roundtable Write Up
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21 June 2010 — started by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
One of the roundtables at the Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly event on 15th June looked at current and future challenges in the sustainable management of food waste. …

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